Bundesvision Song Contest 2011

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Bundesvision Song Contest 2011
Dates
Final29 September 2011
Host
Venue Lanxess Arena, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia
Presenter(s)
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Vote
Voting systemEach state awards 12, 10, 8–1 points to their top 10 songs.
Winning songFlag of Berlin.svg  Berlin
"Wenn Worte meine Sprache wären" by Tim Bendzko
2010  Bundesvision Song Contest  2012

The Bundesvision Song Contest 2011 was the seventh edition of the annual Bundesvision Song Contest musical event. The contest was held on 29 September 2011 at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, [1] following Unheilig's win in the 2010 contest in Berlin with the song "Unter deiner Flagge". [2] This was the second time that North Rhine-Westphalia had hosted the contest, after previously hosting in the first contest Oberhausen in 2005. [3]

Contents

The contest was hosted by Stefan Raab, Johanna Klum, with Lena Meyer-Landrut; Germany's Eurovision Song Contest 2010 winner, and representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 conducting interviews in the green room, whilst regular green room host Elton sat in the fan block. [4]

Contest overview

The winner of the Bundesvision Song Contest 2011 was Tim Bendzko with the song "Wenn Worte meine Sprache wären", representing Berlin, the state's third win. In second place was Flo Mega  [ de ] representing Bremen, and third place to Bosse and Anna Loos representing Lower Saxony. [5]

Bundesvision Song Contest 2005 winners Juli returned participating for Hesse, the second time a former winner had returned to the contest after Peter Fox had competed and won in 2009, and before that as a member of Seeed who won in 2006. Other returning artists include Jennifer Rostock from 2008; again for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and Anna Loos representing Lower Saxony; who competed in the band Silly in 2010 for Saxony-Anhalt. [3]

13 of the 16 states awarded themselves the maximum of 12 points, with Brandenburg, Saarland, and Schleswig-Holstein awarding themselves 10, 10, and 3 points respectively.

Results

DrawStateArtistSongEnglish translationPlacePoints [5]
01Flag of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.svg  Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Jennifer Rostock "Ich kann nicht mehr"I can't go on any longer866
02Flag of Saxony-Anhalt (state).svg  Saxony-Anhalt Flimmerfrühstück  [ de ]"Tu's nicht ohne Liebe"Don't do it without love1312
03Flag of Schleswig-Holstein.svg  Schleswig-Holstein Muttersöhnchen"Essen geh'n"Eating out168
04Flag of Brandenburg.svg  Brandenburg Doreen  [ de ]"Wie konntest du nur?"How could you dare1312
05Flag of Baden-Wurttemberg.svg  Baden-Württemberg Glasperlenspiel "Echt  [ de ]"Real491
06Flag of Saarland.svg  Saarland Pierre Ferdinand et les Charmeurs"Ganz Paris ist eine Disco"Whole of Paris is a disco1117
07Flag of Bavaria (lozengy).svg  Bavaria Andreas Bourani "Eisberg"Iceberg1026
08Flag of Saxony.svg  Saxony Kraftklub "Ich will nicht nach Berlin"I don't want to go to Berlin589
09Flag of Thuringia.svg  Thuringia Alin Coen Band  [ de ]"Ich war hier"I was here1213
10Flag of Lower Saxony.svg  Lower Saxony Bosse & Anna Loos "Frankfurt/Oder"3102
11Flag of Hesse.svg  Hesse Juli "Du lügst so schön"You lie so beautifully1312
12Flag of Hamburg.svg  Hamburg Thees Uhlmann "Zum Laichen und Sterben ziehen die Lachse den Fluss hinauf"The salmons go up the river for spawning and dying866
13Flag of Rhineland-Palatinate.svg  Rhineland-Palatinate Jupiter Jones  [ de ]"ImmerfürImmer"AlwaysForEver686
14Flag of Bremen.svg  Bremen Flo Mega  [ de ]"Zurück"Back2111
15Flag of Berlin.svg  Berlin Tim Bendzko "Wenn Worte meine Sprache wären"If words were my language1141
16Flag of North Rhine-Westphalia.svg  North Rhine-Westphalia Frida Gold  [ de ]"Unsere Liebe ist aus Gold  [ de ]"Our love is made of gold776

Scoreboard

Voting results [6] [7]
ESCTotalScore.svgBSC Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.svgBSC Saxony-Anhalt.svgBSC Schleswig-Holstein.svgBSC Brandenburg.svgBSC Baden-Wurttemberg.svgBSC Saarland.svgBSC Bavaria.svgBSC Saxony.svgBSC Thuringia.svgBSC Lower Saxony.svgBSC Hesse.svgBSC Hamburg.svgBSC Rhineland-Palatinate.svgBSC Bremen.svgBSC Berlin.svgBSC North Rhine-Westphalia.svg
BSC States.svg
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern661262436364324353
Saxony-Anhalt1212
Schleswig-Holstein835
Brandenburg12102
Baden-Württemberg9144671247536610737
Saarland17107
Bavaria261412213111
Saxony893346626121045454105
Thuringia13112
Lower Saxony1021010785528512381684
Hesse1212
Hamburg66211211152172122566
Rhineland-Palatinate868715212110814312102
Bremen1115282878361081071278
Berlin14178101210810778106881210
North Rhine-Westphalia7665537344257162412

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