Bundesvision Song Contest 2011

Bundesvision Song Contest 2011
Dates
Final	29 September 2011
Host
Venue	Lanxess Arena, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia
Presenter(s)	Stefan Raab Johanna Klum Lena (green room) Elton (fan block)
Participation map Legend      1st place     2nd place     3rd place     4th place     5th place     6th place     7th place     8th place     9th place     10th place     11th place     12th place     13th place     14th place     15th place     16th place
Vote
Voting system	Each state awards 12, 10, 8–1 points to their top 10 songs.
Winning song	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]

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

Draw	State	Artist	Song	English translation	Place	Points [5]
01	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	Jennifer Rostock	"Ich kann nicht mehr"	I can't go on any longer	8	66
02	Saxony-Anhalt	Flimmerfrühstück  [ de ]	"Tu's nicht ohne Liebe"	Don't do it without love	13	12
03	Schleswig-Holstein	Muttersöhnchen	"Essen geh'n"	Eating out	16	8
04	Brandenburg	Doreen  [ de ]	"Wie konntest du nur?"	How could you dare	13	12
05	Baden-Württemberg	Glasperlenspiel	"Echt  [ de ]"	Real	4	91
06	Saarland	Pierre Ferdinand et les Charmeurs	"Ganz Paris ist eine Disco"	Whole of Paris is a disco	11	17
07	Bavaria	Andreas Bourani	"Eisberg"	Iceberg	10	26
08	Saxony	Kraftklub	"Ich will nicht nach Berlin"	I don't want to go to Berlin	5	89
09	Thuringia	Alin Coen Band  [ de ]	"Ich war hier"	I was here	12	13
10	Lower Saxony	Bosse & Anna Loos	"Frankfurt/Oder"	—	3	102
11	Hesse	Juli	"Du lügst so schön"	You lie so beautifully	13	12
12	Hamburg	Thees Uhlmann	"Zum Laichen und Sterben ziehen die Lachse den Fluss hinauf"	The salmons go up the river for spawning and dying	8	66
13	Rhineland-Palatinate	Jupiter Jones	"ImmerfürImmer"	AlwaysForEver	6	86
14	Bremen	Flo Mega  [ de ]	"Zurück"	Back	2	111
15	Berlin	Tim Bendzko	"Wenn Worte meine Sprache wären"	If words were my language	1	141
16	North Rhine-Westphalia	Frida Gold  [ de ]	"Unsere Liebe ist aus Gold  [ de ]"	Our love is made of gold	7	76

Scoreboard

		Voting results [6] [7]
	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	66	12	6	2	4	3	6	3	6	4	3		2	4	3	5	3
	Saxony-Anhalt	12		12
	Schleswig-Holstein	8			3									5
	Brandenburg	12				10											2
	Baden-Württemberg	91	4	4	6	7	12	4	7	5	3	6	6		10	7	3	7
	Saarland	17						10						7
	Bavaria	26	1				4		12			2	1		3	1	1	1
	Saxony	89	3	3	4	6	6	2	6	12	10	4	5	4	5	4	10	5
	Thuringia	13								1	12
	Lower Saxony	102	10	10	7	8	5	5	2	8	5	12	3	8	1	6	8	4
	Hesse	12											12
	Hamburg	66	2	1	12	1	1	1	5	2	1	7	2	12	2	5	6	6
	Rhineland-Palatinate	86	8	7	1	5	2	12	1	10	8	1	4	3	12	10		2
	Bremen	111	5	2	8	2	8	7	8	3	6	10	8	10	7	12	7	8
	Berlin	141	7	8	10	12	10	8	10	7	7	8	10	6	8	8	12	10
	North Rhine-Westphalia	76	6	5	5	3	7	3	4	4	2	5	7	1	6	2	4	12

References

1. Zinser, Daniela (30 September 2011). "Bundesvision Song Contest: Hallo, ihr süßen Phrasen!" [Bundesvision Song Contest: Hello, your sweet phrases!]. Spiegel Online (in German). Retrieved 20 April 2015.
2. "Unheilig gewinnt Bundesvision Song Contest 2010" [Unheilig wins Bundesvision Song Contest 2010]. HNA (in German). 2 October 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
3. "Bundesvision Song Contest 2005". fernsehserien.de (in German). Retrieved 20 April 2015.
4. "Bundesvision Song Contest". fernsehserien.de (in German). Retrieved 19 April 2015.
5. Diersch, Verena (30 September 2011). "Bundesvision Song Contest: Tim Bendzko gewinnt für Berlin" [Bundesvision Song Contest: Tim Bendzko wins for Berlin]. Musikmarkt (in German). Archived from the original on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
6. tvtotal.prosieben.de/tvtotal/videos Scoring Part 1
7. tvtotal.prosieben.de/tvtotal/videos Scoring Part 2

External links

• Official BSC website at tvtotal.de