Country Germany Selected song "Taken by a Stranger" | Selected entrant Lena Meyer-Landrut Final result 10th, 107 points | |
Selection process Artist: Internal Selection
Song: Unser Song für Deutschland
100% Televoting Selection date(s) Artist: 30 June 2010
Song:
Semi-final
31 January 2011
7 February 2011
Final
18 February 2011 | ||
Germany hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf and selected their song through a national final, organised by German broadcaster NDR which is part of ARD. In June 2010, ARD announced that Lena Meyer-Landrut would represent Germany at the contest again.
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Unser Song für Deutschland
At the winner's press conference of Eurovision 2010, Stefan Raab announced that Lena Meyer-Landrut would represent Germany in 2011 to defend her title. ARD didn't, however, confirm the news until 30 June. In December 2010, ARD's head of entertainment Thomas Schreiber said in an interview that the song would be selected via televoting during three live shows, two semi-finals broadcast by ProSieben and the final on Das Erste (ARD), thereby confirming earlier media reports. As confirmed by NDR, these three shows were held on 31 January and 7 February (semi-finals) and 18 February (final) with six songs been presented in each of the two semi-finals the half of which proceeded to the final.
Like one year earlier, the three shows were presented by Sabine Heinrich and Matthias Opdenhövel. On 27 January, ARD announced the six jury members of the competition: Lena Meyer-Landrut performed "Taken by a Stranger" as the German song for the Eurovision Song Contest. It won the super final against the pop ballad "Push Forward" with 79% of the votes in the final telephone voting.
Semi-final 1
The first semi-final of Unser Song für Deutschland (Our Song for Germany) was held on 31 January 2011 in Cologne, Germany, and broadcast live by the commercial television station ProSieben.
The jury consisted of (advisory only, no voting rights):
Lena Meyer-Landrut performed six songs, from which three were chosen through televoting to advance to the final.
Semi-final 2
The second semi-final was held on 7 February 2011 in Cologne and broadcast live by ProSieben.
The jury consisted of (advisory only, no voting rights):
Lena Meyer-Landrut again performed six songs, from which three were chosen through televoting to advance to the final.
Final
The final of Unser Song für Deutschland was held on 18 February 2011 in Cologne, and shown live by the public broadcaster Das Erste (ARD).
The jury consisted of (advisory only, no voting rights):
Lena Meyer-Landrut performed the six selected songs from the semi-finals again. Through televoting, Germany's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was chosen.
At Eurovision
Germany was the host of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 and a "Big Five" member and was therefore in the final, on 14 May. Germany voted in the second semi-final. Lena finished 10th in the final with 107 points.