Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011

Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Country  Russia
National selection
Selection process Internal Selection
Selection date(s) 5 March 2011
Selected entrant Alexey Vorobyov
Selected song "Get You"
Finals performance
Semi-final result Qualified (9th, 64 points)
Final result 16th, 77 points

Russia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany, selecting their entry internally.[1] This will be the country's fifteenth participation in the contest after debuting in 1994.[2]

National Preselection

Russian national broadcaster confirmed on 5th March that Alexey Vorobyov will represent Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song "Get You", a song composed by RedOne (Nadir Khayat) and Jack Lucien . The song was supposed to be presented on 12th March, but it was leaked to the internet on 6th March.

At Eurovision

Russia began the Eurovision journey with Alex Sparrow (Alexey Vorobyov) as their representative in 2011. Russia competed in the first semi final on May 10th 2011, with position 7. Russia had been tipped an early favorite by the bookmakers to win the 2011 contest. After voting ended, Russia qualified for the grand final on Saturday May 14th, achieving 9th place and 64 points. After the first semi, Russia drew position 10 for the grand final. At the end of voting in the grand final, Russia ended 16th with 77 points, the worst placing for Russia since 1995, and only the second time they placed outside the top-15.

References

  1. ^ Bakker, Sietse (31 December 2010). "43 nations on 2011 participants list!". European Broadcasting Union. http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=22833&_t=43+nations+on+2011+participants+list!. Retrieved 31 December 2010. 
  2. ^ "Russia Country Profile". European Broadcasting Union. http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-country/country?country=34. Retrieved 1 January 2011. 
(Note - Entries scored out are when Russia did not compete)
Italics indicates semi-finalists who did not advance to the final.