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Prior to the 2011 contest, ARD has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Germany fifty-four times since its debut in 1956. [1] It has won the contest on two occasions: in 1982 with the song "Ein bißchen Frieden" performed by Nicole and in 2010 with the song "Satellite" performed by Lena.
The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was the 56th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Düsseldorf , Germany , following the country's victory at the 2010 contest with the song " Satellite " by Lena .
The German Democratic Republic (East Germany) did not participate in the Eurovision Song Contest, and instead took part in the Intervision Song Contest. With one win ( 1982 ) and four second-place results ( 1980 , 1981 , 1985 , and 1987 ), Germany was the second most successful country in the contest in the 1980s, behind Ireland, who had two ...
Eleven Eurovision winners (alongside three non-winners) were featured at the special concert Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005, in which ABBA's "Waterloo" was voted the most popular song of the contest's first fifty years. [85] Ireland and Sweden have won seven times, more than any other country. Ireland also won ...
In 2011 it was the largest contributor to the budget of the European Union (providing 20%) [2] and the third largest contributor to the UN (providing 8%). [3] Germany hosted the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup and Eurovision Song Contest and ended conscription in the Bundeswehr. [4] [5] In education, Germany achieved a third best result for ...
19 – Kylie Minogue begins the European leg of her Aphrodite World Tour in Denmark, with dates following in Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, Ireland and the United Kingdom. [7] 26 – The so-called 'Super Saturday' takes place where six nations choose their participants for the Eurovision Song Contest.
Lena Meyer-Landrut was born in Hanover, Germany, [3] on 23 May 1991. [4] She is the granddaughter of Andreas Meyer-Landrut, the Baltic German-born West German ambassador to the Soviet Union in Moscow from 1980 to 1983 and 1987 to 1989, [5] [6] and Hanna Karatsony von Hodos who was born in Bratislava, Slovakia of Hungarian nobility. [7]
Slovakia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song "I'm Still Alive" written by Bryan Todd, Sandra Nordstrom and Branislav Jančich.The song was performed by the duo Twiins, which was internally selected by the Slovak broadcaster Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska (RTVS) to represent Slovakia in the 2011 contest in Düsseldorf, Germany.