| Eurovision Song Contest 2011 | ||||
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| Participating broadcaster | ARD[a] – Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) | |||
| Country |  Germany | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Artist: Internal selection Song: Unser Song für Deutschland | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 30 June 2010 Song: 18 February 2011 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Lena | |||
| Selected song | "Taken by a Stranger" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 10th, 107 points | |||
| Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song "Taken by a Stranger", written by Gus Seyffert, Nicole Morier, and Monica Birkenes, and performed by Lena. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), organised the national final Unser Song für Deutschland in order to select their entry for the contest, after having previously selected the performer internally. In addition, NDR was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at the Düsseldorf Arena in Düsseldorf, after winning the previous edition with the song "Satellite" also performed by Lena.
ARD and NDR announced on 30 June 2010 that they had internally selected Lena to represent Germany at the 2011 contest after her win in 2010. The song selection entitled Unser Song für Deutschland consisted of two semi-finals and a final held in January and February 2011. The selection featured twelve competing songs with six songs competing in each semi-final; the top three songs advanced to the final via public televote. In the final, the winning song was selected through two rounds of public televoting. "Taken by a Stranger" was selected as the German song for Düsseldorf after placing among the top two during the first round of voting and ultimately gaining 79% of the votes in the second round.
As the host country, Germany qualified to compete directly in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing in position 16 during the final, Germany placed tenth out of the 25 participating countries with 107 points.
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