So, interesting facts and useful information: the semifinals will be held on May 10 and 12, and the final will be held on May 14. The public Russian television will broadcast the contest in Russia. Comment will be Yuri Aksyuta and Yana Churikova.
The theme of the design was colored beams, and as the emblem the heart, consisting of rays, was chosen. The motto of the competition is: "Feel the heartbeat".
Hannover, Hamburg, Berlin and Düsseldorf were in demand for the competition. The arena of Dusseldorf accommodates 50,000 spectators, and this has become a decisive factor in choosing the venue of the competition. Previously, Germany had already conducted Eurovision in 1957 and 1983, but the united Germany was accepting the contest for the first time. "Eurovision 2011" will be the biggest TV event of the year. During the show, it is planned to use 25 cameras.
Participants of the 2011
This year, Italy, Austria, Hungary and San Marino will return to the competition. In the finals of this year, participants representing 25 countries (the "Big Five") and 10 winners of each semifinal will compete.
The opening ceremony of the contest will be held on May 7 in Dusseldorf. Opening will take place in the planetarium Tonhalle, which is located on the banks of the Rhine. The opening ceremony will be Mayor of the city Dirk Elbers.
In comparison with the previous year, no country refused to participate. The application from Montenegro has not been confirmed for financial reasons. Previously, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Monaco, Andorra, Morocco and Lebanon fell out of Eurovision 2011.
43 states are not a record number of participants. Three years ago, a similar number of countries sent their representatives to Belgrade. The first country to decide on its representative was Germany. It will be again presented by Lena Meyer-Landrut, who won last year in Oslo.
Russian participant
Russia will be represented at the contest by Alexei Vorobyov with the song "Get You". This year, ORT took advantage of its right to independently choose a contest song without conducting a national qualifying round. The song was written by RedOne - the author of the official 2006 FIFA World Cup tune, collaborating with Lady Gaga, Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Enrique Iglesias and other stars.
Alexey was born in 1988 in the city of Tula. He graduated from the music college, music school and the school. Gnessins. He repeatedly became a laureate and a diploma winner of international and Russian competitions, played over 14 roles in films.
Ukraine
On February 26, on Saturday, on the air of the First National TV Channel the country selected its representative. They became Mika Newton, who managed to conquer both the audience and the professional jury. In the selection everyone was able to take part - the voting on the Internet began in the fall, but until the last moment no one could confidently name the winner, the intrigue was preserved until the end. The winner could not restrain her tears during the live broadcast after the announcement of the results. Nickname Mick Newton was coined by her first producer Yuri Thales. Newton in English - "new tone" and Mika - from the soloist Rolling Stones Mika Jagera.
Belarus
The official representative of Belarus at the contest will be the beginning singer Nastya Vinnikova with the patriotic song "Born in Belarus"! The authors were Viktor Rudenko and Yevgeny Oleinik, former producer of the winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007, Alexei Zhigalkovich. It is rumored that the decisive factor in choosing Nastya was the opinion of the "father" - Alyaksandr Lukashenka, who personally liked the young performer very much.
Forecasts
Leading bookmakers made their first predictions of the outcome of the competition. The Frenchman Amory Vasili became the favorite, and the Russian representative entered the top ten. The chances of France were highly appreciated by the most authoritative British offices Ladbrokes and William Hill. Amori Vasili created two albums that sold in France in excess of 250,000 copies.
For Basil follows Norway and Great Britain, and further Estonia and Germany. Russia shared the 6th place with Sweden. The top 10 was closed by representatives of Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Hungary.
The only winner of "Eurovision" from Russia - Dima Bilan is sure that Alexei Vorobyov will enter the top five or even the top three winners this year.
Yana Rudkovskaya believes that Eric Sade (Sweden), Getter (Estonia), group "Blue" (Great Britain) and Cathy Woolf (Hungary) have the highest chances for victory. By the choice of Russia, she, according to her confession, is a little dumbfounded. In her opinion, Alexey received a very large advance from the First Channel, although she likes this choice more than the performers who represented Russia in the last two years.