Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011
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{{Infobox song contest national year
| Year = 2011
| Country = Russia
| Selection process = Internal selection
| Selection date = Artist: 5 March 2011
Song: 12 March 2011
| Artist = Alexey Vorobyov
| Song = Get You
| Writer = {{unbulleted list|Alexey Vorobyov|RedOne|AJ Junior|Bilal Hajji|Eric Sanicola}}
| SF result = Qualified (9th, 64 points)
| Final result = 16th, 77 points
}}
Russia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany, selecting their entry internally.{{cite web|title=43 nations on 2011 participants list!|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=22833&_t=43+nations+on+2011+participants+list!|last=Bakker|first=Sietse|date=31 December 2010|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=31 December 2010}} This was the country's fifteenth participation in the contest after debuting in 1994.{{cite web|title=Russia Country Profile|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-country/country?country=34|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=1 January 2011}}
Before Eurovision
= Internal selection =
On 5 March 2011, C1R announced that they had internally selected Alexey Vorobyov to represent Russia in Düsseldorf with the song "Get You" produced by RedOne.{{cite web |title=Alexey Vorobyov goes for Russia with Lady Gaga's songwriter |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/alexey-vorobyov-goes-for-russia-with-lady-gaga-s-songwriter |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=23 February 2022 |date=5 March 2011}} Vorobyov previously attempted to represent Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest twice, placing fifth in the 2008 national final with the song "New Russian Kalinka" and placing fourth in the 2009 national final with the song "Angelom byt". RedOne also composed the entry "Dance Alone" performed by Love Generation which failed to qualify from the Second Chance round of the 2011 Swedish Eurovision national final Melodifestivalen 2011.{{Cite web|last=Lewis|first=Cole|date=5 March 2011|title=Russia: Aleksey Vorobyov "Get you"|url=http://esctoday.com/news/read/17090/|url-status=live|access-date=3 March 2021|website=Esctoday|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110408070857/http://esctoday.com/news/read/17090/|archive-date=8 April 2011}} Alexey Vorobyov was selected as the Russian entrant by an expert committee from nine shortlisted candidates, among them which also included Alexey Vorobyov, Avraam Russo, Buranovskiye Babushki, Glukoza, Jamala, Mark Tishman, Philipp Kirkorov, Vera Brezhneva{{Efn|After rumors began to circulate that Russia would be represented by Vera Brezhneva, Vera said that she would not go due to the fact that "Such an event takes a lot of energy and nerves".{{Cite web|url=https://www.delfi.lt/ru/archive/vera-brezhneva-otkazalas-ot-evrovideniya.d?id=39026311|title = Вера Брежнева отказалась от "Евровидения"}}}} and Vlad Sokolovsky, as reported by Russian media.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eg.ru/culture/24552/|title = Победа Воробьёва в отборе на «Евровидение» удивила его самого}}{{Cite web|url=https://esckaz.com/2011/rus.htm|title = Russia at Eurovision Song Contest 2011 - Россия на конкурсе песни Евровидение 2011}}{{better source needed|reason=ESCKaz is banned by WikiProject Eurovision due to copyright violations |date=February 2022}}
"Get You" was set to be presented to the public on 12 March 2011 during the Russian version of Star Academy, broadcast on Channel One, however the song was leaked on YouTube prior to the presentation on 6 March 2011.{{Cite web|last=Jiandani|first=Sanjay|date=12 March 2011|title=Russia: Russian song presentation|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/16996|access-date=3 March 2021|website=Esctoday}}{{Cite web|last=Busa|first=Alexandru|date=6 March 2011|title=Russia : Vorobyov's song leaked on the internet|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/16960|access-date=3 March 2021|website=Esctoday}} "Get You" was written and composed by RedOne, AJ Junior, Bilal "The Chef", Eric Sanicola and Vorobyov himself.
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 10 May 2011, with position 7. Russia had been tipped as an early favourite by the bookmakers to win the 2011 contest. After voting ended, Russia qualified for the grand final on Saturday 14 May, achieving 9th place and 64 points.{{cite web |title=First Semi-Final of Düsseldorf 2011 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/dusseldorf-2011/first-semi-final |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=30 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430073447/https://eurovision.tv/event/dusseldorf-2011/first-semi-final |archive-date=30 April 2021 |url-status=live}} The public awarded Russia 4th place with 93 points and the jury awarded 16th place with 31 points.{{cite web |last=Bakker |first=Sietse |title=EBU reveals split televoting and jury results |url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=36713 |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=30 April 2021 |date=26 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110528173042/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=36713 |archive-date=28 May 2011 |url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite web |title=Grand Final of Düsseldorf 2011 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/dusseldorf-2011/grand-final |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=30 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430073450/https://eurovision.tv/event/dusseldorf-2011/grand-final |archive-date=30 April 2021 |url-status=live}} The public awarded Russia 7th place with 138 points and the jury awarded 25th (last) place with 25 points.
= Voting =
==Points awarded to Russia==
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| + Points awarded to Russia (Semi-final 1){{cite web |title=Results of the First Semi-Final of Düsseldorf 2011 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/dusseldorf-2011/first-semi-final/results/russia |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=30 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430084738/https://eurovision.tv/event/dusseldorf-2011/first-semi-final/results/russia |archive-date=30 April 2021 |url-status=live}} |
| scope="col" width="20%" | Score
! scope="col" | Country |
|---|
| scope="row" | 12 points
| {{Esc|Armenia|y=2011}} |
| scope="row" | 10 points
| |
| scope="row" | 8 points
| |
| scope="row" | 7 points
| |
| scope="row" | 6 points
| {{Esc|Serbia|y=2011}} |
| scope="row" | 5 points
| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Azerbaijan|y=2011}}|{{Esc|Croatia|y=2011}}|{{Esc|Georgia|y=2011}}|{{Esc|Lithuania|y=2011}}}} |
| scope="row" | 4 points
| {{Esc|Norway|y=2011}} |
| scope="row" | 3 points
| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Albania|y=2011}}|{{Esc|Finland|y=2011}}|{{Esc|Greece|y=2011}}|{{Esc|Hungary|y=2011}}|{{Esc|Iceland|y=2011}}|{{Esc|Portugal|y=2011}}|{{Esc|Turkey|y=2011}}}} |
| scope="row" | 2 points
| |
| scope="row" | 1 point
| {{Esc|San Marino|1862|y=2011}} |
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| class="wikitable" |
| + Points awarded to Russia (Final){{cite web |title=Results of the Grand Final of Düsseldorf 2011 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/dusseldorf-2011/grand-final/results/russia |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=30 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430084740/https://eurovision.tv/event/dusseldorf-2011/grand-final/results/russia |archive-date=30 April 2021 |url-status=live}} |
| scope="col" width="20%" | Score
! scope="col" | Country |
|---|
| scope="row" | 12 points
| |
| scope="row" | 10 points
| |
| scope="row" | 8 points
| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Armenia|y=2011}}|{{Esc|Israel|y=2011}}|{{Esc|Ukraine|y=2011}}}} |
| scope="row" | 7 points
| |
| scope="row" | 6 points
| {{Esc|Lithuania|y=2011}} |
| scope="row" | 5 points
| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Belarus|1995|y=2011}}|{{Esc|Estonia|y=2011}}|{{Esc|Germany|y=2011}}|{{Esc|Moldova|y=2011}}}} |
| scope="row" | 4 points
| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Albania|y=2011}}|{{Esc|Azerbaijan|y=2011}}|{{Esc|Bulgaria|y=2011}}|{{Esc|Georgia|y=2011}}|{{Esc|Serbia|y=2011}}}} |
| scope="row" | 3 points
| {{Esc|Hungary|y=2011}} |
| scope="row" | 2 points
| {{Esc|Cyprus|y=2011}} |
| scope="row" | 1 point
| {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Greece|y=2011}}|{{Esc|Iceland|y=2011}}}} |
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==Points awarded by Russia==
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References
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