Cân i Gymru 2011


Cân i Gymru 2011 was the forty-second edition of S4C's Cân i Gymru, an annual Welsh singing contest. The 2011 was broadcast live on 6 March 2011 from the Pontrhydfendigaid Pavilion, Pontrhydfendigaid. The winner was given an invitation to represent Wales at the Pan Celtic Festival. The final was hosted by former winner Elin Fflur.

Format

S4C and Avanti invited composers and authors to send in their songs from 8 November 2010 and were given a closing date of 7 January 2011. The 8 finalists were announced on 22 February 2011.
A panel of judges evaluated each entry before submitting a shortlist of eight songs to be performed live on the show. The winning composer/author were awarded a £7,500 prize and got an invitation to enter their song into the Pan Celtic Festival in Ireland.
The winner of Cân i Gymru 2011 was decided by a 50% jury vote and 50% televote.

Entrants

DrawArtistSongPlace
1Gemma Markham"Symud Ymlaen"
2Ed Holden"Chwarae Ceg"
3Gai Toms"Clywch"3rd
4Anna Tomos"Nerth dy draed"
5Ffion Emyr"Cofia am y Cariad"2nd
6Brychan Llyr"Cylch o Gariad"
7Alys Williams"Fy Mhlentyn i"
8Tesni Jones"Rhywun yn Rhywle"1st