BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, 2011 2011 competitors
The final 20 competitors for the 2011 competition were selected from more than 600 singers from 68 countries. They took part in auditions held in 44 locations as far afield as Sydney and Stockholm, Bucharest and Beijing, all eager to win a place in the world's greatest singing competition.
- Moldova: Valentina Naforniţă
Winner, BBC Cardiff Singer of the World and Dame Joan Sutherland Audience Prize and Song Prize finalist - Armenia: Vazgen Ghazaryan
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competitor - Australia: Helen Sherman
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competitor - Bulgaria: Maria Radoeva
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competitor - Canada: Sasha Djihanian
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competitor - Chile: Marcela González
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competitor - China: Wang Lifu
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competitor - England: Meeta Raval
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World finalist - Germany: Susanne Braunsteffer
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competitor - Ireland: Máire Flavin
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Song Prize finalist - Italy: Davide Bartolucci
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competitor - New Zealand: Anna Leese
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competitor - Romania: Şerban Vasile
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competitor - Russia: Olesya Petrova
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World finalist - South Korea: Hye Jung Lee
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World finalist - Switzerland: Olga Kindler
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Song Prize finalist - USA: Leah Crocetto
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Song Prize finalist - Ukraine: Andrei Bondarenko
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World finalist and Song Prize winner - Uruguay: Enzo Romano
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competitor - Wales: John Pierce
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competitor