Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979

Eurovision Song Contest 1979
Eurovision Song Contest 1979
Country	Germany
National selection
Selection process	Ein Lied für Jerusalem
Selection date(s)	17 March 1979
Selected entrant	Dschinghis Khan
Selected song	"Dschinghis Khan"
Selected songwriter(s)	Ralph Siegel; Bernd Meinunger;
Finals performance
Final result	4th, 86 points
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest

Germany was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, held in Jerusalem.

The German national final to select their entry, Vorentscheid 1979,^[1] was held on 17 March at the Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle in Munich, and was hosted by Carolin Reiber and Thomas Gottschalk.

Twelve songs made it to the national final, which was broadcast by Bayerischer Rundfunk to ARD broadcasters across West Germany. The winner was decided by a sampling of 500 random West Germans who were meant to symbolize a fair representation of the country's population.

The winning entry was "Dschinghis Khan,"^[1] performed by Dschinghis Khan and composed by Ralph Siegel with lyrics by Bernd Meinunger.

Before Eurovision[]

Ein Lied für Jerusalem[]

Draw	Artist	Song	Votes	Place
1	Tony Holiday	"Zuviel Tequila, zuviel schöne Mädchen"	2807	9th
2	Hanne Haller	"Goodbye, Chérie"	3009	7th
3	Gebrüder Blattschuß	"Ein Blick sagt mehr als jedes Wort"	1673	12th
4	Ingrid Peters	"Du bist nicht frei"	2894	8th
5	Jerry Rix and Linda G. Thompson	"Wochenende"	1920	11th
6	Truck Stop	"Take it easy, altes Haus"	4394	2nd
7	Jeanne de Roy	"Was wir aus Liebe tun"	2117	10th
8	Bernhard Brink	"Madeleine"	3326	6th
9	Dschinghis Khan	"Dschinghis Khan"	4807	1st
10	Paola	"Vogel der Nacht"	4127	3rd
11	Roberto Blanco	"Samba si, Arbeit no"	3461	4th
12	Orlando Riva Sound	"Lady lady lady"	3336	5th

At Eurovision[]

Dschinghis Khan performed ninth on the night of the contest, following Switzerland and preceding Israel. At the close of the voting the song had received 86 points, placing 4th in a field of 19 competing countries.^[2]

Voting[]

Points awarded to Germany^[3]
Score	Country
12 points	Denmark France Monaco Spain
10 points
8 points	United Kingdom
7 points
6 points	Israel Sweden
5 points	Ireland
4 points	Belgium
3 points	Finland
2 points	Netherlands Portugal
1 point	Italy Luxembourg

Points awarded by Germany^[3]
Score	Country
12 points	Spain
10 points	Denmark
8 points	United Kingdom
7 points	Switzerland
6 points	Ireland
5 points	Finland
4 points	Portugal
3 points	Netherlands
2 points	Greece
1 point	Belgium

References[]

^ ^a ^b First Place info with picture from Das Erste^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Final of Jerusalem 1979". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Jerusalem 1979". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

External links[]

German National Final 1979

[first-1] First Place info with picture from Das Erste^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "Final of Jerusalem 1979". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

[1979detailed-3] "Results of the Final of Jerusalem 1979". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

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