Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001

Eurovision Song Contest 2001
Eurovision Song Contest 2001
Country	Germany
National selection
Selection process	Countdown Grand Prix 2001
Selection date(s)	2 March 2001
Selected entrant	Michelle
Selected song	"Wer Liebe lebt"
Selected songwriter(s)	Gino Trovatello; Matthias Stingl; Eva Richter;
Finals performance
Final result	8th, 66 points
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest

Germany was represented by Michelle in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with the song "Wer Liebe lebt", composed by Gino Trovatello and Matthias Stingl with lyrics by Eva Richter, was chosen to represent Germany.

Before Eurovision[]

Countdown Grand Prix 2001[]

The final took place on 2 March 2001 at the Preussag Arena in Hanover, hosted by Axel Bulthaupt. The winner was chosen in two rounds of televoting, the first round to select the top 3, and the second to decide the winner. Michelle got the highest number of votes from the audience in the second round of voting and was proclaimed winner and entrant for Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001.^[1]

First Round – 2 March 2001
Draw	Singer	Song	Songwriter(s)	Televote	Place
1	German Tenors	"A Song for Our Friends"	Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger	—	4
2	Münchener Zwietracht feat. Rudolph Moshammer	"Teilt Freud und Leid"	Wolfgang Köbele, Hans Greiner	2.3%	10
3	Soultans	"Set Me Free"	Tony Hendrik, Karin van Haaren	—	8
4	Michelle	"Wer Liebe lebt"	Gino Trovatello, Matthias Stingl, Eva Richter	22.2%	1
5	Balloon	"Techno Rocker"	Markus Binapfl, Gordon Delay, Gerd Lehmkuhl, Oliver Goedicke, Oliver Lübbering	2.8%	9
6	Tagträumer	"Träumen und hoffen"	Mike Pro, Andy Jonas, Susanne Kemmel	—	7
7	Illegal 2001	"Ich weiß es nicht"	Illegal 2001	—	5
8	Lesley, Joy and Brigitte	"Power of Trust"	Guido Craveiro, Jason Homan	22.1%	2
9	Zlatko	"Einer für alle"	Bob Arnz, Christoph Siemons	3.7%	6
10	Wolf Maahn	"Better Life"	Wolf Maahn	—	12
11	Kevin	"Playing On My Mind"	Lutz Fahrenkrog-Petersen, Mary Susan Applegate	—	11
12	Lou and Band	"Happy Birthday Party"	Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger	18%	3

Second Round – 2 March 2001
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place
1	Michelle	"Wer Liebe lebt"	36.6%	1
2	Lesley, Joy and Brigitte	"Power of Trust"	34.7%	2
3	Lou and Band	"Happy Birthday Party"	28.7%	3

At Eurovision[]

Michelle performed 19th on the night of the final, following Poland and preceding Estonia. At the close of voting, she had received 66 points, finishing in 8th place out of 23 contestants.^[2]

Voting[]

Points awarded to Germany^[3]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points	Portugal Spain
8 points	Russia
7 points
6 points	France Ireland
5 points	Malta
4 points	Denmark Poland
3 points	Norway Turkey
2 points	United Kingdom
1 point	Croatia Estonia Greece Latvia Netherlands

Points awarded by Germany^[3]
Score	Country
12 points	Denmark
10 points	Estonia
8 points	Greece
7 points	Turkey
6 points	France
5 points	Poland
4 points	Slovenia
3 points	Croatia
2 points	United Kingdom
1 point	Malta

References[]

^ "German National Final 2001".
^ "Final of Copenhagen 2001". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Copenhagen 2001". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

[1] "German National Final 2001".

[2] "Final of Copenhagen 2001". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

[2001detailed-3] "Results of the Final of Copenhagen 2001". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

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