Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979

Eurovision Song Contest 1979
Eurovision Song Contest 1979
Participating broadcaster	ARD – Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
Country	Germany
National selection
Selection process	Ein Lied für Jerusalem
Selection date(s)	17 March 1979
Selected artist(s)	Dschinghis Khan
Selected song	"Dschinghis Khan"
Selected songwriter(s)	Ralph Siegel; Bernd Meinunger;
Placement
Final result	4th, 86 points
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest

Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 with the song "Dschinghis Khan", composed by Ralph Siegel, with lyrics by Bernd Meinunger, and performed by the group Dschinghis Khan. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), selected their entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

Ein Lied für 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 (BR) 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.

Draw	Artist	Song	Songrwriters	Votes	Place
1	Tony Holiday	"Zuviel Tequila, zuviel schöne Mädchen"	Wolff-Ekkehardt Stein, Wolfgang Jass	2807	9th
2	Hanne Haller	"Goodbye, Chérie"	Harold Faltermeyer, Stefan Waggershausen	3009	7th
3	Gebrüder Blattschuß	"Ein Blick sagt mehr als jedes Wort"	Ralph Siegel, Kurt Hertha	1673	12th
4	Ingrid Peters	"Du bist nicht frei"	Jean Frankfurter, John Möring	2894	8th
5	Jerry Rix and Linda G. Thompson	"Wochenende"	Günther-Eric Thöner, Erich Offierowski	1920	11th
6	Truck Stop	"Take it easy, altes Haus"	Burkhard Reichling, Claus-Dieter Eckardt	4394	2nd
7	Jeanne de Roy	"Was wir aus Liebe tun"	Hans Blum	2117	10th
8	Bernhard Brink	"Madeleine"	Alexander Gordan, Gerhard P. Kämpfe	3326	6th
9	Dschinghis Khan	"Dschinghis Khan"	Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger	4807	1st
10	Paola	"Vogel der Nacht"	Jean Frankfurter, Robert Puschmann	4127	3rd
11	Roberto Blanco	"Samba si, Arbeit no"	Horst Hornung, Bernd Meinunger	3461	4th
12	Orlando Riva Sound	"Lady lady lady"	Rainer Pietsch, Anthony Monn	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]

The show was watched by 9.82 million viewers in Germany.^[3]

Voting

Points awarded to Germany^[4]
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^[4]
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

Notes

^ Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

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.
^ Quotenmeter; AGF; GfK. "TV-Reichweite des Eurovision Song Contests in den Jahren 1976 bis 2023 nach der Anzahl der Zuschauer". Statista. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
^ ^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

[1] Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

[first-2] First Place info with picture from Das Erste^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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

[4] Quotenmeter; AGF; GfK. "TV-Reichweite des Eurovision Song Contests in den Jahren 1976 bis 2023 nach der Anzahl der Zuschauer". Statista. Retrieved 18 August 2023.

[1979detailed-5] "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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