Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982

Before Eurovision

807 songs were submitted for the German selection. A jury composed of 13 members chose 24 of them which then were presented on ARD's radio stations. A jury of 500 members then chose twelve entries for the national final.

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Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) held the German national final, Ein Lied für Harrogate, on 20 March at its Studio 4 in Unterföhring, hosted by Carolin Reiber and Rudolf Rohlinger. The final was broadcast on Deutsches Fernsehen and on radio station .

Twelve songs made it to the national final, which was broadcast by BR to ARD broadcasters across West Germany. The winner was decided by a sampling of 507 viewers who were meant to symbolize a fair representation of the country's population. Each person gave every song a vote, from 1 (for worst) to 12 (for best). Therefore, the theoretical "worst score" a song could receive would be 500, and the "best score" would be 6000. Three of the competitors previously represented other countries: French singer Séverine won the for , Paola previously represented her native at two different contests ( and ), and Jürgen Marcus previously represented at the . Additionally, Mary Roos had represented Germany in , and would return as the German representative .

The winning entry was "Ein bißchen Frieden," performed by Nicole and composed by Ralph Siegel with lyrics by Bernd Meinunger.

At Eurovision

Nicole was the eighteenth and final performer on the night of the Contest, following . At the close of the voting the song had received 161 points, placing first in a field of 18 competing countries. A 61-point gap was recorded between Nicole and the second-place finisher, Avi Toledano from , setting a then record for the largest gap between first and second place. Only did not award Germany any points.

Known members of the German jury were Siegfried Doppler and Horst Senker.

The show was watched by 13.81 million viewers in Germany.

Voting

''Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest''

Main article: Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest

"Ein bißchen Frieden" was one of fourteen Eurovision songs chosen by fans and the EBU to participate in Congratulations, the fiftieth-anniversary contest. It was the only German entry in the contest. Unlike the majority of other living entrants, Nicole was unable to attend, so the performance simply combined a dance troupe with footage of Nicole's 1982 performance. It was followed by a pre-taped greeting from Nicole. "Ein bißchen Frieden" was performed fifth, following "Eres tú" and preceding "Nel blu dipinto di blu." After the first round, "Ein bißchen Frieden" was not one of the five songs chosen to proceed to the next round. It was later revealed that the song finished seventh, with 106 points. Notably, in spite of it being a major international hit and their only winning entry at the time (they would later win again five years later with Lena's "Satellite" at the contest), Germany only awarded "Ein bißchen Frieden" three points in the first round, with their twelve going instead to ABBA's "Waterloo." Their twelve points in the second round were awarded to "Nel blu dipinto di blu."

Voting

Notes

References

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