Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975

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Eurovision Song Contest 1975
Country Germany
National selection
Selection processEin Lied für Stockholm
Selection date(s)3 February 1975
Selected entrantJoy Fleming
Selected song"Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Rainer Pietsch
  • Michael Holm
Finals performance
Final result17th, 15 points
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1974 1975 1976►

Germany was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975, held in Stockholm, Sweden.

The German national final to select their entry, Vorentscheid 1975: Ein Lied für Stockholm, was held on 3 February at the Hessischer Rundfunk Studio 1 in Frankfurt am Main, and was hosted by journalist Karin Tietze-Ludwig, already well known for hosting the international preview "Auftakt für Brighton" a year before.

Fifteen songs made it to the national final, which was broadcast by Hessischer Rundfunk to ARD broadcasters across West Germany. The winner was decided by nine regional juries with four members each. Each jury member would assign points 1 to 5 for their five favorite songs. The highest score a song could receive (with every jury member from every region voting 5 on one song) was 180.

The winning entry was "Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein", performed by Joy Fleming and composed by Reiner Pietsch with lyrics by Michael Holm. Other notable competitors included 1971 Contest winner Séverine, two-time German representative Katja Ebstein, past German representative Mary Roos, and Peggy March, well known in Germany and briefly in the U.S. for the song "I Will Follow Him".

Before Eurovision

Ein Lied für Stockholm

Draw Artist Song Songwriters Points Place
1 Marianne Rosenberg "Er gehört zu mir" Joachim Heider, Christian Heilburg 86 10th
2 Peggy March "Alles geht vorüber" Ralph Siegel, Kurt Hertha 128 2nd
3 Peter Horton "Am Fuß der Leiter" Günter Ress, Miriam Frances 79 11th
4 Die Jokers "San Francisco Symphony" Peter Martin, Werner Schüler 57 12th
5 Séverine "Dreh dich im Kreisel der Zeit" Peter Orloff, Elisabeth Bertram 97 7th
6 Joy Fleming "Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein" Rainer Pietsch, Michael Holm 134 1st
7 Maggie Mae "Die total verrückte Zeit" Henry Meier, Georg Buschor 97 7th
8 Werner W. Becker "Heut' bin ich arm, heut' bin ich reich" Klaus Munro, Werner W. Becker 54 13th
9 Mary Roos "Eine Liebe ist wie ein Lied" Hans Blum, Ingetraut Blum 115 3rd
10 Ricci Hohlt "Du" Chris Juwens, Joachim Relin 38 14th
11 Ricky Gordon "Sonja, ich rufe dich" Rudi Edelmann, Angie Richter 37 15th
12 Jürgen Marcus "Ein Lied zieht hinaus in die Welt" Jack White, Fred Jay 90 9th
13 Love Generation "Hör wieder Radio" Peter Schirmann, Gisela Kieler 115 3rd
14 Katja Ebstein "Ich liebe dich" Christian Bruhn, Michael Kunze 110 5th
15 Shuki and Aviva "Du und ich und zwei Träume" Rainer Maria Erhardt, Jean Frankfurter 108 6th

At Eurovision

Joy Fleming performed fourth on the night of the contest, following France and preceding Luxembourg. At the close of the voting the song had received 15 points, placing 17th in a field of 19 competing countries.[1] It was the lowest ranking Germany had seen in the competition to this point, and would continue to hold the distinction of having the lowest ranking out of all the German Eurovision songs until 1991, when the German entry that year placed 18th. Joy Fleming later blamed her clothing and apparel for the low placement.[2] She stated that she would have preferred wearing trousers but that Hans-Otto Grünefeldt [de], entertainment program director of Hessischer Rundfunk, forced her to wear a green dress and fake pearls instead.[2]

Voting

References

  1. ^ "Final of Stockholm 1975". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b Feddersen, Jan (2010). Wunder gibt es immer wieder. Das große Buch zum Eurovision Song Contest (in German). Berlin: Aufbau Verlag. p. 66. ISBN 978-3-7466-7074-4.
  3. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Stockholm 1975". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

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