Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975
- Rainer Pietsch
- Michael Holm
| ◄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
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References
- ^ "Final of Stockholm 1975". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Stockholm 1975". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
External links
- German National Final 1975
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- Note: Entries scored out signify where Germany did not compete
