Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986

Eurovision Song Contest 1986
Participating broadcasterARD[a] – Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
Country Germany
National selection
Selection processEin Lied für Bergen
Selection date(s)27 March 1986
Selected artist(s)Ingrid Peters
Selected song"Über die Brücke geh'n"
Selected songwriter(s)Hans Blum
Finals performance
Final result8th, 62 points
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1985 • 1986 • 1987►

Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 with the song "Über die Brücke geh'n", written by Hans Blum, and performed by Ingrid Peters. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), selected their entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

Ein Lied für Bergen

Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) held the German national final, Ein Lied für Bergen, on 27 March at the Deutsches Theater in Munich, hosted by Sabrina Lallinger and Wenche Myhre. Myhre represented Germany in the 1968 Contest.

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 500 random West Germans 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.

The winning entry was "Über die Brücke geh'n", performed by Ingrid Peters and composed by Hans Blum.

Draw Artist Song Songwriters Votes Place
1 That's Life "Telefon" Ralph Siegel, Werner Schüler 2011 12th
2 Günther-Eric Thöner "Du bist der Wind, der meine Flügel trägt" Günther-Eric Thöner, Erich Offierowski 2893 9th
3 Dschinghis Khan Family "Wir gehör'n zusammen" Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger 4088 2nd
4 Ingrid Peters "Über die Brücke geh'n" Hans Blum 4236 1st
5 Clowns "Clowns" Ralph Siegel, Michael Kunze, Bernd Meinunger 3597 6th
6 Steffi Hinz "Ich habe niemals nie gesagt" Alexander Gordan, Norbert Hammerschmidt 2769 10th
7 Mister Fisto "Rein und klar wie's früher war" Günther-Eric Thöner, Peter Rubin 2102 11th
8 Headline "Europa" Jürgen Triebel, Horst-Herbert Krause 3871 5th
9 Margit P. "Der Sonne entgegen" Margit Petraschka 2923 8th
10 Chris Heart and Band "Die Engel sind auch nicht mehr das was sie war'n" Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger 4027 3rd
11 Joy Fleming and Marc Berry "Miteinander" Reiner Pietsch, Werner Schüler 3989 4th
12 Tie Break "Kopf oder Zahl" Andreas Hofner, Regina Simon 3118 7th

At Eurovision

Peters was the fourteenth performer on the night of the Contest, following Belgium and preceding Cyprus. At the close of the voting the song had received 62 points, placing 8th in a field of 20 competing countries.[1] The German jury awarded its 12 points to Luxembourg.

The show was watched by 10.88 million viewers in Germany.[2]

Voting

Notes

  1. ^ Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

References

  1. ^ "Final of Bergen 1986". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Bergen 1986". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.