Bundesvision Song Contest 2012

Bundesvision Song Contest 2012
Dates
Final	28 September 2012
Host
Venue	Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin
Presenter(s)	Stefan Raab Sandra Rieß Elton (green room)
Participation map Legend      1st place     2nd place     3rd place     4th place     5th place     6th place     7th place     8th place     9th place     10th place     11th place     12th place     13th place     14th place     15th place     16th place
Vote
Voting system	Each state awards 12, 10, 8–1 point(s) to their top 10 songs.
Winning song	Baden-Württemberg "Schau nicht mehr zurück" by Xavas (Xavier Naidoo and Kool Savas)
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The Bundesvision Song Contest 2012 was the eighth edition of the annual Bundesvision Song Contest musical event. The contest was held on 28 September 2012 at the Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, ^[1] following Tim Bendzko's win in the 2011 contest in North Rhine-Westphalia with the song "Wenn Worte meine Sprache wären". ^[2] This was the second time that the Max-Schmeling-Halle arena had hosted the contest after previously hosting in 2010, and Berlin's third time of hosting the contest, after previously hosting in 2007, and 2010. ^{[1] [3] [4]} The contest was hosted by Stefan Raab, Sandra Rieß, and Elton in the green room. ^[5]

Contest overview

The winner of the Bundesvision Song Contest 2012 was Xavas (Xavier Naidoo and Kool Savas) with the song "Schau nicht mehr zurück", representing Baden-Württemberg, the song also reached number 2 in the German singles chart. ^[6] In second place was Laing (band) representing Saxony, and third place to Ich kann fliegen  [ de ] representing Lower Saxony. ^{[7] [8]}

Rüdiger Linhof, and Weber  [ de ], members from Sportfreunde Stiller from 2008, return to the contest as part of "Phantom Orchester" singing with Fiva, representing Bavaria for a second time. Boris Lauterbach from Fettes Brot who represented Schleswig-Holstein in 2005, returns under the name "Der König tanzt" representing Hamburg. ^[9]

Berlin's 2006 winning band Seeed, performed as the opening act, singing "Augenbling" and "Beautiful". ^[10] Tim Bendzko performed as the interval act singing his winning song from 2011, "Wenn Worte meine Sprache wären".

10 of the 16 states awarded themselves the maximum of 12 points, with Bavaria, Berlin, Brandenburg, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, and Saxony-Anhalt awarding themselves 10, 8, 8, 8, 10, and 8 points respectively.

Results

Draw	State	Artist	Song	English translation	Place	Points [8]
01	North Rhine-Westphalia	Luxuslärm	"Liebt sie dich wie ich?"	Does she love you like I do?	4	97
02	Hesse	Cris Cosmo  [ de ]	"Herzschlag"	Heartbeat	12	19
03	Thuringia	Maras April  [ de ]	"Himmel aus Eis"	Heaven of ice	9	33
04	Rhineland-Palatinate	Pickers  [ de ]	"1000 Meilen"	1000 miles	11	20
05	Bavaria	Fiva  [ de ] & the Phantom Orchester (with Linhof and Weber  [ de ] from Sportfreunde Stiller)	"Die Stadt gehört wieder mir"	The city belongs to me again	14	13
06	Brandenburg	Mellow Mark feat. Nina Maleika  [ de ]	"Bleib bei mir"	Stay with me	16	8
07	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	The Love Bülow	"Nie mehr"	Never again	8	41
08	Schleswig-Holstein	Vierkanttretlager  [ de ]	"Fotoalbum"	Photo album	6	76
09	Saarland	Die Orsons  [ de ] feat. Cro	"Horst & Monika"	—	5	92
10	Saxony-Anhalt	Johanna Zeul	"Sandmann"	Sandman	15	10
11	Lower Saxony	Ich kann fliegen  [ de ]	"Mich kann nur Liebe retten"	Only love can save me	3	109
12	Berlin	B-Tight	"Drinne"	Inside	7	50
13	Bremen	Schné  [ de ]	"Alles aus Liebe"	All out of love	13	18
14	Hamburg	Der König tanzt  [ de ]	"Häuserwand"	Exterior wall	10	28
15	Saxony	Laing	"Morgens immer müde"	Always tired in the morning	2	142
16	Baden-Württemberg	Xavas (Xavier Naidoo and Kool Savas)	"Schau nicht mehr zurück"	And I don't look back anymore	1	172

Scoreboard

		Voting results
	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	41	12	1	1	2			1	3	2	1	1	4	1	3	7	2
	Saxony-Anhalt	10		8			2
	Schleswig-Holstein	76	4	4	12	5	4	4	3	5	4	5	3	7	2	5	4	5
	Brandenburg	8				8
	Baden-Württemberg	172	10	12	10	10	12	10	12	10	10	10	12	10	12	10	12	10
	Saarland	92	6	5	4	7	8	12	5	6	5	6	4	3	5	4	6	6
	Bavaria	13					1	1	10	1
	Saxony	142	8	10	8	12	10	6	8	12	8	8	10	8	8	8	10	8
	Thuringia	33	1	2				2	2	4	12		5	2			3
	Lower Saxony	109	7	7	7	6	5	5	7	8	7	12	7	6	6	7	5	7
	Hesse	19					7						8		4
	Hamburg	28	2		5	1					1	2		12		2		3
	Rhineland-Palatinate	20						8							10		1	1
	Bremen	18			3							3				12
	Berlin	50	3	3	2	4	3	3	4	2	3	4	2	1	3	1	8	4
	North Rhine-Westfalia	97	5	6	6	3	6	7	6	7	6	7	6	5	7	6	2	12

References

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External links

• Official BSC website at tvtotal.de