Bundesvision Song Contest 2012

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Bundesvision Song Contest 2012
Dates
Final28 September 2012
Host
Venue Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin
Presenter(s)
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Voting systemEach state awards 12, 10, 8–1 point(s) to their top 10 songs.
Winning songFlag of Baden-Wurttemberg.svg  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]

Contents

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

DrawStateArtistSongEnglish translationPlacePoints [8]
01Flag of North Rhine-Westphalia.svg  North Rhine-Westphalia Luxuslärm "Liebt sie dich wie ich?"Does she love you like I do?497
02Flag of Hesse.svg  Hesse Cris Cosmo  [ de ]"Herzschlag"Heartbeat1219
03Flag of Thuringia.svg  Thuringia Maras April  [ de ]"Himmel aus Eis"Heaven of ice933
04Flag of Rhineland-Palatinate.svg  Rhineland-Palatinate Pickers  [ de ]"1000 Meilen"1000 miles1120
05Flag of Bavaria (lozengy).svg  Bavaria Fiva  [ de ] & the Phantom Orchester (with Linhof and Weber  [ de ] from Sportfreunde Stiller)"Die Stadt gehört wieder mir"The city belongs to me again1413
06Flag of Brandenburg.svg  Brandenburg Mellow Mark feat. Nina Maleika  [ de ]"Bleib bei mir"Stay with me168
07Flag of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.svg  Mecklenburg-Vorpommern The Love Bülow "Nie mehr"Never again841
08Flag of Schleswig-Holstein.svg  Schleswig-Holstein Vierkanttretlager  [ de ]"Fotoalbum"Photo album676
09Flag of Saarland.svg  Saarland Die Orsons  [ de ] feat. Cro "Horst & Monika"—592
10Flag of Saxony-Anhalt (state).svg  Saxony-Anhalt Johanna Zeul "Sandmann"Sandman1510
11Flag of Lower Saxony.svg  Lower Saxony Ich kann fliegen  [ de ]"Mich kann nur Liebe retten"Only love can save me3109
12Flag of Berlin.svg  Berlin B-Tight "Drinne"Inside750
13Flag of Bremen.svg  Bremen Schné  [ de ]"Alles aus Liebe"All out of love1318
14Flag of Hamburg.svg  Hamburg Der König tanzt  [ de ]"Häuserwand"Exterior wall1028
15Flag of Saxony.svg  Saxony Laing "Morgens immer müde"Always tired in the morning2142
16Flag of Baden-Wurttemberg.svg  Baden-Württemberg Xavas (Xavier Naidoo and Kool Savas)"Schau nicht mehr zurück"And I don't look back anymore1172

Scoreboard

Voting results
ESCTotalScore.svgBSC Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.svgBSC Saxony-Anhalt.svgBSC Schleswig-Holstein.svgBSC Brandenburg.svgBSC Baden-Wurttemberg.svgBSC Saarland.svgBSC Bavaria.svgBSC Saxony.svgBSC Thuringia.svgBSC Lower Saxony.svgBSC Hesse.svgBSC Hamburg.svgBSC Rhineland-Palatinate.svgBSC Bremen.svgBSC Berlin.svgBSC North Rhine-Westphalia.svg
BSC States.svg
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern41121121321141372
Saxony-Anhalt1082
Schleswig-Holstein7644125443545372545
Brandenburg88
Baden-Württemberg17210121010121012101010121012101210
Saarland9265478125656435466
Bavaria1311101
Saxony1428108121068128810888108
Thuringia331222412523
Lower Saxony10977765578712766757
Hesse19784
Hamburg28251121223
Rhineland-Palatinate2081011
Bremen183312
Berlin503324334234213184
North Rhine-Westfalia9756636767676576212

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