Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981

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Germany in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1981
Eurovision Song Contest 1981
Participating broadcaster ARD [a] – Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
CountryFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Selection processEin Lied für Dublin
Selection date28 February 1981
Competing entry
Song"Johnny Blue"
Artist Lena Valaitis
Songwriters
Placement
Final result2nd, 132 points
Participation chronology
◄1980 •1981• 1982►

Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 with the song "Johnny Blue", composed by Ralph Siegel, with lyrics by Bernd Meinunger, and performed by Lena Valaitis. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), selected their entry through a national final. Valaitis had previously taken part in the German final in 1976.

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Before Eurovision

Ein Lied für Dublin

Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) held the national final at its television studios in Munich, hosted by Katja Ebstein who represented Germany in 1980. 12 songs took part and the winner was chosen by a panel of approximately 500 people who had been selected as providing a representative cross-section of the German public. [1]

DrawArtistSongSongwritersVotesPlace
1 Janz "Steine" Paul Janz, Michael Kunze 235510
2Nina Martin"Männer"Nina Martinique229211
3 Taco "Träume brauchen Zeit"Janine Terlohian, Kathrin Brigl226912
4Lenz Hauser"Moment"Harald Stümpfl, Lenz Hauser28568
5Thomas Fuchsberger"Josephine"Thomas Fuchsberger, Joachim Fuchsberger 29567
6Rudolf Rock and Die Schocker"Mein Transistorradio" Michael Cretu, Michael Kunze27359
7 Lena Valaitis "Johnny Blue" Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger 50231
8 Martin Mann "Boogie Woogie"Rudi Bauer, Gerd Thumser40393
9Jürgen Renfordt"Barfuß durch ein Feuer"Walter Gerke, Mick Hannes39634
10Leinemann"Das Ungeheuer von Loch Ness"Ulf Krüger, Jörn-Christoph Seelenmeyer39215
11The Hornettes"Mannequin"Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger43042
12 Peter Cornelius "Träumer, Tramps und Clowns"Michael Cretu, Michael Kunze37696

At Eurovision

On the evening of the final Valaitis performed 3rd in the running order, following Turkey and preceding Luxembourg. The 1981 contest is noted for providing one of the closest and most exciting voting sequences in Eurovision history, with the lead changing hands regularly between France, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. With two countries left to vote there was a three-way tie between Germany, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, all on 120 points. Switzerland was the next to vote, and turned out to be the only country which failed to award any points at all to "Johnny Blue", while giving 8 points to the United Kingdom. A maximum 12 points to Germany from the final jury in Sweden was not to be enough, as the Swedish jury also awarded 8 points to the United Kingdom, making Bucks Fizz the contest winners by 4 points. Germany finished runners-up for the second year in succession. [2] The German jury awarded its 12 points to France. [3]

The show was watched by 10.14 million viewers in Germany. [4]

Voting

Notes

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

References

  1. ↑ ESC National Finals database 1981
  2. ↑ "Final of Dublin 1981". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  3. ↑ ESC History - Germany 1981
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. 1 2 "Results of the Final of Dublin 1981". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
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