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Eurovision Song Contest 1989 | ||||
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Participating broadcaster | ARD [a] – Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) | |||
Country | Germany | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Ein Lied für Lausanne | |||
Selection date(s) | 23 March 1989 | |||
Selected artist(s) | Nino de Angelo | |||
Selected song | "Flieger" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) | ||||
Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 14th, 46 points | |||
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 with the song "Flieger", composed by Dieter Bohlen, with lyrics by Joachim Horn-Bernges, and performed by Nino de Angelo. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), selected their entry through a national final. This year marked the last contest in which participation and televoting were only open to residents of West Germany.
The national final, broadcast by Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) to ARD broadcasters across West Germany, took place on 23 March 1989 at the Deutsches Theater in Munich, and was hosted by actor and comedian Hape Kerkeling. Ten acts presented their entries live and the winner was selected by public televoting through hotline.
Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Votes | Place |
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1 | Die Erben | "Bitte, nicht nochmal" | Alexander Bassler, Bernd Kusserow | 1,799 | 7 |
2 | Xanadu | "Einen Traum für diese Welt" | Tony Hendrik, Burkhard Lasch | 10,891 | 2 |
3 | Clou | "Heut' Nacht sind sie allein" | Jörg Sieber | 1,156 | 9 |
4 | Dorkas | "Ich hab' Angst" | Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger | 7,973 | 3 |
5 | Francesco Napoli | "Viva l'amore" | Peter Columbus, Oliver Kels, Michael Krotus | 1,659 | 8 |
6 | ZouZou | "Ich such' dich" | Stephan Gade, ZouZou Eder | 1,941 | 6 |
7 | Andreas Martin | "Herz an Herz" | Andreas Martin, Joachim Horn-Bernges | 3,855 | 4 |
8 | Canan Braun | "Wunderland" | Glen Stone, Tanja Penniston, Ira Rödel | 2,570 | 5 |
9 | Nino de Angelo | "Flieger" | Dieter Bohlen, Joachim Horn-Bernges | 14,625 | 1 |
10 | Caren Faust | "Diese Zeit" | Thomas Gesell, Hanswilli Großmann, Bernd Reheuser | 841 | 10 |
Nino de Angelo performed twenty-first on the night of the contest, following Iceland and preceding Yugoslavia. At the close of the voting the song had received 46 points, placing 14th in a field of 22 competing countries. [1] It marked the second appearance in a row in which Germany took the 14th place slot at the end of the night.
The contest was broadcast on Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen , with commentary by Thomas Gottschalk, and on radio with commentary by Ado Schlier . [2] The show was watched by 9.87 million viewers in West Germany. [3]
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