Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000

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Eurovision Song Contest 2000
Participating broadcaster ARD [lower-alpha 1] – Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)
CountryFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
National selection
Selection processCountdown Grand Prix Eurovision 2000
Selection date(s)18 February 2000
Selected artist(s) Stefan Raab
Selected song" Wadde hadde dudde da? "
Selected songwriter(s)Stefan Raab
Finals performance
Final result5th, 96 points
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with the song " Wadde hadde dudde da? " written and performed by Stefan Raab. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), organised the national final Countdown Grand Prix Eurovision 2000 in order to select their entry for the contest. The national final took place on 18 February 2000 and featured eleven competing acts with the winner being selected through public televoting. "Wadde hadde dudde da?" performed by Stefan Raab was selected as the German entry for Stockholm after gaining 882,569 of the votes.

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As a member of the "Big Four", Germany automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing in position 15, Germany placed fifth out of the 24 participating countries with 96 points.

Background

Prior to the 2000 Contest, ARD had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Germany forty-three times since its debut in 1956. [1] It has won the contest on one occasion: in 1982 with the song " Ein bißchen Frieden " performed by Nicole. Germany, to this point, has been noted for having appeared in the contest more than any other country; they have competed in every contest since the first edition in 1956 except for 1996 when it was eliminated in a pre-contest elimination round. In 1999, the German entry "Reise nach Jerusalem – Kudüs'e Seyahat" performed by Sürpriz placed third out of twenty-three competing songs scoring 140 points.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, ARD organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. Since 1996, ARD had delegated the participation in the contest to its member Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR). NDR had set up national finals with several artists to choose both the song and performer to compete at Eurovision for Germany. The broadcaster organised a multi-artist national final in cooperation to select its entry for the 2000 contest. [2]

Before Eurovision

Countdown Grand Prix Eurovision 2000

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The Stadthalle in Bremen was the host venue of Countdown Grand Prix Eurovision 2000

Countdown Grand Prix Eurovision 2000 was the competition organised by NDR to select its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000. The competition took place on 18 February 2000 at the Stadthalle in Bremen, hosted by Axel Bulthaupt and broadcast on Das Erste. Eleven acts competed during the show with the winner being selected through a public televote. [3] The national final was watched by 7.87 million viewers in Germany with a market share of 24.2%. [4]

Competing entries

11 acts were selected by a panel consisting of representatives of the German Phono Academy from proposals received from record companies and announced on 6 January 2000. [5] [6] Among the competing artists was Corinna May who was due to represent Germany in 1999 before being disqualified when it was discovered that her song had already been released by another singer. [7]

ArtistSongSongwriter(s)
Claudia Cane and Mother Bone"Free"Andrew Cane, Claudia Cane
Corinna May "I Believe in God" Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger
David Kisitu"Du mußt kein Model sein"David Kisitu
E-Rotic "Queen of Light" David Brandes, Tom Fairchild
Fancy "We Can Move a Mountain"Charlie Glass, Hamid Varzi, Manfred Alois Segieth
Goldrausch"Alles wird gut"Goldrausch, Frank Ramond
Kind of Blue"Bitter Blue"Bernd Klimpel
Knorkator "Ick wer zun Schwein"Alf Ator
Lotto King Karl and Die Barmbek Dream Boys fischering ROH"Fliegen"Carsten Pape, Karl König
Marcel"Adios"Marcus Wolter
Stefan Raab "Wadde hadde dudde da?"Stefan Raab

Final

The televised final took place on 18 February 2000. The winner, " Wadde hadde dudde da? " performed by Stefan Raab, was selected solely through public televoting. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the interval acts featured cover versions of songs by ABBA: the Australian group Björn Again performed "Waterloo" and "Dancing Queen", Mexican singer Filippa Giordano performed "The Winner Takes it All" and all the competing artists together performed "Thank You for the Music". [8] 1.536 million votes were cast in the final. [9]

Final – 18 February 2000
DrawArtistSongTelevotePlace
1 E-Rotic "Queen of Light"Unknown6
2Lotto King Karl and Die Barmbek Dream Boys fischering ROH"Fliegen"Unknown7
3Marcel"Adios"Unknown11
4Claudia Cane and Mother Bone"Free"Unknown10
5David Kisitu"Du mußt kein Model sein"Unknown8
6 Corinna May "I Believe in God"216,0272
7 Knorkator "Ick wer zun Schwein"108,9114
8Kind of Blue"Bitter Blue"117,0443
9 Stefan Raab "Wadde hadde dudde da?"882,5691
10Goldrausch"Alles wird gut"Unknown9
11 Fancy "We Can Move a Mountain"Unknown5

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the bottom six countries in the 1999 contest competed in the final on 13 May 2000. As a member of the "Big Four", Germany automatically qualified to compete in the contest. During the allocation draw on 21 November 1999, Germany was drawn to perform in position 15, following the entry from Denmark and before the entry from Switzerland. [10] Germany finished in fifth place with 96 points. [11]

In Germany, the show was broadcast on Das Erste which featured commentary by Peter Urban. The show was watched by 10.03 million viewers in Germany. [12] NDR appointed Axel Bulthaupt as its spokesperson to announce the top 12-point score awarded by the German televote.

Voting

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Germany and awarded by Germany in the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Denmark in the contest. [13]

Notes

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

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