Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982

The German national final to select their entry, Vorentscheid 1982, was held on 20 March at the Bayerischer Rundfunk Studios in Munich, and was hosted by Carolin Reiber.

Twelve songs made it to the national final, which was broadcast by Bayerischer Rundfunk to ARD broadcasters across West Germany. The winner was decided by a sampling of 500 random West Germans who were meant to symbolize a fair representation of the country's population. Each person gave every song a vote, from 1 (for worst) to 12 (for best). Therefore, the theoretical "worst score" a song could receive would be 500, and the "best score" would be 6000.

The winning entry was "Ein bißchen Frieden," performed by Nicole and composed by Ralph Siegel with lyrics by Bernd Meinunger.

National final

Draw	Artist	Song	Informal translation	Votes	Place
1	Gottlieb Wendehals	Der Ohrwurm	Catchy tune	2029	11th
2	Séverine	Ich glaub' an meine Träume	I believe in my dreams	2717	10th
3	Jennifer Kemp	Wie Phönix aus der Asche	Like a Phoenix out of the ashes	1965	12th
4	Mel Jersey	Schenk' mir eine Nacht	Give me a night	3227	7th
5	Gaby Baginsky	So wie du bist	As you are	2802	9th
6	Marianne Rosenberg	Blue-Jeans-Kinder	Blue-jeans children	2862	8th
7	Mary Roos and David Hanselmann	Lady	Lady	3358	6th
8	Paola	Peter Pan	Peter Pan	4318	2nd
9	Denise	Die Nacht der Lüge	The night of the lie	3799	4th
10	Hannes Schöner	Nun sag' schon Adieu	Just say goodbye already	3914	3rd
11	Jürgen Marcus	Ich würde gerne bei dir sein	I'd like to be with you	3439	5th
12	Nicole	Ein bißchen Frieden	A little peace	5116	1st

At Eurovision

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Nicole was the eighteenth and final performer on the night of the Contest, following Ireland. At the close of the voting the song had received 161 points, placing first in a field of 19 competing countries. A 61-point gap was recorded between Nicole and the second-place finisher, Avi Toledano from Israel, setting a then record for the largest gap between first and second place.

Points Awarded to Germany

Points Awarded to Germany^[1]
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Cyprus Denmark Ireland Israel Portugal Spain Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia	Belgium Finland Norway	Sweden United Kingdom		Netherlands
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
				Austria

Points Awarded by Germany^[1]

12 points	Israel
10 points	Norway
8 points	Luxembourg
7 points	Spain
6 points	Cyprus
5 points	Netherlands
4 points	Belgium
3 points	Ireland
2 points	Sweden
1 point	United Kingdom

References

1 2 Eurovision Song Contest 1982

German National Final 1982 - Geocities.com

Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

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Artists

1950s	Walter Andreas Schwarz Freddy Quinn Margot Hielscher Margot Hielscher Alice & Ellen Kessler

1960s	Wyn Hoop Lale Andersen Conny Froboess Heidi Brühl Nora Nova Ulla Wiesner Margot Eskens Inge Brück Wenche Myhre Siw Malmkvist

1970s	Katja Ebstein Katja Ebstein Mary Roos Gitte Cindy & Bert Joy Fleming Les Humphries Singers Silver Convention Ireen Sheer Dschinghis Khan

1980s	Katja Ebstein Lena Valaitis Nicole Hoffmann & Hoffmann Mary Roos Wind Ingrid Peters Wind Maxi & Chris Garden Nino de Angelo

1990s	Chris Kempers & Daniel Kovac Atlantis 2000 Wind Münchener Freiheit Mekado ~~Leon~~ Stone & Stone Bianca Shomburg Guildo Horn Sürpriz

2000s	Stefan Raab Michelle Corinna May Lou Max Gracia Texas Lightning Roger Cicero No Angels Alex Swings Oscar Sings

2010s	Lena Lena Roman Lob Cascada Elaiza Ann Sophie Jamie-Lee Kriewitz

Songs

1950s	"Im Wartesaal zum großen Glück" "So geht das jede Nacht" "Telefon, Telefon" "Für zwei Groschen Musik" "Heute Abend wollen wir tanzen geh'n"

1960s	"Bonne nuit ma chérie" "Einmal sehen wir uns wieder" "Zwei kleine Italiener" "Marcel" "Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne" "Paradies, wo bist du?" "Die Zeiger der Uhr" "Anouschka" "Ein Hoch der Liebe" "Primaballerina"

1970s	"Wunder gibt es immer wieder" "Diese Welt" "Nur die Liebe läßt uns leben" "Junger Tag" "Die Sommermelodie" "Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein" "Sing Sang Song" "Telegram" "Feuer" "Dschinghis Khan"

1980s	"Theater" "Johnny Blue" "Ein bißchen Frieden" "Rücksicht" "Aufrecht geh'n" "Für alle " "Über die Brücke geh'n" "Lass die Sonne in dein Herz" "Lied für einen Freund" "Flieger"

1990s	"Frei zu leben" "Dieser Traum darf niemals sterben" "Träume sind für alle da" "Viel zu weit" "Wir geben 'ne Party" "Verliebt in Dich" "~~Planet of Blue~~" "Zeit" "Guildo hat euch lieb!" "Reise nach Jerusalem – Kudüs'e seyahat"

2000s	"Wadde hadde dudde da?" "Wer Liebe lebt" "I Can't Live Without Music" "Let's Get Happy" "Can't Wait Until Tonight" "Run & Hide" "No No Never" "Frauen regier'n die Welt" "Disappear" "Miss Kiss Kiss Bang"

2010s	"Satellite" "Taken by a Stranger" "Standing Still" "Glorious" "Is It Right" "Black Smoke" "Ghost"

(Note: Entries scored out are when Germany did not compete)

Eurovision Song Contest 1982

Countries

Final (by final results)	Germany (winner) Israel Switzerland Belgium Cyprus Luxembourg United Kingdom Sweden Austria Spain Ireland Norway Portugal Yugoslavia Turkey Netherlands Denmark Finland