Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998

The Germany national final to select their entry, Countdown Grand Prix 1998, was held on 26 February at the Stadthalle Bremen, and was hosted by Axel Bulthaupt and Nena. The final decision was decided on televoting only, the top 3 were announced, but the other placings are known unofficially.

The winning entry was "Guildo hat euch lieb!," performed by Guildo Horn and written and composed by Stefan Raab.

National final

Draw	Artist	Song	Informal translation	Votes	Place
1	Shana	"Es regnet nie in Texas"	It never rains in Texas		9th
2	Ballhouse	"Can-Can"	Can-Can		6th
3	Maria Perzil	"Freut Euch!"	Be glad		10th
4	Diana & Wind	"Lass die Herzen sich berühren"	Let the hearts touch each other		5th
5	Sharon	"Kids"	Kids		8th
6	Guildo Horn	"Guildo hat euch lieb!"	Guildo loves you	62%	1st
7	Rosenstolz	"Herzensschöner"	Heart's desire	10,6%	2nd
8	Köpenick	"Carneval"	Carnival		7th
9	Fokker	"Gel-Song (Kleine Melodie)"	Hair gel song (little melody)		4th
10	Hearts and Roses	"Du bist ein Teil von mir"	You're a part of me	10,1%	3rd

At Eurovision

Horn was the ninth performer on the night of the Contest, following Israel and preceding Malta. At the Contest, he performed together with his band Die Orthopädischen Strümpfe. At the close of the voting the song had received 86 points,^[1] placing 7th in a field of 25 competing countries.

Voting

Points awarded to Germany

Points Awarded to Germany
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Netherlands Spain Switzerland	Portugal	Ireland Slovenia	Belgium	Romania United Kingdom
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
		Greece		Estonia Finland

Points awarded by Germany

12 points	Turkey
10 points	Croatia
8 points	Malta
7 points	Israel
6 points	Netherlands
5 points	Poland
4 points	Belgium
3 points	Norway
2 points	Ireland
1 point	United Kingdom

External links

German National Final 1998

References

↑ Spain originally gave its 12 points to Israel and 10 to Norway. After the broadcast it was announced that Spanish broadcaster wrongly tallied the votes and Germany should have got the top mark - 12 points - instead of being snubbed, as it happened. The mistake was corrected and so Germany was placed 7th over Norway. Israel and Norway both received 2 points less than originally and Croatia, Malta, Portugal, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Belgium, Estonia and Turkey all received one point less than indicated during the broadcast.

Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 ~~1996~~ 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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

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"

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

Eurovision Song Contest 1998

Countries

Final (by final results)	Israel (winner) United Kingdom Malta Netherlands Croatia Belgium Germany Norway Ireland Sweden Cyprus Portugal Estonia Turkey Finland Spain Poland Slovenia Macedonia Greece Slovakia Romania Hungary France Switzerland

Artists

Final (by final results)	Dana International Imaani Chiara Edsilia Danijela Mélanie Cohl Guildo Horn Lars Fredriksen Dawn Martin Jill Johnson Michalis Hatzigiannis Alma Lusa Koit Toome Tüzmen Edea Mikel Herzog Sixteen Vili Resnik Vlado Janevski Thalassa Katarína Hasprová Mălina Olinescu Charlie Marie Line Gunvor

Songs

Final
(by final results)

(Note: All information are in order of appearance

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