Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969
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Germany was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 by Siw Malmkvist with the song “Primaballerina” written by Hans Blum. The entry was chosen during a national final called Ein Lied für Madrid.
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[edit] Ein Lied für Madrid
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| The national final | |
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| Title: | Ein Lied für Madrid |
| Broadcaster: | ARD, HR |
| Venue: | HR studios, Frankfurt |
| Date: | February 22, 1969 |
| Time: | 21:15 CET |
| Duration: | ca. 60 minutes |
| Number of contestants: | 3 |
| Number of songs: | 9 |
| Voting: | A jury of eleven people selected the winner in two rounds of voting. |
| Interval act: | Rudolf and Mechthild Trautz |
| Host(s): | |
| Marie-Louise Steinbauer | |
The national final took place on 22 February 1969.
[edit] Before the show
The GEMA has chosen 30 popular composers and lyricists. These were invited by broadcaster HR to submit one or two songs each. Nine of these songs would participate in the national final. Three singers were chosen to participate in the national final: Siw Malmkvist, who had already represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960, Rex Gildo and Peggy March. All of them were well-known artists in Germany. It is rumoured that actually twelve songs were supposed to be presented and that Alexandra would have been the fourth representative but that she has withdrawn from the competition because Udo Jürgens advised her to do so. However, this has never been confirmed[1].
[edit] The national final
The national final was held at Frankfurt in the HR studios hosted by Marie-Louise Steinbauer. The nine songs were presented in three rounds, with each of three singer performing one song in every round. After every round, the stage was re-decorated. During the show, that host has highlighted various times that the national final is supposed to be a song contest and that it is not the artists who is voted for[2].
The winner was chosen in two rounds of voting by a jury of eleven people including composed of deputies of the ARD and an association of composers and lyricist as well as a conductor. In the first round of voting, the best song of each artist was chosen; every jury member could give one point to his favourite song out of the three. The three chosen songs were sung again before the jury members could give one point to their favourite. Siw Malkvist one with seven points, Peggy March got four and Rex Gildo got no points at all.
The interval act was performed by Rudolf and Mechthild Trautz, European Champions in Latin dancing between 1966 and 1977, who performed a medley of all five international Latin dances (Rumba, Samba, Cha cha cha, Paso Doble and Jive).
28% of the Germans watched the show making it the second popular program of the evening. However, an evaluation after the show revealed, that many people turned off the program during the live broadcast.
[edit] Participants
| # | Singer | Song (Music/lyrics) |
Translation | Pts. 1st round |
Pts. 2nd round |
Place |
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| 1 | Siw Malmkvist | Dein Comeback zu mir (Heinz Dietz/Kurt Feltz) |
Your comeback to me | 2 | ||
| 2 | Rex Gildo | Lady Julia (Werner Scharfenberger/Kurt Feltz) |
- | 4 | ||
| 3 | Peggy March | Karussell meiner Liebe (Werner Scharfenberger/Kurt Feltz) |
Merry-go-round of my love | 1 | ||
| 4 | Siw Malmkvist | Melodie (Heinz Korn) |
Melody | 4 | ||
| 5 | Rex Gildo | Die beste Idee meines Lebens (Erich Heinz/Kurt Hertha) |
The best idea of my life | 7 | 0 | 3rd |
| 6 | Peggy March | Aber die Liebe bleibt bestehn (Günther Sonneborn/Heinz Korn) |
But love remains | 4 | ||
| 7 | Siw Malmkvist | Primaballerina (Hans Blum) |
Prima ballerina | 5 | 7 | 1st |
| 8 | Rex Gildo | Festival der jungen Liebe (Gerhard Jossenhofen/Horst-Heinz Henning) |
Festival of young love | 0 | ||
| 9 | Peggy March | Hey (Heinz Korn) |
- | 6 | 4 | 2nd |
[edit] Chart successes
Only two of the songs in the national final were recorded - the winning song, of course and the song Hey by Peggy March. Both were released as singles and reached the German single charts.
| Entry |  |
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| Primaballerina | 13 | - | - |
| Hey | 29 | - | - |
[edit] At Eurovision
At the Eurovision Song Contest, “Primaballerina” would be the third German entry composed by Hans Blum (he had previously written “Paradies, wo bist du?” in 1965 and “Anouschka” in 1967). Siw Malkvist was the first female singer for Germany who wore trousers on stage rather than a dress.
[edit] Voting
Every country had a jury of ten people. Every jury member could give one point to his or her favourite song.
Siw Malkvist received eight points in total and she finished ninth among the 16 contestants. The highest mark came from the Yugoslavian jury, which was the first one to vote and gave three points to Germany putting the country in the lead[3]. Surprisingly, she received no points from her home country Sweden. The German jury gave points to three of the four winners (Spain, United Kingdom, Netherlands and France), only the Dutch entry got no points[4]. It was the second of only three times, Germany gave no points to a winner (the other times being in 1966[5] and 1979[6]). For the second year in a row, the highest vote went to Spain[7][8].
[edit] Points given
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[edit] Points received
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[edit] Sources and weblinks
- Jan Feddersen: Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein, Hoffmann und Campe 2002
- Recording of the national final
- The 1969 national final on eurovision.de
[edit] References
- ^ 1969: Deutscher Vorentscheid in Frankfurt am Main - Eurovision.de: Die offizielle Website zum Eurovision Song Contest
- ^ aufrechtgehn.de - Deutsche Vorentscheidung 1969
- ^ Diggiloo Thrush - scoreboard 1969
- ^ Diggiloo Thrush - scoreboard 1969
- ^ Diggiloo Thrush - scoreboard 1966
- ^ Diggiloo Thrush - scoreboard 1979
- ^ Diggiloo Thrush - scoreboard 1968
- ^ Diggiloo Thrush - scoreboard 1969
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