Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975

Eurovision Song Contest 1975
Eurovision Song Contest 1975
Country	Germany
National selection
Selection process	Ein Lied für Stockholm
Selection date(s)	3 February 1975
Selected entrant	Joy Fleming
Selected song	"Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein"
Selected songwriter(s)	Rainer Pietsch; Michael Holm;
Finals performance
Final result	17th, 15 points
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest

Germany was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975, held in Stockholm, Sweden.

The German national final to select their entry, Vorentscheid 1975: Ein Lied für Stockholm, was held on 3 February at the Hessischer Rundfunk Studio 1 in Frankfurt am Main, and was hosted by journalist Karin Tietze-Ludwig, already well known for hosting the international preview "Auftakt für Brighton" a year before.

Fifteen songs made it to the national final, which was broadcast by Hessischer Rundfunk to ARD broadcasters across West Germany. The winner was decided by nine regional juries with four members each. Each jury member would assign points 1 to 5 for their five favorite songs. The highest score a song could receive (with every jury member from every region voting 5 on one song) was 180.

The winning entry was "Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein", performed by Joy Fleming and composed by Reiner Pietsch with lyrics by Michael Holm. Other notable competitors included 1971 Contest winner Séverine, two-time German representative Katja Ebstein, past German representative Mary Roos, and Peggy March, well known in Germany and briefly in the U.S. for the song "I Will Follow Him".

Before Eurovision

Ein Lied für Stockholm

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Marianne Rosenberg	"Er gehört zu mir"	86	10th
2	Peggy March	"Alles geht vorüber"	128	2nd
3	Peter Horton	"Am Fuß der Leiter"	79	11th
4	Die Jokers	"San Francisco Symphony"	57	12th
5	Séverine	"Dreh dich im Kreisel der Zeit"	97	7th
6	Joy Fleming	"Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein"	134	1st
7	Maggie Mae	"Die total verrückte Zeit"	97	7th
8	Werner W. Becker	"Heut' bin ich arm, heut' bin ich reich"	54	13th
9	Mary Roos	"Eine Liebe ist wie ein Lied"	115	3rd
10	Ricci Hohlt	"Du"	38	14th
11	Ricky Gordon	"Sonja, ich rufe dich"	37	15th
12	Jürgen Marcus	"Ein Lied zieht hinaus in die Welt"	90	9th
13	Love Generation	"Hör wieder Radio"	115	3rd
14	Katja Ebstein	"Ich liebe dich"	110	5th
15	Shuki and Aviva	"Du und ich und zwei Träume"	108	6th

At Eurovision

Joy Fleming performed fourth on the night of the contest, following France and preceding Luxembourg. At the close of the voting the song had received 15 points, placing 17th in a field of 19 competing countries.[1] It was the lowest ranking Germany had seen in the competition to this point, and would continue to hold the distinction of having the lowest ranking out of all the German Eurovision songs until 1991, when the German entry that year placed 18th.

Voting

Points awarded to Germany[2]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points	Luxembourg
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points	Spain
3 points	Malta
2 points
1 point

Points awarded by Germany[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Finland
10 points	United Kingdom
8 points	Netherlands
7 points	Belgium
6 points	Switzerland
5 points	Spain
4 points	Italy
3 points	Monaco
2 points	Yugoslavia
1 point	Israel

References

"Final of Stockholm 1975". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
"Results of the Final of Stockholm 1975". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

External links

German National Final 1975

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[1] "Final of Stockholm 1975". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

[1975detailed-2] "Results of the Final of Stockholm 1975". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.