Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 explained

Year:1991
Broadcaster:ARD – German: [[Sender Freies Berlin]]|i=no (SFB)
Country:Germany
Preselection:German: Ein Lied für Rom
Preselection Date:21 March 1991
Entrant:Atlantis 2000
Song:German: Dieser Traum darf niemals sterben|i=no
Final Result:18th, 10 points

Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 with the song "German: Dieser Traum darf niemals sterben|i=no", composed by Alfons Weindorf, with lyrics by Helmut Frey, and performed by six-member group Atlantis 2000. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, German: [[Sender Freies Berlin]]|i=no (SFB), selected their entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

German: Ein Lied für Rom

The national final was held at the Friedrichstadtpalast in Berlin, hosted by Hape Kerkeling. Ten songs took part and the winner was chosen by a panel of 1,000 people, selected as providing a representative cross-section of the German public, who were telephoned and asked to choose their favourite song. One of the other participants was Cindy Berger, who had represented Germany at Eurovision in as half of duo Cindy & Bert.[1]

Final – 21 March 1991
DrawArtistSongSongwriter(s)PercentagePlace
1Tanja Jonak"Hand in Hand in die Sonne"Jean Frankfurter, Irma Holder9.5%6
2Susan Schubert"Du bist mehr"Willy Klüter, Anna Rubach10.8%5
3Cindy Berger"Nie allein"Rainer Pietsch, Werne Schüler6.4%7
4Barbara Cassy"Hautnah ist nicht nah genug"Luis Rodríguez, Peter Zentner14.1%4
5Connie & Komplizen"Jedesmal"Dirk Schiller2.8%10
6Vox & Vox"Tief unter der Haut"Andreas Lebbing14.9%3
7Stefan de Wolff"Herz an Herz"Stefan de Wolff, Andreas Bärtles3.7%9
8Ziad & Sandrina"Die Wächter der Erde"Walter J.W. Schmid, Alf Schwegeler15.2%2
9Atlantis 2000"Dieser Traum darf niemals sterben"Alfons Weindorf, Helmut Frey18.5%1
10Strandjungs"Junge Herzen"Marco Junger, Bernd Morawitz, Bernd Morawitz4.1%8

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Atlantis 2000 performed 17th in the running order, following and preceding . At the close of voting "German: Dieser Traum darf niemals sterben|i=no" had received only 10 points, placing Germany 18th of the 22 entries, the country's lowest Eurovision finish to that date.[2] The German jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners .[3]

The show was watched by 6.28 million viewers in Germany.[4]

Voting

Notes and References

  1. http://natfinals.50webs.com/90s_00s/Germany1991.html ESC National Finals database 1991
  2. Web site: Final of Rome 1991 . European Broadcasting Union . 18 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210418055904/https://eurovision.tv/event/rome-1991/final . 18 April 2021 . live.
  3. Web site: ESC History - Germany 1991 . 25 March 2010 . 25 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130525162821/http://www.esc-history.com/details.asp?key=669 . dead .
  4. Web site: Quotenmeter . AGF . GfK . TV-Reichweite des Eurovision Song Contests in den Jahren 1976 bis 2023 nach der Anzahl der Zuschauer . subscription . 18 August 2023 . Statista.
  5. Web site: Results of the Final of Rome 1991 . European Broadcasting Union . 18 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210418071226/https://eurovision.tv/event/rome-1991/final/results/germany . 18 April 2021 . live.