- Warum es hunderttausend Sterne gibt
"Warum es hunderttausend Sterne gibt" (English translation: "Why There Are A Hundred Thousand Stars") was the Austrian entry in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1967 , performed in German byPeter Horten .The song was performed third on the night (following
Luxembourg 's Vicky with "L'Amour Est Bleu " and precedingFrance 'sNoëlle Cordier with "Il Doit Faire Beau Là-Bas "). At the close of voting, it had received 2 points, placing it 14th in a field of 17 entries.The song is in the "chanson" style and features Horten describing some of the mysteries of the world (why there are so many stars, why there are so many flowers and so on), before explaining that it proves that the point of life is to seize the moment.
The song was succeeded as Austrian representative at the 1968 Contest by
Karel Gott performing "Tausend Fenster ".
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