Theater (song)

Infobox ESC entry
song = flagicon|Germany Theater
country = Germany
year = 1980
artist = Katjasdfasfd Ebstein
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with =
place = 2nd
points = 128
composer = Ralph Siegel
lyricist = Bernd Meinunger
conductor = Wolfgang Rödelberger
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points_semi =
lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1980de from Diggiloo Thrush]
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prev = Dschinghis Khan (song)
prev_link = Dschinghis Khan (song)
next = Johnny Blue
next_link = Johnny Blue

Theater was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980, performed in German by Katja Ebstein.
The song was performed twelfth on the night (following Norway's Sverre Kjelsberg & Mattis Hætta with Sámiid Ædnan and preceding the United Kingdom's Prima Donna with Love Enough For Two). At the close of voting, it had received 128 points, placing 2nd in a field of 19.

The song is another Ralph Siegel-Bernd Meinunger collaboration, with Ebstein singing about the manner in which clowns have to mask their true feelings when performing on stage - a situation which is said to be true of all performers.
The performance is memorable for being the only occasion on which Siegel (traditionally a behind-the-scenes maestro) actually appeared on stage playing the piano.It was succeeded as German representative at the 1981 Contest by Lena Valaitis with Johnny Blue.