Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969

ESC National Year
Year = 1969
Country = GER
Preselection = Ein Lied für Madrid
Preselection date = February 22 1969
Entrant = Siw Malmkvist
Song = "Primaballerina"
Final result = 9th, 8 points

Germany competed at the Eurovision Song Contest 1969, held in Madrid, Spain. ARD, the German broadcaster, used a national final to select their entry.

Ein Lied für Madrid (A Song for Madrid) was held on 22 February at the HR studios in Frankfurt, hosted by Marie-Louise Steibauer. Three artists competing to represent Germany at Eurovision: Peggy March, Rex Gildo and Siw Malmkvist.

The winner of the contest was Swedish artist Siw Malmkvist, with the song "Primaballerina".

Ein Lied für Madrid

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). Malkvist was the first female singer for Germany who wore trousers on stage rather than a dress.

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 [ [http://www.diggiloo.net/?scoreboard.1969 Diggiloo Thrush - scoreboard 1969 ] ] . 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 [ [http://www.diggiloo.net/?scoreboard.1969 Diggiloo Thrush - scoreboard 1969 ] ] . It was the second of only three times, Germany gave no points to a winner (the other times being in 1966 [ [http://www.diggiloo.net/?scoreboard.1966 Diggiloo Thrush - scoreboard 1966 ] ] and 1979 [ [http://www.diggiloo.net/?scoreboard.1979 Diggiloo Thrush - scoreboard 1979 ] ] ). For the second year in a row, the highest vote went to Spain [ [http://www.diggiloo.net/?scoreboard.1968 Diggiloo Thrush - scoreboard 1968 ] ] [ [http://www.diggiloo.net/?scoreboard.1969 Diggiloo Thrush - scoreboard 1969 ] ] .

Points given

*3 points to Spain
*2 points to Switzerland
*1 point to Luxembourg
*1 point to Ireland
*1 point to the United Kingdom
*1 point to France
*1 point to Finland

Points received

*3 points from Yugoslavia
*2 points from Spain
*1 point from Belgium
*1 point from Norway
*1 point from France

Sources and weblinks

*Jan Feddersen: "Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein", Hoffmann und Campe 2002
*Recording of the national final
* [http://www.ndrtv.de/grandprix/rueckblick/60er/1969_national.html The 1969 national final on eurovision.de]

References

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