Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986

West Germany (performing under the banner Germany) was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, held in Bergen, Norway.

Eurovision Song Contest 1986
Country Germany
National selection
Selection processEin Lied für Bergen
Selection date(s)27 March 1986
Selected entrantIngrid Peters
Selected song"Über die Brücke geh'n"
Selected songwriter(s)Hans Blum
Finals performance
Final result8th, 62 points
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1985 • 1986 • 1987►

Before Eurovision

Ein Lied für Bergen

The German national final to select their entry, Ein Lied für Bergen, was held on 27 March at the Deutsches Theater in Munich, and was hosted by Sabrina Lallinger and Wenche Myhre. Myhre represented Germany in the 1968 Contest.

Twelve songs made it to the national final, which was broadcast by Bayerischer Rundfunk to ARD broadcasters across West Germany. The winner was decided by a sampling of 500 random West Germans who were meant to symbolize a fair representation of the country's population. Each person gave every song a vote, from 1 (for worst) to 12 (for best). Therefore, the theoretical "worst score" a song could receive would be 500, and the "best score" would be 6000.

The winning entry was "Über die Brücke geh'n", performed by Ingrid Peters and composed by Hans Blum.

DrawArtistSongSongwritersVotesPlace
1That's Life"Telefon"Ralph Siegel, Werner Schüler201112th
2Günther-Eric Thöner"Du bist der Wind, der meine Flügel trägt"Günther-Eric Thöner, Erich Offierowski28939th
3Dschinghis Khan Family"Wir gehör'n zusammen"Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger40882nd
4Ingrid Peters"Über die Brücke geh'n"Hans Blum42361st
5Clowns"Clowns"Ralph Siegel, Michael Kunze, Bernd Meinunger35976th
6Steffi Hinz"Ich habe niemals nie gesagt"Alexander Gordan, Norbert Hammerschmidt276910th
7Mister Fisto"Rein und klar wie's früher war"Günther-Eric Thöner, Peter Rubin210211th
8Headline"Europa"Jürgen Triebel, Horst-Herbert Krause38715th
9Margit P."Der Sonne entgegen"Margit Petraschka29238th
10Chris Heart and Band"Die Engel sind auch nicht mehr das was sie war'n"Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger40273rd
11Joy Fleming and Marc Berry"Miteinander"Reiner Pietsch, Werner Schüler39894th
12Tie Break"Kopf oder Zahl"Andreas Hofner, Regina Simon31187th

At Eurovision

Peters was the fourteenth performer on the night of the Contest, following Belgium and preceding Cyprus. At the close of the voting the song had received 62 points, placing 8th in a field of 20 competing countries.[1] The German jury awarded its 12 points to Luxembourg.

The show was watched by 10.88 million viewers in Germany.[2]

Voting

References
  1. "Final of Bergen 1986". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  2. Quotenmeter; AGF; GfK. "TV-Reichweite des Eurovision Song Contests in den Jahren 1976 bis 2023 nach der Anzahl der Zuschauer". Statista. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  3. "Results of the Final of Bergen 1986". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
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