Bundesvision Song Contest 2012

The Bundesvision Song Contest 2012 was the eighth edition of the annual Bundesvision Song Contest musical event. The contest was held on 28 September 2012 at the Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin,[1] following Tim Bendzko's win in the 2011 contest in North Rhine-Westphalia with the song "Wenn Worte meine Sprache wären".[2] This was the second time that the Max-Schmeling-Halle arena had hosted the contest after previously hosting in 2010, and Berlin's third time of hosting the contest, after previously hosting in 2007, and 2010.[1][3][4] The contest was hosted by Stefan Raab, Sandra Rieß, and Elton in the green room.[5]

Bundesvision Song Contest 2012
Dates
Final28 September 2012
Host
VenueMax-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin
Presenter(s)
Participation map
  • A coloured map of the states of Germany
    Legend
    •      1st place     2nd place     3rd place     4th place     5th place     6th place     7th place     8th place     9th place     10th place     11th place     12th place     13th place     14th place     15th place     16th place
Vote
Voting systemEach state awards 12, 10, 8–1 point(s) to their top 10 songs.
Winning song Baden-Württemberg
"Schau nicht mehr zurück" by Xavas (Xavier Naidoo and Kool Savas)

Contest overview

The winner of the Bundesvision Song Contest 2012 was Xavas (Xavier Naidoo and Kool Savas) with the song "Schau nicht mehr zurück", representing Baden-Württemberg, the song also reached number 2 in the German singles chart.[6] In second place was Laing (band) representing Saxony, and third place to Ich kann fliegen representing Lower Saxony.[7][8]

Rüdiger Linhof, and Weber, members from Sportfreunde Stiller from 2008, return to the contest as part of "Phantom Orchester" singing with Fiva, representing Bavaria for a second time. Boris Lauterbach from Fettes Brot who represented Schleswig-Holstein in 2005, returns under the name "Der König tanzt" representing Hamburg.[9]

Berlin's 2006 winning band Seeed, performed as the opening act, singing "Augenbling" and "Beautiful".[10] Tim Bendzko performed as the interval act singing his winning song from 2011, "Wenn Worte meine Sprache wären".

10 of the 16 states awarded themselves the maximum of 12 points, with Bavaria, Berlin, Brandenburg, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, and Saxony-Anhalt awarding themselves 10, 8, 8, 8, 10, and 8 points respectively.

Results
Draw State Artist Song English translation Place Points[8]
01  North Rhine-Westphalia Luxuslärm "Liebt sie dich wie ich?" Does she love you like I do? 4 97
02  Hesse Cris Cosmo "Herzschlag" Heartbeat 12 19
03  Thuringia Maras April "Himmel aus Eis" Heaven of ice 9 33
04  Rhineland-Palatinate Pickers "1000 Meilen" 1000 miles 11 20
05  Bavaria Fiva & the Phantom Orchester (with Linhof and Weber from Sportfreunde Stiller) "Die Stadt gehört wieder mir" The city belongs to me again 14 13
06  Brandenburg Mellow Mark feat. Nina Maleika "Bleib bei mir" Stay with me 16 8
07  Mecklenburg-Vorpommern The Love Bülow "Nie mehr" Never again 8 41
08  Schleswig-Holstein Vierkanttretlager "Fotoalbum" Photo album 6 76
09  Saarland Die Orsons feat. Cro "Horst & Monika" — 5 92
10  Saxony-Anhalt Johanna Zeul "Sandmann" Sandman 15 10
11  Lower Saxony Ich kann fliegen "Mich kann nur Liebe retten" Only love can save me 3 109
12  Berlin B-Tight "Drinne" Inside 7 50
13  Bremen Schné "Alles aus Liebe" All out of love 13 18
14  Hamburg Der König tanzt "Häuserwand" Exterior wall 10 28
15  Saxony Laing "Morgens immer müde" Always tired in the morning 2 142
16  Baden-Württemberg Xavas (Xavier Naidoo and Kool Savas) "Schau nicht mehr zurück" And I don't look back anymore 1 172

Scoreboard
Voting results
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 41121121321141372
Saxony-Anhalt 1082
Schleswig-Holstein 7644125443545372545
Brandenburg 88
Baden-Württemberg 17210121010121012101010121012101210
Saarland 9265478125656435466
Bavaria 1311101
Saxony 1428108121068128810888108
Thuringia 331222412523
Lower Saxony 10977765578712766757
Hesse 19784
Hamburg 28251121223
Rhineland-Palatinate 2081011
Bremen 183312
Berlin 503324334234213184
North Rhine-Westfalia 9756636767676576212

References
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  7. "Xavas gewinnt Bundesvision Song Contest" [Xavas wins Bundesvision Song Contest]. Die Welt (in German). 29 September 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  8. "radio ffn: Bundesvision Songcontest 2014!". radio ffn (in German). Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  9. Göbel, Malte (28 September 2012). "BundesVision Song Contest 2012 mit Xavas, Cro, Der König Tanzt …" [BundesVision Song Contest 2012 with Xavas, Cro, Der König Tanzt …]. GIGA (in German). Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  10. "Beautiful! SEEED eröffnen Stefan Raabs "Bundesvision Song Contest" auf ProSieben" [Beautiful! SEEED opens Stefan Raab's "Bundesvision Song Contest" on ProSieben]. Brainpool TV (in German). 25 September 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
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