Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

As a "Big 4" member (the four biggest financial contributors of the contest), Germany qualified directly for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 alongside the previous year's winner Serbia and the three other "Big 4" members, France, Spain and the United Kingdom.

Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country Germany
National selection
Selection processWer singt für Deutschland?
Selection date(s)6 March 2008
Selected entrantNo Angels
Selected song"Disappear"
Finals performance
Final result23rd, 14 points
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Wer singt für Deutschland?
Press conference

Wer singt für Deutschland? (English: Who sings for Germany?) was the competition that selected Germany's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. The competition took place on 6 March 2008 at the Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, hosted by Thomas Hermanns. Five acts competed during the show with the winner being selected through a public televote. The show was broadcast on Das Erste as well as online via the broadcaster's Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.de.[1] The national final was watched by 3.47 million viewers in Germany.

Competing entries

Five acts were selected by an expert panel consisting of representatives of NDR and major record labels. Each act was also supported by a celebrity which consisted of Marc Bator (news anchor for Tagesschau), Katja Ebstein (German Eurovision entrant in 1970, 1971 and 1980), Kim Fisher (singer and presenter), Oliver Pocher (comedian) and Tetje Mierendorf (actor).[2] The five participating acts were announced on 10 January 2008.[3]

Supporter Artist Song (English translation) Songwriter(s)
Oliver Pocher Marquess "La histeria" (The hysteria) Christian Fleps, Dominik Decker, Marco Heggen, Sascha Pierrom
Kim Fisher Tommy Reeve "Just One Woman" Tommy Lee James, Lee Ryan, Jamie Hartman
Tetje Mierendorf Cinema Bizarre "Forever or Never" Remee, Thomas Troelsen
Katja Ebstein Carolin Fortenbacher "Hinterm Ozean" (Behind the ocean) Pe Werner, Peter Koobs
Marc Bator No Angels "Disappear" Remee, Thomas Troelsen, Hanne Sørvaag

Final

The televised final took place on 6 March 2008. The winner was selected through two rounds of public voting, including options for landline and SMS voting. In the first round of voting, the top two entries were selected to proceed to the second round. The top two entries were: "Hinterm Ozean" performed by Carolin Fortenbacher and "Disappear" performed by No Angels. In the second round, the winner, "Disappear" performed by No Angels, was selected. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, 1999 Swedish Eurovision entrant Charlotte Perrelli, who won the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, performed her entry "Take Me to Your Heaven", 2004 Ukrainian Eurovision entrant Ruslana, who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, performed her entry "Wild Dances", 2007 Serbian Eurovision entrant Marija Šerifović, who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed her entry "Molitva" and 2007 German Eurovision entrant Roger Cicero performed his entry "Frauen regier'n die Welt".[1]

First Round – 6 March 2008
Draw Artist Song Result
1 Marquess "La histeria" Eliminated
2 Tommy Reeve "Just One Woman" Eliminated
3 Cinema Bizarre "Forever or Never" Eliminated
4 Carolin Fortenbacher "Hinterm Ozean" Advanced
5 No Angels "Disappear" Advanced
Second Round – 6 March 2008
Draw Artist Song Televote Place
1 Carolin Fortenbacher "Hinterm Ozean" 49.5% 2
2 No Angels "Disappear" 50.5% 1

At Eurovision

As one of the 'Big 4' countries, Germany automatically qualified for the final on May 24, 2008. Germany performed in 4th position, behind Albania and before Armenia where they picked up 14 points ended 23rd (including a maximum 12 from Bulgaria).

Peter Urban is the commentator for the event.[4]

Points awarded by Germany[5]
Points awarded to Germany (Final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Commentators and spokespersons

References
  1. Klier, Marcus (6 March 2008). "Live: Germany decides for Belgrade". Esctoday. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  2. Müller, Mario (25 February 2008). "Grand Prix-Vorentscheid mit Promi-Paten". Wunschliste (in German).
  3. Klier, Marcus (10 January 2008). "Germany: national final participants revealed". Esctoday.
  4. "Das Erste: Eurovision Song Contest- Eurovision Song Contest 2008". Archived from the original on 2008-03-05. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
  5. Eurovision Song Contest 2008
  6. "Der ESC 2008 im Fernsehen". NDR.de. Archived from the original on 2008-05-03. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  7. "Schräg und schrill: Das Grand Prix-Fieber kehrt zurück". quotenmeter.de. Retrieved 2008-05-23.
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