West Germany was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975, held in Stockholm

Stockholm

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, Sweden

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The German national final to select their entry, Vorentscheid 1975: Ein Lied für Stockholm, was held on 3 February at the Hessischer Rundfunk

Hessischer Rundfunk

Hessischer Rundfunk is the public broadcaster for the German state of Hesse. The main offices of HR are in Frankfurt am Main. HR is a member of the ARD.- Studios :...

 Studio 1 in Frankfurt am Main, and was hosted by journalist Karin Tietze-Ludwig, already well known for hosting the international preview "Auftakt für Brighton" a year before.

Fifteen songs made it to the national final, which was broadcast by Hessischer Rundfunk to ARD

ARD (broadcaster)

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 broadcasters across West Germany. The winner was decided by nine regional juries with four members each. Each jury member would assign points 1 to 5 for their five favorite songs. The highest score a song could possibly receive (with every jury member from every region voting 5 on one song) was 180.

The winning entry was "Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein

Ein Lied Kann Eine Brücke Sein

"Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein" was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975, performed primarily in German by Joy Fleming. The song was composed by Rainer Pietsch, who would go on to co-write several of French disco queen Amanda Lear's hits in the late 70s and early 80s, and the...

," performed by Joy Fleming

Joy Fleming

Joy Fleming is a German singer who is probably best-known for her performance in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1975...

 and composed by Reiner Pietsch with lyrics by Michael Holm

Michael Holm

Michael Holm is a German singer, musician, songwriter and producer.He is primarily known as a Schlager singer. Although his first appearance in the hit parade was in 1962 , he had his first big hit in 1969...

. Other notable competitors included 1971 Contest winner Séverine, two-time German representative Katja Ebstein, past German representative Mary Roos, and Peggy March, well known in Germany and briefly in the U.S. for the song "I Will Follow Him

I Will Follow Him

"I Will Follow Him" is a song recorded by Little Peggy March. The music was written by Franck Pourcel and Paul Mauriat . It was adapted by Arthur Altman...

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National final

Draw	Artist	Song	Informal translation	Points	Place
1	Marianne Rosenberg Marianne Rosenberg Marianne Rosenberg is a German Schlager music singer and songwriter.Marianne Rosenberg is the third of seven children from Auschwitz survivor Otto Rosenberg, who was a long-time advocate and representative of the Sinti and Roma peoples in Germany, a function which Marianne's sister Petra later...	Er gehört zu mir	He belongs to me	86	10th
2	Peggy March Peggy March Peggy March is an American pop singer. She is primarily remembered for her 1963 million-selling song "I Will Follow Him".-Career:...	Alles geht vorüber	Everything passes	128	2nd
3	Peter Horton	Am Fuß der Leiter	At the bottom of the ladder	79	11th
4	Die Jokers	San Francisco Symphony	San Francisco Symphony	57	12th
5	Séverine Severine Severine or Séverine can refer to:* the nom de plume of the French journalist Caroline Rémy de Guebhard* a pseudonym of the Hungarian model Eve Angel...	Dreh dich im Kreisel der Zeit	Twirl with the spinning top Top A top is a toy that can be spun on an axis, balancing on a point. This motion is produced in the most simple forms of top by twirling the stem using the fingers. More sophisticated tops are spun by by holding the axis firmly while pulling a string or twisting a stick or pushing an auger as shown...  of life	97	7th (tie)
6	Joy Fleming Joy Fleming Joy Fleming is a German singer who is probably best-known for her performance in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1975...	Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein	A song can be a bridge	134	1st
7	Maggie Mae	Die total verrückte Zeit	The totally crazy time	97	7th (tie)
8	Werner W. Becker	Heut' bin ich arm, heut' bin ich reich	Today I'm poor, today I'm rich	54	13th
9	Mary Roos	Eine Liebe ist wie ein Lied	A love is like a song	115	3rd (tie)
10	Ricci Hohlt	Du	You	38	14th
11	Ricky Gordon	Sonja, ich rufe dich	Sonja, I'm calling you	37	15th
12	Jürgen Marcus	Ein Lied zieht hinaus in die Welt	A song lingers in the world	90	9th
13	Love Generation	Hör wieder Radio	Listen to the radio again	115	3rd (tie)
14	Katja Ebstein Katja Ebstein Karin Witkiewicz, also known as Katja Ebstein, is a German singer. She was born in Girlachsdorf . She achieved success with songs such as Theater or Es war einmal ein Jäger. She was married to Christian Bruhn, who wrote many of her songs. She represented Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest...	Ich liebe dich	I love you	110	5th
15	Shuki and Aviva	Du und ich und zwei Träume	You and I and two dreams	108	6th

At Eurovision

Joy Fleming performed fourth on the night of the contest, following France

France

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 and preceding Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...

. At the close of the voting the song had received 15 points, placing 17th in a field of 19 competing countries. It was the lowest ranking Germany had seen in the competition to this point, and would continue to hold the distinction of having the lowest ranking out of all the German Eurovision songs until 1991, when the German entry that year placed 18th.

External links

• German National Final 1975