Germany in EuroMusic Song Contest

Germany is a member of the EBU. Because of that, they can participate in EuroMusic Song Contest. Germany was invited to participate in the first edition. They won the contest four times.

History
Germany debuted in the first edition. They were selected as possible host country for the first edition, but Spain became the host country. In their first appearance they won the edition, so they became the first winner of this contest. Because of their victory they got the opportunity to host the contest. They selected Düsseldorf as host city. In their own country, they ended 11th. One year later, Germany only received three points. In the two following years Germany obtained moderate results (9th and 7th). In Sweden, they got 121 points and closed the show at the second place. The two following edition, they were not able to match the results. They became two times 13th in a row. In Gothenborg, they finished 11th.

Because of the fact that they finished in the top 11, they were able to skip the semi final in Amsterdam. Due the bookmakers, Germany was the favorite to win the show. In the final they were almost the whole time at the leading place at the scoreboard. They received 198 points, a new record. The next edition took place in Munich. Germany was automaticaly qualified for the final. They were a long time in the running to win the contest with the USA. Germany finished at the second place. In Zurich, it was the first time that Germany had to perform first in the semi-final. They finished 6th, and 18th in the final.

In Tel Aviv, Germany was the favorite to win the edition. They won their semi final. During the grand final, Germany performed as 20th. When the voting started, Germany and Sweden directly left the other countries behind. At the end is was clear that Germany won this edition. So Germany had already three victories, a record at that time. Becaue of their victory in the previous edition, they got the ights to host the fourteenth edition. They automatically qualified for the final where they finsished at the 15th place. In Madrid, they finished at the 14th place.

The sixteenth edition took place in Ta' Qali, Malta. Germany won their semi final, so qualified for the final. There they received 260 points. This was enough for a fourth victory. This means that Germany was selected as host country for the next edition. For the seventeenth edition, Germany selected Cologne as host city. Germany finished at the 19th place in the grand final. In Bucharest, they finished at the last place in the final. In Sweden they finished at the 14th place in the final. In the next edition, they finished at the 18th place in the final.

In Bulgaria, they finished first in their semi final. In the final they finished at the third place. In Glasgow they qualified for the final. However in the final they finished at the last place with zerro points. It was the first time in the history of the contest that a country finished with none points in a grand final. In the 23rd edition was Germany the favorite to in the show. They easily qualified for the final where they finished at the second place. They received seven times the maximum of 12 points. This was more than the winner: Poland.

For the 24th edition, only 28 countries signed up to participate. Because of this, there was only one semi-final. The first eleven countries from the previous edition, like Germany, automatically qualified for the final. The broadcaster decied to select a song in both the German and English language. It was the first time since the third edition that song contained German. Germany finished at the 16th place in the grand final. The 25th edition took place in Bratislava. For this edition, the EBU decided to drop the semi finals because of the lack of interesting broadcasters. Germany took part and finished at the 20th place. In Baku, they finished at the last place. A success was achieved at the 27th edition. They finished at the third place. In the following two editions, they finished at the 8th place. Germany automatically qualified for the final in the 32th edition. They finished at the 18th place. The 18th place was also obtained in the next edition.

The German group Bellini finished at the third place in the 34th edition. It was the best result since the 27th edition. In Lviv, the nation finished at the 14th place

To date, Germany is the only country that performed a song in every final.