Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975
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Germany| Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1975 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | ARD[a] – Hessischer Rundfunk (HR) | |||
| Country | Germany | |||
| Selection process | Ein Lied für Stockholm | |||
| Selection date | 3 February 1975 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein" | |||
| Artist | Joy Fleming | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 17th, 15 points | |||
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Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 with the song "Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein", composed by Rainer Pietsch, with lyrics by Michael Holm, and performed by Joy Fleming. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, Hessischer Rundfunk (HR), selected their entry through a national final.[1][2]
Ein Lied für Stockholm
Hessischer Rundfunk (HR) held the national final, Vorentscheid 1975: Ein Lied für Stockholm, on 3 February at its Studio 1 in Frankfurt am Main, 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 HR to ARD 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 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", performed by Joy Fleming and composed by Reiner Pietsch with lyrics by Michael Holm. 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".
| R/O | Artist | Song | Songwriters | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Marianne Rosenberg | "Er gehört zu mir" |
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86 | 10 |
| 2 | Peggy March | "Alles geht vorüber" |
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128 | 2 |
| 3 | Peter Horton | "Am Fuß der Leiter" |
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79 | 11 |
| 4 | Die Jokers | "San Francisco Symphony" |
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57 | 12 |
| 5 | Séverine | "Dreh dich im Kreisel der Zeit" |
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97 | 7 |
| 6 | Joy Fleming | "Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein" |
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134 | 1 |
| 7 | Maggie Mae | "Die total verrückte Zeit" |
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97 | 7 |
| 8 | Werner W. Becker | "Heut' bin ich arm, heut' bin ich reich" |
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54 | 13 |
| 9 | Mary Roos | "Eine Liebe ist wie ein Lied" |
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115 | 3 |
| 10 | Ricci Hohlt | "Du" |
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38 | 14 |
| 11 | Ricky Gordon | "Sonja, ich rufe dich" |
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37 | 15 |
| 12 | Jürgen Marcus | "Ein Lied zieht hinaus in die Welt" |
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90 | 9 |
| 13 | Love Generation | "Hör wieder Radio" |
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115 | 3 |
| 14 | Katja Ebstein | "Ich liebe dich" |
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110 | 5 |
| 15 | Shuki and Aviva | "Du und ich und zwei Träume" |
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108 | 6 |
