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Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 with the song "Dieser Traum darf niemals sterben", composed by Alfons Weindorf, with lyrics by Helmut Frey, and performed by six-member group Atlantis 2000. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, Sender Freies Berlin (SFB), selected their entry through a national final.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1991 | ||||
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| Participating broadcaster | ARD[a] – Sender Freies Berlin (SFB) | |||
| Country |  Germany | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Ein Lied für Rom | |||
| Selection date(s) | 21 March 1991 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Atlantis 2000 | |||
| Selected song | "Dieser Traum darf niemals sterben" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 18th, 10 points | |||
| Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
editEin Lied für Rom
editThe national final was held at the Friedrichstadtpalast in Berlin, hosted by Hape Kerkeling. Ten songs took part and the winner was chosen by a panel of 1,000 people, selected as providing a representative cross-section of the German public, who were telephoned and asked to choose their favourite song. One of the other participants was Cindy Berger, who had represented Germany at Eurovision in 1974 as half of duo Cindy & Bert.[1]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Percentage | Place |
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| 1 | Tanja Jonak | "Hand in Hand in die Sonne" | Jean Frankfurter, Irma Holder | 9.5% | 6 |
| 2 | Susan Schubert | "Du bist mehr" | Willy Klüter, Anna Rubach | 10.8% | 5 |
| 3 | Cindy Berger | "Nie allein" | Rainer Pietsch, Werne Schüler | 6.4% | 7 |
| 4 | Barbara Cassy | "Hautnah ist nicht nah genug" | Luis Rodríguez, Peter Zentner | 14.1% | 4 |
| 5 | Connie & Komplizen | "Jedesmal" | Dirk Schiller | 2.8% | 10 |
| 6 | Vox & Vox | "Tief unter der Haut" | Andreas Lebbing | 14.9% | 3 |
| 7 | Stefan de Wolff | "Herz an Herz" | Stefan de Wolff, Andreas Bärtles | 3.7% | 9 |
| 8 | Ziad & Sandrina | "Die Wächter der Erde" | Walter J.W. Schmid, Alf Schwegeler | 15.2% | 2 |
| 9 | Atlantis 2000 | "Dieser Traum darf niemals sterben" | Alfons Weindorf, Helmut Frey | 18.5% | 1 |
| 10 | Strandjungs | "Junge Herzen" | Marco Junger, Bernd Morawitz, Bernd Morawitz | 4.1% | 8 |
At Eurovision
editOn the night of the final Atlantis 2000 performed 17th in the running order, following Finland and preceding Belgium. At the close of voting "Dieser Traum darf niemals sterben" had received only 10 points, placing Germany 18th of the 22 entries, the country's lowest Eurovision finish to that date.[2] The German jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners Sweden.[3]
The show was watched by 6.28 million viewers in Germany.[4]
Voting
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Notes
edit- ^ Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
References
edit- ^ ESC National Finals database 1991 Archived 7 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Final of Rome 1991". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ "ESC History - Germany 1991". Archived from the original on 25 May 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
- ^ Quotenmeter; AGF; GfK. "TV-Reichweite des Eurovision Song Contests in den Jahren 1976 bis 2023 nach der Anzahl der Zuschauer". Statista. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Rome 1991". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.