Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964

Eurovision Song Contest 1964
Eurovision Song Contest 1964
Participating broadcaster	ARD – Hessischer Rundfunk (HR)
Country	Germany
National selection
Selection process	Ein Lied für Kopenhagen
Selection date(s)	11 January 1964
Selected artist(s)	Nora Nova
Selected song	"Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne"
Selected songwriter(s)	Rudi von der Dovenmühle; Niels Nobach;
Finals performance
Final result	13th, 0 points
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest

Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 with the song "Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne", composed by Rudi von der Dovenmühle, with lyrics by Niels Nobach, and performed by Nora Nova. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, Hessischer Rundfunk (HR), selected its entry through a national final.

"Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne" held the joint record for the longest ever song title in a Eurovision final alongside "C'est le dernier qui a parlé qui a raison" which represented France at the 1991 contest until both were succeeded by "The Social Network Song (Oh Oh - Uh - Oh Oh)" which represented San Marino at the 2012 contest. That song was itself succeeded by "(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi" which represented Estonia at the 2024 contest.

Before Eurovision

Ein Lied für Kopenhagen

The final was held at the TV studios in Frankfurt, hosted by Hilde Nocker. Six songs took part, with the winner chosen by an "expert" jury and a public jury. Only the scores and placements of the top three songs are currently known.^[1]

Draw	Artist	Song	Votes	Place
1	Fred Bertelmann	"Das macht dein Lächeln, Mona Lisa"	19	3
2	Peter Kirsten	"Regenbogen, Regenbogen"	18	4
3	René Kollo	"Wie vom Wind verweht"	0	6
4	Gitta Lind	"Ein Chanson in der Nacht"	27	2
5	Nora Nova	"Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne"	38	1
6	Gerhard Wendland	"Wohin ist der Sommer?"	15	5

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Nova performed 9th in the running order, following the United Kingdom and preceding Monaco. Only an audio recording of Nova's performance survives, as the video master of the 1964 contest is believed to have been lost in a fire at the DR archive during the 1970s, and no other broadcaster had kept a copy. Voting was by each national jury awarding 5-3-1 to their top 3 songs, and at the close "Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne" was one of four songs (along with the entries from Portugal, Switzerland, and Yugoslavia) which had failed to pick up a single point. This was the third consecutive contest in which four countries had failed to score, and a first nul-points for Germany. The German jury awarded its 5 points to Luxembourg.^[2]