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| Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1980 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | ARD[a] –Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) | |||
| Country |  Germany | |||
| Selection process | Ein Lied für Den Haag | |||
| Selection date | 20 March 1980 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Theater" | |||
| Artist | Katja Ebstein | |||
| Songwriters | ||||
| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 2nd, 128 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Germany was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1980 with the song "Theater", composed byRalph Siegel, with lyrics byBernd Meinunger, and performed byKatja Ebstein. The German participating broadcaster on behalf ofARD,Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), selected their entry through a national final. This was Ebstein's third Eurovision appearance; she had previously representedGermany in 1970 and1971, finishing third on both occasions.
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Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) held the national final at its television studios inMunich, hosted byCarolin Reiber andThomas Gottschalk. 12 songs took part and the winner was chosen by a panel of approximately 1,000 people who had been selected as providing a representative cross-section of the German public.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriters | Votes | Place |
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| 1 | Mel Jersey | "Du bist nicht mehr frei" | Walter Gerke, Mick Hannes | 3310 | 6 |
| 2 | Costa Cordalis | "Pan" | Ralph Siegel, Kurt Hertha | 4634 | 2 |
| 3 | Marianne Rosenberg | "Ich werd' da sein, wenn es Sturm gibt" | Joachim Heider, Horst-Herbert Krause | 2169 | 12 |
| 4 | Roland Kaiser | "Hier kriegt jeder sein Fett" | Jürgen Triebel, Horst-Herbert Krause | 2823 | 8 |
| 5 | Stefan Waggershausen & Co. | "Verzeih'n Sie, Madame" | Stefan Waggershausen | 3625 | 4 |
| 6 | Katja Ebstein | "Theater" | Ralph Siegel,Bernd Meinunger | 4828 | 1 |
| 7 | Adam & Eve | "Hallo Adam, Hallo Eva" | Alexander Gordan, Norbert Hammerschmidt | 2847 | 7 |
| 8 | Montezuma | "Montezuma Castle" | Rudi Bauer, Gerd Thumser | 3586 | 5 |
| 9 | Tony & David | "Minnesänger - Mädchenfänger" | Alexander Gordan, Norbert Hammerschmidt | 2784 | 9 |
| 10 | Stefan Hallberg | "Gib uns Zeit" | Jean Frankfurter, Robert Puschmann | 2266 | 11 |
| 11 | Susanne Klee | "Wenn du nicht weißt, wohin" | Jean Frankfurter, John Möhring | 3968 | 3 |
| 12 | Viel-Harmoniker | "In der Oper" | Gert Wilden, Wolfgang Hofer | 2462 | 10 |
On the night of the final Ebstein performed 12th in the running order, followingNorway and preceding theUnited Kingdom. At the close of voting "Theater" had received 128 points, placing Germany second of the 19 entries.[1] OnlyGreece and Norway failed to award the song any points at all.[citation needed]
The 1980 result gave Ebstein the distinction of being the only Eurovision performer to date to have finished in the top 3 on three occasions.[citation needed]
The German jury was composed of ten members and a jury president with no voting rights. Each jury member gave each song between one and five votes. The total of these points was then converted to the known Eurovision voting format. In case of a draw the placement was decided by a show of hands.[2] The German jury awarded its 12 points to contest winnersIreland.[3]
The show was watched by 17.35 million viewers in Germany, the highest TV rating ever measured in Germany for a Eurovision Song Contest final.[4]
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