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| Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1989 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | ARD[a] –Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) | |||
| Country |  Germany | |||
| Selection process | Ein Lied für Lausanne | |||
| Selection date | 23 March 1989 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Flieger" | |||
| Artist | Nino de Angelo | |||
| Songwriters | ||||
| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 14th, 46 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Germany was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1989 with the song "Flieger", composed byDieter Bohlen, with lyrics byJoachim Horn-Bernges, and performed byNino de Angelo. The German participating broadcaster on behalf ofARD,Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), selected their entry through a national final. This year marked the last contest in which participation and televoting were only open to residents of West Germany.
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The national final, broadcast byBayerischer Rundfunk (BR) toARD broadcasters across West Germany, took place on 23 March 1989 at the Deutsches Theater inMunich, and was hosted by actor and comedianHape Kerkeling. Ten acts presented their entries live and the winner was selected by public televoting.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Votes | Place |
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| 1 | Die Erben | "Bitte, nicht nochmal" | Alexander Bassler, Bernd Kusserow | 1,799 | 7 |
| 2 | Xanadu | "Einen Traum für diese Welt" | Tony Hendrik, Burkhard Lasch | 10,891 | 2 |
| 3 | Clou | "Heut' Nacht sind sie allein" | Jörg Sieber | 1,156 | 9 |
| 4 | Dorkas | "Ich hab' Angst" | Ralph Siegel,Bernd Meinunger | 7,973 | 3 |
| 5 | Francesco Napoli | "Viva l'amore" | Peter Columbus, Oliver Kels, Michael Krotus | 1,659 | 8 |
| 6 | ZouZou | "Ich such' dich" | Stephan Gade, ZouZou Eder | 1,941 | 6 |
| 7 | Andreas Martin | "Herz an Herz" | Andreas Martin,Joachim Horn-Bernges | 3,855 | 4 |
| 8 | Canan Braun | "Wunderland" | Glen Stone, Tanja Penniston, Ira Rödel | 2,570 | 5 |
| 9 | Nino de Angelo | "Flieger" | Dieter Bohlen,Joachim Horn-Bernges | 14,625 | 1 |
| 10 | Caren Faust | "Diese Zeit" | Thomas Gesell, Hanswilli Großmann, Bernd Reheuser | 841 | 10 |
The contest was broadcast onErstes Deutsches Fernsehen (with commentary byThomas Gottschalk) and on radio (with commentary byAdo Schlier [de]).[1] The show was watched by 9.87 million viewers in West Germany.[2]
Nino de Angelo performed twenty-first on the night of the contest, followingIceland and precedingYugoslavia. At the close of the voting the song had received 46 points, placing 14th in a field of 22 competing countries.[3]
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