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| Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1997 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | ARD[a] –Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) | |||
| Country |  Germany | |||
| Selection process | Der Countdown läuft | |||
| Selection date | 27 February 1997 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Zeit" | |||
| Artist | Bianca Shomburg | |||
| Songwriters | ||||
| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 18th, 22 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Germany was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1997 with the song "Zeit", composed byRalph Siegel, with lyrics byBernd Meinunger, and performed byBianca Shomburg. The German participating broadcaster on behalf ofARD,Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), organised the national finalDer Countdown läuft in order to select their entry for the contest. The national final took place on 27 February 1997 and featured nine competing acts with the winner being selected through public televoting. "Zeit" performed by Bianca Shomburg won after gaining 40.2% of the votes.
Germany competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 3 May 1997. Performing during the show in position 11, Germany placed eighteenth out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 22 points.
Prior to the 1997 contest,ARD had participated in theEurovision Song Contest representing Germany forty times since its debut in1956. It has won the contest on one occasion: in1982 with the song "Ein bißchen Frieden" performed byNicole.[1] Germany, to this point, has been noted for having appeared in the contest more than any other country; they have competed in every contest since the first edition in 1956 except for1996 when it was eliminated in a pre-contest elimination round.[citation needed]
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, ARD organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. Since 1996, ARD had delegated the participation in the contest to its memberNorddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR). In 1996, NDR had set up national finals with several artists to choose both the song and performer to compete at Eurovision for Germany. The broadcaster organised another multi-artist national final to select its entry for the 1998 contest.[citation needed]
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Der Countdown läuft (English: The Countdown is on) was the competition organised by NDR to select the German entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1997. The televised final took place on 27 February 1997 at the Music and Congress Hall inLübeck, hosted byJens Riewa and broadcast onDas Erste. Nine entries, proposed by the five record companies with the highest sales in Germany and the songwriters of the top four entries in the1996 national final, participated and the winner, "Zeit" performed byBianca Shomburg, was selected solely through public televoting. Among the other competing artists wasLeon who had been eliminated in the audio-only pre-qualifying round of the 1996 contest.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Televote | Place |
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| 1 | Verliebte Jungs | "Ich bin solo" | Christoph Siemons, Bob Arnz, Reiner Hörnig | 1.8% | 9 |
| 2 | Michaela | "Es lebe die Liebe" | Wayne Morris, Sabine Morris | 9.3% | 5 |
| 3 | Jeana | "Kein "bitte verzeih' mir"" | Peter Hoff, Mike Bordt | 5.8% | 6 |
| 4 | All About Angels | "Engel" | Ralph Siegel,Bernd Meinunger | 4.3% | 7 |
| 5 | Michelle | "Im Auge des Orkans" | Jean Frankfurter, Irma Holder | 11.8% | 3 |
| 6 | Leon | "Schein (meine kleine Taschemlampe)" | Hanne Haller,Bernd Meinunger | 13.0% | 2 |
| 7 | Bianca Shomburg | "Zeit" | Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger | 40.2% | 1 |
| 8 | Viveca | "Komm zurück" | Martin de Vries, Roland Götz, P. Cassier | 2.5% | 8 |
| 9 | Anke Lautenbach | "Zwischen Himmel und Erde" | Thomas Natschinski, Inge Branoner | 11.4% | 4 |
The Eurovision Song Contest 1997 took place at thePoint Theatre in Dublin, Ireland, on 3 May 1997. According to theEurovision rules, the 25-country participant list for the contest was composed of: the previous year's winning country and host nation, the twenty-four countries which had obtained the highest average points total over the preceding four contests. Germany was one of the twenty-four countries with the highest average points and thus was permitted to participate.[2] On 28 November 1996, an allocation draw was held which determined the running order and Iceland was set to perform last in position 25, following the entry fromSpain and before the entry fromPoland.[2] Germany finished in eighteenth place with 22 points.[3]
In Germany, the show which was broadcast onDas Erste and featured commentary byPeter Urban was watched by 4.79 million viewers.[4][5][6] Germany was one of five countries chosen to trialtelevoting in the 1997 contest, and the spokesperson who announced the points awarded by the German televote was Christina Mänz.[7]
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Germany and awarded by Germany in the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points toTurkey in the contest.[8]
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