Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986

West Germany (performing under the banner Germany) was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, held in Bergen, Norway.

Eurovision Song Contest 1986
Country Germany
National selection
Selection processEin Lied für Bergen
Selection date(s)27 March 1986
Selected entrantIngrid Peters
Selected song"Über die Brücke geh'n"
Selected songwriter(s)Hans Blum
Finals performance
Final result8th, 62 points
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1985 • 1986 • 1987►

Before Eurovision

Ein Lied für Bergen

The German national final to select their entry, Ein Lied für Bergen, was held on 27 March at the Deutsches Theater in Munich, and was hosted by Sabrina Lallinger and Wenche Myhre. Myhre represented Germany in the 1968 Contest.

Twelve songs made it to the national final, which was broadcast by Bayerischer Rundfunk to ARD broadcasters across West Germany. The winner was decided by a sampling of 500 random West Germans who were meant to symbolize a fair representation of the country's population. Each person gave every song a vote, from 1 (for worst) to 12 (for best). Therefore, the theoretical "worst score" a song could receive would be 500, and the "best score" would be 6000.

The winning entry was "Über die Brücke geh'n", performed by Ingrid Peters and composed by Hans Blum.

DrawArtistSongVotesPlace
1That's Life"Telefon"201112th
2Günther-Eric Thöner"Du bist der Wind, der meine Flügel trägt"28939th
3Dschinghis Khan Family"Wir gehör'n zusammen"40882nd
4Ingrid Peters"Über die Brücke geh'n"42361st
5Clowns"Clowns"35976th
6Steffi Hinz"Ich habe niemals nie gesagt"276910th
7Mister Fisto"Rein und klar wie's früher war"210211th
8Headline"Europa"38715th
9Margit P."Der Sonne entgegen"29238th
10Chris Heart and Band"Die Engel sind auch nicht mehr das was sie war'n"40273rd
11Joy Fleming and Marc Berry"Miteinander"39894th
12Tie Break"Kopf oder Zahl"31187th

At Eurovision

Peters was the fourteenth performer on the night of the Contest, following Belgium and preceding Cyprus. At the close of the voting the song had received 62 points, placing 8th in a field of 20 competing countries.[1] The German jury awarded its 12 points to Luxembourg.

Voting

References
  1. "Final of Bergen 1986". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  2. "Results of the Final of Bergen 1986". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
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