A song for Harrogate

A song for Harrogate
Preliminary decision data
country	Germany
place	TV studio 4, Munich
date	March 20, 1982
Time	8:15 pm
Duration	approx. 134 minutes
Number of participants	24
Preliminary rounds	2
Moderation
Carolin Reiber , Rudolf Rohlinger

The German preliminary decision for the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest, entitled A Song for Harrogate, took place on March 20, 1982 in TV studio 4 of Bayerischer Rundfunk in Munich . The show was moderated by Carolin Reiber and Rudolf Rohlinger . Directed by Rainer Bertram .

Preselection

From a total of 807 titles, a 13-member jury from the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutsche Musikwettbewerbe selected 24 titles, which were presented in a two-part radio broadcast and rated by 500 radio listeners selected as a representative by Infratest . Twelve titles made it to the preliminary round.

Participants and placements

After two second places in previous years, composer Ralph Siegel contributed three songs to the 1982 competition, which were interpreted by Marianne Rosenberg , Paola and Nicole . Like Mary Roos, Rosenberg took part in a preliminary round for the fourth time. Because of an illness, Ireen Sheer , who was originally intended to sing the song As You Are , was replaced by Gaby Baginsky .

Two days before the event, Séverine , winner of the 1971 finals , and Denise, based on the results of the preliminary rounds, were the favorites. Before that, Nicole almost failed in the first round and had just reached the radio semi-finals in 24th. The then 17-year-old singer finally won the preliminary decision with the song A Bit Peace, composed by Bernd Opinioner . She reached a total of 5116 points and was almost 800 points ahead of second-placed Paola, who got 4318 points with the title Peter Pan . Third was Hannes Schöner with 3914 points.

The winning title reached first place a month later at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1982 and was also commercially successful. It was not until 2010 that another German contribution, Satellite by singer Lena , was able to win the competition.

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	Round 1		round 2		Round 3		total
				Points	space	Points	space	Points	space
01.	12	Nicole	A little peace M: Ralph Siegel ; T: Bernd Opinion	0534	01.	1,516	01.	2,562	01.	5.116
02.	08th	Paola	Peter Pan M: Ralph Siegel; T: Bernd Opinion	0405	03.	1,251	02.	2.173	02.	4,318
03.	10	Hannes Schöner	Now say goodbye M: Bernhard Vonficht , Harald Steinhauer ; T: Andrea Andergast	0411	02.	1,197	03.	1,962	03.	3,914
04th	09	Denise	The Night of Lies M: Joachim Heider ; T: Michael Kunze	0403	04th	1,151	04th	1,887	04th	3,799
05.	11	Jürgen Marcus	I would like to be with you M: Thomas Fuchsberger ; T: Joachim Fuchsberger	0337	07th	1,013	06th	1,758	06th	3,439
06th	07th	Mary Roos & David Hanselmann	Lady M: Werner Böhm-Thorn ; T: Michael Chambosse	0386	05.	1,090	05.	1,809	05.	3,358
07th	04th	Mel Jersey	Give me a night M: Mel Jersey ; T: Judith Jupe	0377	06th	1,013	06th	1,627	07th	3,227
08th.	06th	Marianne Rosenberg	Blue Jeans Children M: Ralph Siegel ; T: Bernd Opinion	0281	09.	0816	10.	1,420	09.	2,862
09.	05	Gaby Baginsky	Just like you are M: Dietmar Kawohl ; T: Michael Kunze	0277	10.	0836	08th.	1,434	08th.	2,802
10.	02	Severine	I believe in my dreams M: Jack White ; T: Kurt Hertha	0285	08th.	0828	09.	1,392	10.	2,717
11.	01	Gottlieb Wendehals	The catchy tune M: Harald Wolff Berg ; T: Beppo Pohlmann	0218	12.	0648	11.	1,092	11.	2,029
12.	03	Jennifer Kemp	Like a phoenix from the ashes M: Alexander Gordan ; T: Norbert Hammerschmidt	0220	11.	0575	12.	1.008	12.	1.965

See also

• List of music competitions and prizes

Web links

• A song for Harrogate at Eurovision.de
• A song for Harrogate in the archive of the Eurovision Club Germany e. V.