German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 1958

Hit 1958
Preliminary decision data
place	Small Westfalenhalle, Dortmund
date	20th January 1958
Time	8:15 pm ( CET )
Number of participants	12
poll	100% jury voting
Moderation
Anaid Iplicjian and Kurt A. Jung

The German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 1958 took place on January 20, 1958 in the Small Westphalia Hall in Dortmund. It was produced by Westdeutscher Rundfunk .

Twelve interpreters, selected by six state broadcasters , faced the competition.

As in the previous year, the competition was won by Margot Hielscher , this time with the song Für Zwei Groschen Musik . It received ten votes. The music came from Friedrich Meyer , then husband of Margot Hielscher, and the text from Fred Rauch and Walter Brandin . Lale Andersen took second place with The Bride of the Seven Seas . Two other songs were Something Quiet Music and Drei Häuser weiter , which can no longer be assigned to any artist. The other song titles and the other placements are not documented.

All songs

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	Points
1.	01	Margot Hielscher	For two groschen of music M: Friedrich Meyer ; T: Fred Rauch , Walter Brandin	10
2.	09	Lale Andersen	The bride of the seven seas M / T: Nicola Wilke , Claus Ogerman	0?
-	02	Erni Bieler	?	0?
	03	John Paris	?	0?
	04th	Fred Bertelmann	?	0?
	05	Gitta Lind	Some soft music	0?
	06th	Margret Fürer	?	0?
	07th	Vico Torriani	?	0?
	08th	Georg Thomalla	?	0?
	09	Fred Weyrich	?	0?
	08th	Evelyn Künneke	?	0?
	10	Peter Lorenz	?	0?

Margot Hielscher came seventh at the Eurovision Song Contest in Hilversum, Netherlands .

See also

• List of music competitions and prizes

Individual evidence

1. ↑ A look back: 52 years ago: Schlager 1958 ( Memento from March 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Base de données ESC finales ( Memento from September 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive )