A bit of luck
| A bit of luck | |
|---|---|
| Preliminary decision data | |
| country |  Germany
|
| place | Friedrich-Ebert-Halle , Hamburg |
| date | March 1, 1996 |
| Time | 8:15 pm ( CET ) |
| Duration | approx. 67 minutes |
| Number of participants | 10 |
| poll | 100% televoting |
| Moderation | |
| Jens Riewa | |
The German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 in Oslo was titled A bit of luck and took place on March 1, 1996 in the Friedrich-Ebert-Halle in Hamburg-Harburg . The host was the North German Broadcasting Corporation (NDR) , Jens Riewa moderated. The event was broadcast live on television. The preliminary decision was the first since 1992, in the meantime the ARD had selected the German contribution internally.
Voting mode
For the first time since 1990, the audience (via TED ) determined the winner. This represented Germany in the internal selection of the EBU , in which the contribution failed.
Participant field and result
| space | Start number | Interpreter | Song Music (M) and Text (T) |
be right |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 6th | Leon |
Planet of Blue M: Hanne Haller ; T: Anna Rubach |
37.9% |
| 2. | 8th | André Stade |
Jeanny, wake up M: Jean Frankfurter ; T: Irma Holder |
18.4% |
| 3. | 7th | Angela Wiedl & Dalila Cernatescu |
Echoes M: Ralph Siegel ; T: Bernd Opinion |
11.9% |
| 4th | 2 | Anett Kölpin |
For you, my child M: Thomas Natschinski ; T: Ingeburg Branoner |
? |
| 5. | 1 | Ibo |
The good Lord is very enthusiastic M / T: Walter Gerke , Mick Hannes |
? |
| 6th | 9 | Euro cats |
Surfing Multimedia M / T: Erich Offierowski |
? |
| 7th | 4th | date |
Without you M / T: Werner Petersburg |
? |
| 8th. | 5 | Nina Falk |
Always just you M / T: Klaus-Peter Schweizer |
? |
| 9. | 10 | Jacques van Eijck |
“Yes, that can only be love” M: Jacques van Eijck ; T: John Möring |
? |
| 10. | 3 | Enzo |
Where are you? M / T: Michael Reinecke |
? |
Failure of the German contribution in the internal pre-selection of the EBU
The German entry was not automatically qualified for the ESC final, but took part in an internal round of elimination in which the juries of all participating countries selected the 23 final entries. This internal preselection was introduced at short notice, as far more countries (30 in total) wanted to take part in the ESC than were planned. Except for host Norway , all countries had to submit to the internal preselection.
The German contribution did not pass the internal selection, which was the first time that Germany did not take part in the ESC. The departure caused a lack of understanding in Germany, especially since the result of the internal vote was not published. During the broadcast of the final on German television (in the third program on NDR ), commentator Ulf Ansorge expressed his opinion several times that some of the contributions were worse than the German one.
If there had been no internal selection, Germany would not have qualified either. The last place in 1995 would automatically have meant a suspension for Germany, so that the internal EBU selection meant a “second chance”.