A Song for The Hague (1980)
| A song for The Hague | |
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| Preliminary decision data | |
| country |  Germany
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| place | Munich , BR-Studio 4 |
| date | March 20, 1980 |
| Moderation | |
The German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 took place under the title Ein Lied für Den Haag .
As in the previous year, the show was hosted by the moderators Carolin Reiber , who was known for her co-moderation with Maxl Graf on the television program Funny Musicians , and the radio moderator Thomas Gottschalk , who has moderated at Bayern 3 since 1971 (Pop after eight) . Directed by Rainer Bertram .
system
The Bayerische Rundfunk retained the mode of the previous year due to the success of Genghis Khan at.
A jury of thirteen professionals from the entertainment industry selected the twelve finalists from 443 entries.
After the preliminary decision, which this year again took place about four weeks before the Eurovision Song Contest , 550 radio listeners and television viewers were interviewed by telephone after the twelve tracks had been run by the polling institute Infratest . During the broadcast, they had to rate the twelve titles using a given point scale.
This year, contrary to the previous year, the final scores of the individual performers were announced.
Attendees
Mel Jersey had a few minor hits since the early 1970s. In the 2010s he performed with his wife in the duo Judith and Mel . He is also the composer of many songs for popular folk music and pop singers.
Costa Cordalis had hits like Carolina komm, Steig in mein Boot, Anna-Lena as early as 1973 , but the greatest success was Anita in 1976/77 , who stayed in the top 10 for three months.
Marianne Rosenberg already competed in the German preliminary round in 1975 , but was only tenth with He belongs to me . In 1976 she then appeared in the Luxembourg preliminary decision in 1976 with Tout peut arriver au cinéma, known in German as Lieder der Nacht , but was defeated by the German pop singer Jürgen Marcus . In 1978 she took part again in the German preliminary round, but was only seventh in the competition that was held exclusively on the radio.
Roland Kaiser had his first hit in 1977 with Seven Barrels of Wine. He celebrated his greatest success in 1980 with Santa Maria only after the preliminary decision.
Stefan Waggershausen & Co. was the band by and with the singer, composer and former radio presenter (Sender Free Berlin, RIAS).
Katja Ebstein appeared for Germany at the Eurovision Song Contests in Amsterdam in 1970 and in Dublin in 1971, and each achieved third place.
Adam & Eve were a singing couple who had performed together since 1969 and had some hits in the 1970s such as When the Sun Wakes Up in the Mountains or Lailola .
Stefan Hallberg is a pop singer who became known in 1979 with Wer wird Deutscher Meister - HSV .
Suzanne Klee is an American living in Switzerland who is known today as a country singer.
Viel-Harmoniker were a vocal group that sang in the style of the Comedian Harmonists .
Scoreboard of the preliminary decision
The following table shows the scores of the intermediate results with the following percentages:
Round 1: 5.95% of the votes cast, Round 2 at 15.87%, Round 3: 29.76%.
| No. | Interpreter | Title (music / text) |
Round 1: points, place |
Round 2: points, place |
Round 3: points, place |
Final score | space |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mel Jersey |
You are no longer free ( Walter Gerke & Mick Hannes / Walter Gerke) |
195, 7. |
495, 6. |
939, 6. |
3310 | 6th |
| 2 | Costa Cordalis |
Pan ( Ralph Siegel / Kurt Hertha ) |
262, 2. |
764, 1. |
1432, 1. |
4644 | 2. |
| 3 | Marianne Rosenberg |
I'll be there when there's a storm ( Joachim Heider / Horst-Herbert Krause ) |
105, 12. |
302, 12. |
637, 12. |
2169 | 12. |
| 4th | Roland Kaiser |
Everyone gets their fat here ( Jürgen Triebel / Horst-Herbert Krause) |
151, 9. |
415, 9. |
840, 7. |
2823 | 8th. |
| 5 | Stefan Waggershausen & Co. |
Forgive me, Madame ( Stefan Waggershausen ) |
223, 4. |
575, 5. |
1103, 4th |
3625 | 4th |
| 6th | Katja Ebstein |
Theater (Ralph Siegel / Bernd Opinion ) |
268, 1. |
730, 2. |
1406, 2. |
4828 | 1. |
| 7th | Adam & Eve |
Hello Adam, Hello Eva ( Alexander Gordan / Norbert Hammerschmidt ) |
161, 8. |
452, 8. |
827, 8. |
2847 | 7th |
| 8th | Montezuma |
Montezuma Castle ( Rudi Bauer / Gerd Thumser ) |
254, 3. |
655, 3. |
1101, 5th |
3586 | 5. |
| 9 | Tony & David |
Minstrel - Girl Catcher (Alexander Gordan / Norbert Hammerschmidt) |
147, 11. |
389, 10. |
773, 9. |
2784 | 9. |
| 10 | Stefan Hallberg |
Give us time ( Jean Frankfurter & Robert Puschmann ) |
149, 10. |
354, 11. |
654, 11. |
2266 | 11. |
| 11 | Suzanne Klee |
If you don't know where to (Jean Frankfurter / John Möhring ) |
223, 4. |
653, 4th |
1225, 3. |
3968 | 3. |
| 12 | Much harmonics |
In the opera ( Gert Wilden / Wolfgang Hofer ) |
202, 6. |
456, 7. |
763, 10. |
2462 | 10. |
Trivia
Shortly before the announcement of the final result, Costa Cordalis leading after the third intermediate result is accidentally brought onto the stage.
Katja Ebstein achieved the best placement of her three participations in the Eurovision Song Contest with the title Theater .