A song for Luxembourg (1973)
| A song for Luxembourg | |
|---|---|
| Preliminary decision data | |
| country |  Germany
|
| Broadcasting station |
German television |
| Producing broadcaster |
Hessian radio |
| place | Frankfurt am Main , HR-Studio 2 |
| date | February 21, 1973 |
| Moderation | |
| Edith Grobleben | |
The German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 took place under the title Ein Lied für Luxemburg .
system
Six artists were pre-selected who promised a success at the ESC 1973.
The artists and the heads of entertainment of the individual stations of the ARD jointly proposed 12 composers. They each had to find a copywriter. Composer and lyricist were only allowed to participate with one title.
This year the contributions were sung live by the performers. The moderator Edith Grobleben led the show .
The decision on the winning title was made by a jury of 10 people, half of whom were five television entertainment experts (three from Germany and two from abroad) and five laypeople interested in music (young people under the age of 25 who are interested in pop, some of whom are professional or at least were closely connected to pop music in their private lives). Each jury member could award between one and five points for each song.
The jury included:
Horst Wernstedt, chief entertainment editor at Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) in Hamburg,
Arturo Caps, head of entertainment at Spanish television TVE ,
Hans Hirschmann , head of the main entertainment department at Südwestfunk (SWF) in Baden-Baden, and
Max Ernst , Head of entertainment at Swiss television SRG ,
Christian Striegler, music producer and editor of the main entertainment department on television at Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) in Cologne,
Gabriele Rogall, record seller,
Dieter Heil, banker,
Claudia Dettmer, schoolgirl,
Gerhard Schneidbach, record seller,
and
Alice Cymermann , Medical student.
Attendees
This year only well-known pop stars were allowed to make the preliminary round.
Roberto Blanco , German pop singer of Cuban descent, had success in 1972 with The Puppeteer of Mexico, I'm Coming Back to Amarillo and A Little Fun Must Be .
Inga & Wolf had already participated in the previous year with Gute Nacht, Freunde and achieved fourth place in the preliminary round.
Michael Holm was best known for Mendocino and barefoot in the rain .
Cindy & Bert had a few hits up to the preliminary round, including the (more psychedelic) cover version of Black Sabbath's Paranoid .
At the time of the preliminary decision, Tonia was the most successful singer for her home country Belgium . She reached the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 in Luxembourg with the title Un peu de poivre, un peu de sel with 14 points the 4th place.
Gitte was established as a singer. In 1963 she won the German Schlager Festival in Baden-Baden with Ich will 'nen Cowboy als Mann , which became a No. 1 hit.
Placements
| space | Interpreter | Title (music / text) |
Points | No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gitte |
Young day (Günter-Eric Thöner / Stephan Lego) |
40 | 5. |
| 2. | Tonia |
Sebastian ( Heinz Kiessling / Carl J. Schäuble ) |
39 | 8th. |
| 3. | Inga & Wolf |
Write a song ( Wolfgang "Schobert" Schulz ) |
36 | 9. |
| 4th | Roberto Blanco |
I am a happy man ( Christian Bruhn / Günter Loose ) |
34 | 4th |
| 5. | Gitte |
Hello how is robert (Georg Moslener / Walter Maidorn) |
33 | 11. |
| 6th | Inga & Wolf |
Sometimes ( Wolfgang Preuß (Wolf)) |
32 | 3. |
| 7th | Tonia |
I like this world ( Ralf Arnie / Fred Weyrich ) |
29 | 2. |
| 8th. | Cindy & Bert |
Where should I go? ( Klaus Munro ) |
26th | 6th |
| 9. | Michael Holm |
The best thing about you (Michael Holm) |
25th | 1. |
| 9. | Cindy & Bert |
Two people and one way ( Werner Scharfenberger / Kurt Feltz ) |
25th | 12. |
| 11. | Roberto Blanco |
Au revoir, goodbye (Karl Götz / Kurt Hertha ) |
24 | 10. |
| 12. | Michael Holm |
Believe in it ( Wolfgang Rödelberger / Walter Buschor) |
19th | 7th |
Overview of final results after jury evaluation in 1973
| space | title | Juror 1 | Juror 2 | Juror 3 | Juror 4 | Juror 5 | Juror 6 | Juror 7 | Juror 8 | Juror 9 | Juror 10 | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Young day (Günter-Eric Thöner / Stephan Lego) |
4th | 2 | 5 | 4th | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4th | 40 |
| 2. |
Sebastian ( Heinz Kiessling / Carl J. Schäuble ) |
4th | 2 | 2 | 4th | 5 | 5 | 4th | 4th | 4th | 5 | 39 |
| 3. |
Write a song ( Wolfgang "Schobert" Schulz ) |
4th | 4th | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4th | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4th | 36 |
| 4th |
I am a happy man ( Christian Bruhn / Günter Loose ) |
4th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 4th | 4th | 3 | 5 | 4th | 34 |
| 5. |
Hello how is robert (Georg Moslener / Walter Maidorn) |
5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4th | 4th | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 33 |
| 6th |
Sometimes ( Wolfgang Preuß (Wolf)) |
2 | 3 | 4th | 4th | 3 | 3 | 4th | 3 | 3 | 3 | 32 |
| 7th |
I like this world ( Ralf Arnie / Fred Weyrich ) |
3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4th | 4th | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 29 |
| 8th. |
Where should I go? ( Klaus Munro ) |
3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 26th |
| 9. |
The best thing about you (Michael Holm) |
2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 25th |
| 9. |
Two people and one way ( Werner Scharfenberger / Kurt Feltz ) |
3 | 1 | 4th | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 25th |
| 11. |
Au revoir, goodbye (Karl Götz / Kurt Hertha ) |
2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 24 |
| 12. |
Believe in it ( Wolfgang Rödelberger / Walter Buschor) |
2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4th | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 19th |
Each member of the jury was able to give each title on a scale from 1 to 5 at best 5 points as the highest value and one point as the lowest value. In the worst case, a title could have achieved at least 10 and in the best case up to 50 points in the total. The following overview shows the exact order of the jurors during the awarding of points:
Juror 1: Alice Cymermann
Juror 2: Gerhard Schneidbach
Juror 3: Claudia Dettmer
Juror 4: Dieter Heil
Juror 5: Gabriele Rogall
Juror 6: Christian Striegler
Juror 7: Max Ernst
Juror 8 : Hans Hirschmann
Juror 9: Arturo Caps
Juror 10: Horst Wernstedt
Trivia
The five lay people voted the most for Hello, how is Robert von Gitte . In the experts, Junge Tag from Gitte and Sebastian from Tonia were in front with equal points .
The dancing couple Mechthild and Rudolf Trautz and the magician Marvelli performed as break acts .