Grand Prix of Folk Music 2007
The 22nd Grand Prix of Folk Music took place on August 25, 2007 in Vienna ( Austria ). As in previous years, the participating countries were Germany , Austria, Switzerland and South Tyrol . In each country a public preliminary decision was made on television. Four titles each were determined for the final.
The Swiss preliminary decision took place on April 21st in Zurich , the German on May 17th in Munich , the South Tyrolean on June 1st in Algund near Meran and the Austrian on June 2nd in Vienna . The events, for which an album was released with all participants, was broadcast live.
The finale was broadcast on August 25, 2007 from Vienna by ORF as part of a Eurovision program and taken over by ZDF , SF and RAI Bozen. The show was hosted by Marc Pircher , who himself won the Grand Prix of Folk Music in 2003 as the interpreter of the title Hey Diandl feels it like i did.
At the end of the evaluation, Sigrid & Marina with the Zillertaler Haderlumpen were the winners of the 2007 Grand Prix of Folk Music. Their song Alles hat Zwei Seiten was composed by Stefan Erler and Vera Berger. The text comes from Franz Brachner, Mario Wolf and Christoph Purtscheller. This was the seventh time that the formation brought victory in the Grand Prix to Austria. An album with all participants was also released for the event.
The placement of the Swiss preliminary decision 2007
The first four titles made it to the finals.
Start number | Interpreter | title | space | Percentages |
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12 | Beatrice & Lys Assia | Tell me where do the angels live? | 1. | 24.63 |
7th | Nicolas Senn & Alexandra Schmied | With swing through the alpine country | 2. | 23.98 |
10 | Monique | I am the happiest woman | 3. | 22.52 |
3 | Marcel Schweizer & Regina Engel | The time with you | 4th | 10.82 |
1 | Roli Berner & The Original Voralpen Express | It'll be all right | ? | ? |
2 | Sarina | Should I really believe that? | ? | ? |
4th | Nico Sanders | A dream | ? | ? |
5 | Swiss Military CHAOS Schockestra | Viva la vida | ? | ? |
6th | Jessica Ming | Too close to the fire | ? | ? |
8th | The teddies | dreams | ? | ? |
9 | ChueLee | The mountains and God | ? | ? |
11 | Reto Graf | Min Ätti | ? | ? |
Venue | Studio 1 Zurich |
The titles of the German preliminary decision 2007
The first four made it to the final.
Start number | Interpreter | title | space | Points |
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15th | The shepherds | God gave us all of this | 1. | 60 |
8th | Anita Burck | Where children laugh | 2. | 55 |
14th | Angela Wiedl | The song of home | 3. | 51 |
13 | Marco | Waltz of love | 4th | 50 |
1 | Axel Becker | Bella Angela (the most beautiful of all roses) | 5. | 44 |
7th | Marcel | Sing a song for mom | 6th | 39 |
12 | Claudia & Alexx | Believe in what your heart says | 7th | 33 |
2 | Romy & Christian | 1000 questions for love | 8th. | 32 |
11 | Gentlemen of Trumpets | Today is our day | 9. | 22nd |
3 | Gentle angels | I say goodbye, St. Tropez | 10. | 22nd |
5 | Marina | Have you been happy today? | 11. | 21st |
10 | Astrid Breck | Long live friendship | 12. | 16 |
9 | Bully | Voulez-vous | 13. | 14th |
4th | Tommy Benz | Because I love you | 14th | 11 |
6th | Allgäupower | We make music for you | 15th | 10 |
Venue | Munich |
The titles of the Austrian preliminary decision 2007
Start number | Interpreter | title | space | Percentages |
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15th | Sigrid & Marina with the Zillertaler Haderlumpen | Everything has two sides | 1. | 18.2 |
2 | Astrid and the TonArt friends | You and i - forever | 2. | 14.7 |
7th | Erwin Aschenwald & The Mayrhofner | Mother Thereza | 3. | 12.3 |
9 | The daredevils | Just a quiet Our Father | 4th | 10.5 |
1 | Manuel Berger | Longing means I love you | 5. | 6.5 |
11 | Kurt Elsasser & Nadja | homeland | 6th | 5.4 |
8th | Jazz Gitti & Her Discokillers | I wü a Lederhosn | 7th | 5.2 |
6th | Ö 5 | Alpine wind | 8th. | 4.7 |
5 | Natalie & The Home Striker | Tell me about love | 9. | 3.9 |
12 | Conny Singer & Tiroler Adler | The melody for the world | 10. | 3.8 |
10 | Meissnitzer band | How time flies | 11. | 3.7 |
13 | Marc Bell | I'll be back next Sunday | 12. | 3.6 |
14th | Alpine rebels | Friend for life | 13. | 2.9 |
3 | The crocheted leather | The main thing is, we're healthy | 14th | 2.9 |
4th | Adriano | An Ave Maria | 15th | 1.3 |
Venue | Vienna |
The titles of the South Tyrolean preliminary decision 2007
In the 2007 South Tyrolean preliminary decision, 65,383 votes were counted by phone and SMS (in 2006 it was 34,753).
Start number | Interpreter | title | space | Percentages |
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? | Niederbacher siblings | With money, that's where friendship ends | ? | ? |
? | Steffen Jürgens & Renate with the South Tyrolean Alpine Sparrows | Then it's love | ? | ? |
? | The Wipptaler | The farm on the mountain | ? | ? |
? | The Trenker | Freedom is an expensive good | 4th | 9.71% |
? | The Pustertaler | Heit gemma dance | 1. | 10.00% |
? | Mountain diamonds | I love the solitude of the mountains | ? | ? |
? | South Tyrolean Spitzbuam | Corsica | ? | ? |
? | Mark Alexander | Melodies of the homeland | 2. | 9.96% |
? | Marion & Luis with shamrock | No i don't wanna lose you | ? | ? |
? | Freedom and Alex | Roses of home | ? | ? |
? | Pseirer Sparrows | South Tyrolean power | ? | ? |
? | Olmsound | Never forget home | ? | ? |
? | Werner Haller & Karl Hans Peter with his orig. South Tyrolean musicians | forgive | ? | ? |
? | Etschland Express | Was it just a summer flirt | ? | ? |
? | Vincent & Fernando | Light a candle | 3. | 9.82% |
Venue | Algund |
The placements at the Grand Prix of Folk Music 2007
Start number | country | Interpreter | title | space | Points |
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14th | A. | Sigrid & Marina with the Zillertaler Haderlumpen | Everything has two sides | 1. | 34 |
15th | I. | Vincent & Fernando | Light a candle | 2. | 32 |
10 | A. | Erwin Aschenwald & The Mayrhofner | Mother Thereza | 3. | 30th |
13 | D. | The shepherds | God gave us all of this | 3. | 30th |
11 | I. | Mark Alexander | Melodies of the homeland | 5. | 28 |
5 | D. | Anita Burck | Where children laugh | 5. | 28 |
16 | CH | Monique | I am the happiest woman | 7th | 23 |
8th | CH | Nicolas Senn & Alexandra Schmied | With swing through the alpine country | 8th. | 18th |
2 | A. | The daredevils | Just a quiet Our Father | 9. | 16 |
1 | D. | Marco | Waltz of love | 10. | 15th |
4th | CH | Marcel Schweizer & Regina Engel | The time with you | 11. | 14th |
12 | CH | Beatrice & Lys Assia | Tell me where do the angels live? | 11. | 14th |
3 | I. | The Pustertaler | Heit gemma dance | 13. | 13 |
6th | A. | Astrid and the TonArt friends | You and i forever | 14th | 6th |
9 | D. | Angela Wiedl | The song of home | 14th | 6th |
7th | I. | The Trenker | Freedom is an expensive good | 16. | 5 |
Venue | Vienna |