Songs as beautiful as the north 1993
| Songs as beautiful as the north 1993 | |
|---|---|
| date | March 18, 1993 |
| venue | Bremerhaven |
| Hall | Bremerhaven City Hall |
| Broadcasting television station | Norddeutscher Rundfunk / ARD |
| Moderation | Dénes Törzs and Susan Stahnke |
Under the motto Songs as beautiful as the north , the Lower Saxony state government called on composers and lyricists to a song competition for the fourth time in 1993 , with the aim of creating new folk songs that deal with North German topics.
From numerous submissions, a jury selected 15 titles that qualified for the final, which was broadcast live on March 18 by Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) within ARD from the town hall in Bremerhaven . Moderators were Dénes Törzs and Susan Stahnke . After the title was presented, TV viewers could choose their favorite via TED.
At the end of the evaluation, Margot Eskens was the winner of the songs as beautiful as the north competition in 1993 . Their song also sailors homesick had Gunther Behrle composed and texted. The winner was presented with a trophy in the form of a "glass lighthouse".
The 15 tracks in the finale appeared on a CD together with the title song of the TV show sung by the Northern Lights (music: Jean Frankfurter , text: Irma Holder ) .
The song competition, sometimes also called the Grand Prix of the North , did not take place after 1993. The broadcast was only continued as an entertainment program in loose series by the NDR.
Placement of the competition in 1993
| Start number | Interpreter | title | space | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Margot Eskens | Sailors are homesick too | 1 | 13.1 | |
| 11 | Jonny Hill | Little heroes on a long journey | 2 | 13.0 | |
| 15th | Home duo Judith and Mel | All right, all right | 3 | 12.4 | |
| 13 | Dorthe Kollo | There is a Nordic legend | 4th | 8.8 | |
| 7th | Hannelore | The cherries in the old country | 5 | 7.2 | |
| 12 | Speelwark | Soltwind | 6th | 6.6 | |
| 9 | Gottlieb Wendehals | When the daisies bloom | 7th | 6.3 | |
| 8th | Godewind | Nordic colors | 8th | 5.7 | |
| 10 | Marieke | Seagulls in the wind | 9 | 5.3 | |
| 6th | Peter Sebastian | Broad land | 10 | 5.2 | |
| 4th | Marion and Wolfgang Thomasius | Our north has become even more beautiful | 11 | 5.0 | |
| 14th | North wind | The eternal old song about the sea | 12 | 4.9 | |
| 1 | Finkwarder Speeldeel | We're not that stubborn at all | 13 | 2.4 | |
| 3 | Jochen Kunze | People by the sea | 14th | 2.2 | |
| 5 | Kielwater | Plover | 15th | 1.9 | |
| Venue | Bremerhaven City Hall | ||||