List of music competitions and prizes

The list names competitions or regular events with award ceremonies in the German-speaking entertainment sector, which are mostly broadcast on television . The competitions are listed and briefly explained according to the time of their first event.

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest , initially also known as the “Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson” in German-speaking countries, has been held annually in spring since 1956 and has now become the most important music competition in Europe, in which almost all European countries take part.

German Schlager Festival

Radio Luxemburg organized the German Schlager Festivals in Wiesbaden in 1959, 1960 and 1961 . From 1960 to 1966 there was the German Schlager Festival in Baden-Baden , from 1968 to 1970 and 1973 German Schlager competitions were held and in 1994 and 1997 to 1999 there were again German Schlager Festivals. See the respective articles.

SchoolJam

The SchoolJam is Germany's biggest talent competition for school bands. Since 2002, the winning band has been chosen at the Frankfurt Musikmesse, which includes appearances at the Hurricane Festival .

Hermann Löns Medal

The Hermann Löns Medal is a prize awarded for special merits in the field of folk music. The prize is named after the poet Hermann Löns and has been awarded at irregular intervals since 1974.

Golden tuning fork

The Golden Tuning Fork event , initially also known as the “Tag des Deutschen Schlagers” , takes place annually. Artists of entertainment music are awarded the golden tuning fork in various categories . The first award took place in Saarbrücken in 1981 . The event was broadcast by some broadcasters at the time. At the 3rd award in 1983, German television ARD was there for the first time . Since then, the event has been recorded and broadcast annually either by ARD or ZDF . The award is considered the successor to RTL's “Golden Europe”.

Grand Prix of Folk Music

The Grand Prix of folk music , sometimes under the name Grand Prix of the popular hit song known, / organized autumn since 1986 every summer and has become the most important prize of the popular music developed. In the spring of each year there have been preliminary decisions in the participating countries since 1989. Initially only Germany , Austria and Switzerland were involved. South Tyrol has also been taking part in this competition since 2000 . (See also Alpine Grand Prix )

Edelweiss

The edelweiss was a folk music prize awarded by the magazine “Frau im Spiegel” in Berlin, which was partially broadcast on the television program Sat.1 . The prizes were sometimes referred to as the "Oscars of Folk Music". However, there were only awards between 1989 and 1993

Songs as beautiful as the north

The song competition songs as beautiful as the north of the Lower Saxony state government, sometimes referred to as the “Grand Prix of the North” , was first held in 1990 and broadcast by the North German Broadcasting Corporation (NDR) within the ARD. Further competitions were held in 1991, 1992 and 1993. After that, the NDR continued the show under the same title as an entertainment program in loose succession. However, a competition with award winners was no longer held.

German Song Festival

After the Grand Prix of Folk Music had been very successful since 1986 , a counterpart in the field of popular music was to be created with the German Song Festival . At the same time, they wanted to revive the tradition of the German Schlager Festival of the 1960s. That is why the first German Song Festival was launched in 1991 by the "Association of German Music Competitions". However, there was initially only a sequel in 1992. This competition was then discontinued. The idea was not taken up again until two years later, when the German Schlager Festival was held again.

The real Grand Prix

The real Grand Prix wasorganizedfor the first timeon May 14, 1993 as a satire on the Eurovision Song Contest by Eberhard J. Wormer and Cornelia Prem in the Munich Theater for Children . 12 Schlager talents presented themselves to a “top-class” jury. James Blast and his full playback orchestra accompanied the hopeful artists. In the following years there were sequels up to 1997. The "shrill" event was particularly well received in homosexual circles. It was moderated in 1997 by Petra Perle and Rex Kildo. In the same year it was also broadcast on ZDF. After that, the real Grand Prix was no longer held.

Alpine Grand Prix

The Alpen Grand Prix - South Tyrolean Grand Prix of Folk Music has been held annually since 1993. At first the competition was only called the “South Tyrolean Grand Prix of Folk Music” . In order to avoid confusion with the parallel event “South Tyrolean preliminary decision” to the Grand Prix of Folk Music, which has been taking place since 2000 , the traditional competition was renamed “Alpine Grand Prix - South Tyrolean Grand Prix of Folk Music” from 2001 .

Golden hen

The Golden Hen has been awarded annually since 1995 in the Friedrichstadtpalast in Berlin in memory of the singer and entertainer Helga Hahnemann (nicknamed "Henne") who died in 1991. The prize is a golden bronze chicken. The organizers are Mitteldeutsche Rundfunk (MDR) and the magazines SUPER TV and SUPERillu , whose viewers and readers determine the winners. People from the fields of politics , culture , sports and mass media are honored .

Hit Grand Prix

The Schlager Grand Prix as a counterpart to the Folk Music Grand Prix was launched in 1998. It was supposed to take up the German Song Festival in 1991 and 1992, but could not prevail, even though Switzerland wanted to take part in 1999. However, the competition was discontinued after the first event. The winner of the Schlager Grand Prix was Oliver Haidt with the title I think of Rhodes .

Folk music crown

The folk music crown has been awarded annually at the beginning of January since 1998. The prize honors artists who won a prize in the field of folk music in the previous year or who had a particular hit parade. There are also prizes of honor. The award is usually broadcast live on ARD or broadcast later as a recording.

In 1992 there was a TV gala on RTL plus under the title “Krone der Volksmusik” , at which the corresponding folk music prizes were awarded. The program at the time was moderated by Erika Bruhn . A CD was also released with all the participants in the gala. The participants in the show were: Stefanie Hertel , the Mühlenhof musicians , the Fischer choirs , Edward Simoni , the Kastelruther Spatzen , the native duo Judith and Mel , Astrid Harzbecker , Slavko Avsenik and his original Oberkrainer, Tom Astor , the Zillertaler Schürzenjäger , Florian Silbereisen , Patrick Lindner , Bianca , the festival musicians , the Original Naabtal Duo , the Nordwind group and Das Goldene Edelweiß .

In Austria there is also a competition called “Krone der Volksmusik” . There, young artists are honored in the field of folk music.

Grand Prix of good humor

The Grand Prix of Good Mood was held once in 2000. Participants were artists who performed mood songs.

Bundesvision Song Contest

The Bundesvision Song Contest , which was held for the first time in February 2005, is a competition initiated by Stefan Raab as part of the late-night comedy show TV total based on the Eurovision Song Contest . German interpreters compete against each other, each representing a German federal state .

International pop artist competition

Since 2002 the international children and youth competition of pop music interpreters " Berliner Perle " has been organized by MTV Berlin e. V. organized in three age categories 10 to 13, 14 to 17 and 18 to 21 years (for duets, trios and vocal groups, the age of the oldest ensemble member decides on the allocation to the age categories). In 2006 participants from 14 countries took part. The highest award is the “Berliner Perle” Grand Prix, prizes are also awarded for places 1 to 3 in the respective age categories and an audience award.

Grand Prix of Choirs

The Grand Prix of Choirs was launched in 2007 by ZDF . Choirs from the individual German federal states compete against each other. The audience decides on the best choir via TED. In 2008 the event was held for the second time.

Swiss Music Awards

The Swiss Music Awards (SMA) have been presented annually since 2008 and have established themselves as the largest music award ceremony in Switzerland . The SMA portray the varied Swiss music scene in an attractive way and offer the scene an important stage. In a lavishly produced show, the SMA honors the diverse works of the most successful Swiss musicians and emerging talents.

More competitions

• Concurso Internacional de Guitarra Alhambra
• List of music competitions (classical)
• German music competition
• ARD international music competition
• European Church Music Prize
• Prize for composers and performers "Blue Bridge"
• Grand Prix RTL International
• Meet the young music scene

See also

• Music prizes that are not the result of a competition.

literature

• “Competitions”, “Prizes, Grants, Awards” . In: Deutscher Musikrat (Ed.): Musik-Almanach 2007/08. Data and facts on musical life in Germany, Regensburg, ConBrio, 2006, pp. 523–615.

Web links

• Competitions in Germany and abroad as well as prizes, grants and awards (list from the German Music Information Center)
• Competitions in Austria