Journey to Jerusalem - Kudus'e seyahat

Journey to Jerusalem - Kudüs'e seyahat ('Journey to Jerusalem ') was the contribution of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 , sung by the group Sürpriz . The song was composed by Ralph Siegel and Bernd Augener . Cihan Özden and Deniz Filizmen (both members of the Sürpriz group) wrote the text. For Siegel it was the fourteenth participation, for opinion the twelfth participation in the Eurovision Song Contest .

Eurovision Song Contest

However, the song had to qualify for the Eurovision Song Contest via a back door , as the actual winner of the German preliminary decision , the song Hear 'den Kinder simply to the singer Corinna May , was already available in 1997 in an English version as a promo CD with the Edition number of 500 copies had been published. The title was disqualified by NDR and Sürpriz was nominated.

So the group Sürpriz entered Jerusalem , where the Eurovision Song Contest was held. The group, whose name is Turkish and means surprise , consisted exclusively of German-Turks and was founded especially for participation in the German preliminary round. So they sang Journey to Jerusalem - Kudüs'e seyahat in Turkish too. The rest of the text is in German and in English; the live version also includes a chorus in Hebrew .

With 140 points - including five maximum ratings (12 points) from Turkey , the Netherlands , from Poland , Portugal and Israel - it finished behind Take Me to Your Heaven the Swede Charlotte Nilsson and All Out of Luck of the Icelandic singer Selma third place among 23 songs.

The piece didn't make it into the charts.

content

In terms of content, the song is about world peace (“We walk hand in hand to this peaceful land”), but there is also a stanza about the actual game Reise nach Jerusalem .

Web link

Musical chairs - Kudüs'e seyahat at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Text of the live version
2. ↑ Die Reingesiegelten (2) ( Memento of the original from August 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Scoring from 1999
4. ↑ www.aufrechtgehn.de - Website about the Eurovision Song Contest 1999  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

predecessor	Office	successor
Guildo loves you! ( Guildo horn )	Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 1999	Wadde hadde dudde there? ( Stefan Raab )