Facts and figures about the Bundesvision Song Contest

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This article is a listing of the facts and figures about the Bundesvision Song Contest .

Winners ranked according to points received

Gunslinger (2014)

1. 180: Gunslinger - Let's go (2014)
2. 174: Peter Fox - Black to Blue (2009)
3. 172: Xavas - Don't Look Back (2012)
4. 170: Mark Forster - Belly and Head (2015)
5. 164: Unholy - Under Your Flag (2010)
6. 159: July - Great Time (2005)
7. 153: Bosses - Either way (2013)
8. 151: Seeed - Ding (2006)
9. 147: Oomph! feat. Marta Jandová - are you dreaming? (2007)
9. 147: Subway to Sally - Auf Kiel (2008)
11. 141: Tim Bendzko - If words were my language (2011)

Multiple winner of the Bundesvision Song Contest

Peter Fox (2009)

state

3 wins

•  Berlin (2006: Seeed , 2009: Peter Fox and 2011: Tim Bendzko )

2 wins

•  Lower Saxony (2007: Oomph! Feat. Marta Jandová and 2013: Bosse )

Interpreter

2 wins

• Peter Fox (2006: Seeed and 2009: Peter Fox)

Author (music / text)

2 wins

• David Connen (2006: Ding and 2009: Black to Blue )
• Peter Fox (2006: Ding and 2009: Black to Blue )
• DJ Illvibe (2006: Ding and 2009: Black to Blue )

Artist with the most participations

Performers

Bosses (2014)

2 participations

• Bosse (2011 and 2013: Lower Saxony)
• Andreas Bourani (2011 and 2014: Bavaria)
• Philipp Breitenstein (2013 ( Hannes Kinder & Band) and 2014 ( Duerer ): Thuringia)
• Peter Brugger (2006 ( TipTop ) and 2008 ( Sportfreunde Stiller ): Bayern)
• Buddy Buxbaum (2005 ( Deichkind ) and 2015)
• Chapeau Claque (2007 and 2009: Thuringia)
• Clueso (2005 and 2008: Thuringia)
• DCVDNS (2013 and 2014 ( Inglebirds ): Saarland)
• Peter Fox (2006 ( Seeed ) and 2009: Berlin)
• Glasperlenspiel (2011 and 2015: Baden-Württemberg)
• Marta Jandová (2005: Baden-Württemberg and 2007: Lower Saxony)
• Suzie Kerstgens (2005 ( Klee ): Saarland and 2007: Bavaria)
• Jennifer Rostock (2008 and 2011: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
• July (2005 and 2011: Hessen)
• Jupiter Jones (2011 and 2014: Rhineland-Palatinate)
• Boris Lauterbach (2005 ( Fettes Brot ): Schleswig-Holstein and 2012 (Der König tanzt): Hamburg)
• Rüdiger Linhof (2008 ( Sportfreunde Stiller ) and 2012 (Das Phantom Orchester): Bavaria)
• Anna Loos (2010 ( Silly ): Saxony-Anhalt and 2011: Lower Saxony)
• Madsen (2008 and 2015: Lower Saxony)
• Mamadee (2005 and 2008 ( Sisters Keepers ): North Rhine-Westphalia)
• Marteria (2009 and 2014: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
• Flo Mega (2011: Bremen and 2014: Hamburg)
• Jan Plewka (2006 ( TempEau ): Schleswig-Holstein and 2010 ( Selig ): Hamburg)
• Pohlmann (2007 and 2013: North Rhine-Westphalia)
• Revolverheld (2006 and 2014: Bremen)
• Sven van Thom (2007 ( Beatplanet ) and 2009: Brandenburg)
• Florian Weber (2008 ( Sportfreunde Stiller ) and 2012 (Das Phantom Orchester): Bayern)

Authors (music / text)

5 participations

• David Conen ( Ding , Berlin, 2006 / Black to blue , Berlin, 2009 / Born to the King, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, 2009 / Mein Rostock, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, 2014 / Hüftgold Berlin, Berlin, 2014)
• DJ Illvibe ( Ding , Berlin, 2006 / Black to blue , Berlin, 2009 / Born to the King, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, 2009 / Mein Rostock, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, 2014 / Hüftgold Berlin, Berlin, 2014)

3 participations

• Dirk Berger (Born to the King, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 2009 / Mein Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 2014 / Hüftgold Berlin, Berlin, 2014)
• Marcus Brosch (Hamburg & Cologne, Hamburg, 2006 / Far Away, Hessen, 2010 / Lieber so , Thuringia, 2015)
• Sebastian Kirchner ( This is why we live , Baden-Württemberg, 2009 / Yasmine, Berlin, 2010 / Only love can save me, Lower Saxony, 2012)

2 participations

Andreas Bourani (2014)

Peter Brugger (2010)

Annette Humpe (2011)

• Matthias Arfmann (Fire, Hamburg, 2007 / Unite, North Rhine-Westphalia, 2008)
• Philip Böllhoff (Incredible, Saxony, 2008 / Hellwach, Hessen, 2015)
• Christian Bömkes (You, Baden-Württemberg, 2008 / A present, Brandenburg, 2015)
• Axel Bosse (Frankfurt / Oder, Lower Saxony, 2011 / So oder so , Lower Saxony, 2013)
• Andreas Bourani ( Iceberg , Bavaria, 2011 / On other ways , Bavaria, 2014)
• Peter Brugger / Beau Frost (TipTop, Bavaria, 2006 / Antinazibund, Bavaria, 2008)
• Clueso (Not in the mood to go, Thuringia, 2005 / Not a centimeter, Thuringia, 2008)
• DCVDNS (Actually Nate Dogg wanted to sing the hook, Saarland, 2013 / Getti, Saarland, 2014)
• Sascha Eigner (Immerfürimmer, Rhineland-Palatinate, 2011 / Suddenly the world stops, Rhineland-Palatinate, 2014)
• Stephan Eggert (Beautiful day, Schleswig-Holstein, 2006 / From eternity to eternity, Hamburg, 2010)
• Florian Fischer ( This is why we live , Baden-Württemberg, 2009 / Yasmine, Berlin, 2010)
• Peter Fox / Pierre Baigorry ( Ding , Berlin, 2006 / Black to blue , Berlin, 2009)
• Niels Grötsch (stay friends, Bremen, 2006 / let's go , Bremen, 2014)
• Daniel Grunenberg ( Echt , Baden-Württemberg, 2011 / Geiles Leben , Baden-Württemberg, 2015)
• Julius Hartog ( Iceberg , Bavaria, 2011 / On other ways, Bavaria, 2014)
• Kristoffer Hünecke (stay friends, Bremen, 2006 / let's go , Bremen, 2014)
• Annette Humpe (Yasmine, Berlin, 2010 / Only love can save me, Lower Saxony, 2012)
• Bartosch Jeznach (Electric Super Dance Band, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 2005 / Termin im Park, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 2015)
• Anja Krabbe (Whatever you want, Lower Saxony, 2006 / No nicer land, North Rhine-Westphalia, 2006)
• Marten Laciny (Born to the King, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 2009 / Mein Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 2014)
• Boris Lauterbach (Emanuela, Schleswig-Holstein, 2005 / Hauswand, Hamburg, 2012)
• Rüdiger Linhof (Antinazibund, Bavaria, 2008 / The city is mine again, Bavaria, 2012)
• Katharina Löwel (high-rise, Brandenburg, 2014 / Lieber so , Thuringia, 2015)
• Michael Ludes ( Close your eyes (And clean), Saarland, 2006 / Nothing is free, Saarland, 2010)
• Sebastian Madsen (night bathing, Lower Saxony, 2008 / Kiss me !, Lower Saxony, 2015)
• Ralf Christian Mayer (Not a centimeter, Thuringia, 2008 / stomach and head , Rhineland-Palatinate, 2015)
• Philipp Milner (Not a centimeter, Thuringia, 2008 / Planlos, Thuringia, 2010)
• Carolin Niemczyk ( Echt , Baden-Württemberg, 2011 / Geiles Leben , Baden-Württemberg, 2015)
• Daniel Nitt (poem, Hamburg, 2014 / stomach and head , Rhineland-Palatinate, 2015)
• Jonas Pfetzing ( Geile Zeit , Hessen, 2005 / You lie so beautiful , Hessen, 2011)
• Jan Plewka (Beautiful day, Schleswig-Holstein, 2006 / From eternity to eternity, Hamburg, 2010)
• Ingo Pohlmann (girls and bullies, North Rhine-Westphalia, 2007 / Atmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, 2013)
• Sipho Sililo (Incredible, Saxony, 2008 / Hellwach, Hessen, 2015)
• Johannes Strate (Stay Friends, Bremen, 2006 / Let's go , Bremen, 2014)
• Adel Tawil ( That's why we live , Baden-Württemberg, 2009 / Yasmine, Berlin, 2010)
• Simon Triebel ( Geile Zeit , Hessen, 2005 / You lie so beautiful , Hessen, 2011)
• Sven van Thom / Sven Rathke (Turn around & go, Brandenburg, 2007 / Jacqueline (I bought Berlin), Berlin, 2009)
• Götz von Sydow (Jenny, Rhineland-Palatinate, 2008 / Does she love you like me ?, North Rhine-Westphalia, 2012)
• David Vogt (Chica, Berlin, 2008 / Hellwach, Hessen, 2015)
• Johannes Walter-Müller (head or tails, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, 2008 / I can no longer, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, 2011)
• Mamadie Wappler (Lass los, North Rhine-Westphalia, 2005 / Unite, North Rhine-Westphalia, 2008)
• Jennifer Weist (head or tails, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, 2008 / I can no longer, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, 2011)

Contributions in the German single charts

Posts in the top 10

The following list contains all songs, regardless of whether they were winning titles or just participating, that were able to place in the top 10 of the German single charts. It also provides information about the gold and platinum awards awarded.

Xavier Naidoo (2011)

Kool Savas (2010)

Glass Bead Game (2012)

Position 2

• 2012: Xavas - Don't look back anymore gold
• 2015: Glasperlenspiel - Awesome life platinum

Position 3

• 2005: Fettes Brot - Emanuela gold
• 2009: Peter Fox - Black to Blue gold

Position 4

• 2014: Gunslinger - Let's Go gold
• 2014: Andreas Bourani - In other ways platinum

Position 5

• 2006: Seeed - Ding gold
• 2009: Arctic Circle 18 - The Color of Snow
• 2011: Tim Bendzko - If words were my language gold

Position 6

• 2009: Cassandra Steen - That's why we live

Position 9

• 2007: Oomph! feat. Marta Jandová - are you dreaming?
• 2010: Unheilig - Under your flag
• 2011: Glass Bead Game - Real gold
• 2012: Laing - Always tired in the morning gold

Winner titles are in bold .

Further chart successes

• Only two BSC entries have at least a platinum certification:
  • Glasperlenspiel with Geiles Leben (2015) were awarded gold three times for 600,000 units sold.
  • Andreas Bourani with On other ways (2014) was awarded platinum for 300,000 units sold.

• Glasperlenspiel's Geiles Leben from 2015 holds 56 weeks, the record for the longest BSC entry in the German single charts. He is ahead of Andreas Bouranis In other ways (2014, 53 weeks) Gunslinger Let's Go (2014, 35 weeks) in the ranking . In 2014, Bourani and Revolverheld broke the record of Seeed , Peter Fox and Tim Bendzko , who were represented in the German charts for 26 weeks with their contributions in 2006, 2009 and 2011 respectively.

• None of the participants from 2008 and 2013 could position themselves in the top 10 of the German single charts . In 2009 three participants were able to place themselves in the German top 10.

• In 2005, 15/16 entries made it into the German single charts ; In 2015, however, only four titles made it.

• Three winners could not place their title as high in the German single charts as one or more of their competitors:
  • July with Geile Zeit (2005): 19th place
    • Fat bread with Emanuela : 3rd place
  • Subway to Sally with Auf Kiel (2008): 44th place
    • Clueso with no centimeters : 15th place; The Bo with Without Bo : 16th place; Culcha candela with chica . 21st place; Panic with what would you do? : Place 28; Rapsoul with King of the World : 38th place; Down below with sand in my hand : 42nd place
  • Mark Forster with stomach and head (2015): 15th place
    • Glass bead game with Geiles Leben : 2nd place

• It is also noteworthy that Namika and Hellwach entered position 62 a week after the 2015 Bundesvision Song Contest , while the previous single, Favoritmensch, jumped to position one in the German single charts.

Chart successes in Austria and Switzerland

• The single Emanuela , with which Fettes Brot competed for Schleswig-Holstein in 2005 , is so far the only song that has reached first place in the Austrian single charts. Until 2015, it was also the only BSC contribution that had been awarded gold in Austria.

• The single Geiles Leben , with which Glasperlenspiel competed for Baden-Württemberg in 2015 , is the only song that reached first place in the Swiss single charts. It is also the only BSC contribution so far that has been awarded gold in Switzerland.

• In 2013, for the only time so far, no contribution could be placed in the Austrian single charts.

• All entries failed to make it into the Swiss single charts four times: 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2013.

• 2013 thus marks the only year so far in which no title could be found beyond the German hit parade.

• Glasperlenspiels Geiles Leben is (as in Germany) with 38 and 37 weeks respectively the longest BSC entry in the Austrian and Swiss single charts.

More records

Number of most 12-point awards (10)

• since 2014: Gunslinger - Let's Go
  • 2009–2013: Peter Fox - Black to Blue (7)
  • 2005–2008: July - Geile Zeit (3)

Lowest score achieved in the competition (2 points)

• since 2015: Wunderkynd - Hello, Hello
  • 2010–2014: Bernd Begemann & Dirk Darmstaedter - This is how it works every night (4 points)
  • 2006–2009: AK4711 - No prettier country (6 points)
  • 2005: Mamadee feat. Gentleman - Lass los / Sandy feat. Manual - Unexpected (10 points)

Lowest number of points awarded in the competition by your own federal state (2 points)

• since 2015: Wunderkynd - Hello, Hello
  • 2011-2014: Mother's boy - going out to eat (3 points)
  • 2010: Bernd Begemann & Dirk Darmstaedter - This is how it works every night (4 points)
  • 2006–2009: AK4711 - No more beautiful country (5 points)
  • 2005: Mamadee feat. Gentleman - Lass los / Sandy feat. Manual - Unexpected (10 points)

Largest minimum of points that a participant received from all federal states (10 points)

• 2009: Peter Fox - Black to Blue
• 2012: Xavas - Don't look back anymore
• 2014: Gunslinger - Let's Go
• 2015: Mark Forster - stomach and head
  • 2008: Clueso - Not a centimeter (8 points)
  • 2005–2007: July - Geile Zeit (2005) / Seeed - Ding (2006) (7 points)

Largest gap between first and second place (56 points)

• since 2014: Gunslinger - Let's go → Jupiter Jones - Suddenly the world stops
  • 2009–2013: Peter Fox - Black to Blue → Arctic Circle 18 - The Color of Snow (43 points)
  • 2005–2008: July - Geile Zeit → Fettes Brot - Emanuela (29 points)

Smallest gap between first and second place (1 point)

• since 2008: Subway to Sally - Auf Kiel → Clueso - Not a centimeter
  • 2007: Oomph! feat. Marta Jandová - are you dreaming? → Jan Delay - fire (9 points)
  • 2006: Seeed - Ding → Gunslinger - Stay Friends (15 points)
  • 2005: July - Geile Zeit → Fettes Brot - Emanuela (29 points)

Highest score for a runner-up (152 points)

• since 2010: Silly - Alles Rot
  • 2008–2009: Clueso - Not a centimeter (146 points)
  • 2007: Jan Delay - Fire (138 points)
  • 2006: Gunslinger - Staying Friends (136 points)
  • 2005: Fettes Brot - Emanuela (130 points)

Highest score for a last placed (12 points)

• 2008: Casino Zero - Give me a look
• 2008: Far East Band feat. Dean Dawson - Incredible

Countries with the most bottom positions (2)

•  Brandenburg (2012, 2014)
•  North Rhine-Westphalia (2005, 2006)
•  Rhineland-Palatinate (2005, 2007)
•  Saxony (2008, 2014)

Oldest participant

• since 2010: Hans-Jürgen Reznicek - Alles rot (with Silly ) ( 56 years, 10 months, 2 days )
  • 2005–2009: Michael Rostig - Now the party really starts (with De Randfichten ) (42 years old)

Youngest (minors) participants

• 2013: Luna Simao - It's up to the clouds ( 17 years, 7 months, 15 days )
• 2014: Sierra Kidd - 20,000 roses ( 17 years, 11 months, 28 days )

Recurring performers the following year

• 2010–2011: / Anna Loos - Alles rot (2010; with Silly ) → Frankfurt / Oder (2011; with Bosse )
• 2013–2014: DCVDNS - Nate Dogg actually wanted to sing the Hook (2013) → Getti (2014; with the Inglebirds)
• 2013–2014: Philipp Breitenstein - Déjà-vu (2013, with Hannes Kinder & Band) → What was yesterday (2014; with Duerer )

Participant in a Eurovision and Bundesvision Song Contest

• 2005/2007: / Marta Jandová (ESC participant 2015 for the Czech Republic )
• 2005: Sandy Mölling (ESC participant 2008 with the No Angels )
• 2006: Nadja Benaissa (ESC participant 2008 with the No Angels )
• 2014: Max Mutzke (ESC participant 2004)

Authors with the most participations in one evening (2)

• 2006: Anja Krabbe represented the federal states of Lower Saxony ( Marlon - Whatever you want ) and North Rhine-Westphalia ( AK4711 - No more beautiful country )  
• 2009: David Conen represented the federal states of Berlin ( Peter Fox - black to blue ) and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ( Marteria - born to the king )  
• 2009: DJ Illvibe represented the federal states of Berlin ( Peter Fox - black to blue ) and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ( Marteria - born to the king )  
• 2014: Dirk Berger represented the federal states of Berlin ( Miss Platnum - Hüftgold Berlin ) and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ( Marteria - Mein Rostock )  
• 2014: David Conen represented the federal states of Berlin ( Miss Platnum - Hüftgold Berlin ) and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ( Marteria - Mein Rostock )  
• 2014: DJ Illvibe represented the federal states of Berlin ( Miss Platnum - Hüftgold Berlin ) and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ( Marteria - Mein Rostock )  

Average ranking of the individual federal states

country	Ø placement	Ø start number	Victories
Baden-Württemberg	06.5	10.3	1
Bavaria	10.2	08.1
Berlin	04.8	13.0	3
Brandenburg	09.5	06.5	1
Bremen	08.1	11.0	1
Hamburg	07.6	07.4
Hesse	08.3	07.4	1
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	10.3	06.8
Lower Saxony	06.4	10.9	2
North Rhine-Westphalia	07.9	07.7	1
Rhineland-Palatinate	10.2	08.4	1
Saarland	11.5	06.1
Saxony	08.8	08.1
Saxony-Anhalt	10.5	07.1
Schleswig-Holstein	07.3	08.5
Thuringia	07.1	08.7

Relationship between start number and placement

The following table clearly shows that the best-known artists have the highest chances of winning and were therefore deliberately placed in the lower starting positions by ProSieben in order to keep the audience on the screen until the very end: More than half of all winners (six of eleven) entered with the start number 16. Furthermore, no participant in the front half of the starting positions has yet been able to achieve victory. The winners with the lowest starting number were Subway to Sally , who appeared in 2008 with the title Auf Kiel for Brandenburg as the ninth candidate of the evening.

Start number	Ø placement	Victories
01	09.2
02	09.9
03	12.7
04th	12.8
05	08.6
06th	09.4
07th	09.2
08th	07.3
09	08.7	1
10	11.4
11	08.1	1
12	06.7	1
13	06.8
14th	05.4
15th	05.8	2
16	02.3	6th

Web links

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Individual evidence