Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 with the song "", composed by Dieter Bohlen, with lyrics by Joachim Horn-Bernges, and performed by Nino de Angelo. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, (BR), selected their entry through a national final. This year marked the last contest in which participation and televoting were only open to residents of West Germany.
Before Eurovision
The national final, broadcast by (BR) to ARD broadcasters across West Germany, took place on 23 March 1989 at the Deutsches Theater in Munich, and was hosted by Hape Kerkeling. Ten acts presented their entries live and the winner was selected by public televoting.
+ Final – 23 March 1989 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Votes Place 1 Die Erben "Bitte, nicht nochmal" 1,799 7 2 Xanadu "Einen Traum für diese Welt" 10,891 2 3 Clou "Heut' Nacht sind sie allein" Jörg Sieber 1,156 9 4 Dorkas "Ich hab' Angst" 7,973 3 5 Francesco Napoli "Viva l'amore" 1,659 8 6 ZouZou "Ich such' dich" 1,941 6 7 Andreas Martin "Herz an Herz" 3,855 4 8 Canan Braun "Wunderland" 2,570 5 9 Nino de Angelo "Flieger" 14,625 1 10 Caren Faust "Diese Zeit" 841 10
At Eurovision The contest was broadcast on (with commentary by Thomas Gottschalk), SSVC Television, and on radio (with commentary by Ado Schlier). The show was watched by 9.87 million viewers in West Germany.
Nino de Angelo performed twenty-first on the night of the contest, following and preceding . At the close of the voting the song had received 46 points, placing 14th in a field of 22 competing countries.
Voting
+ Points awarded to Germany Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Germany Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
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