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, a German reality singing contest. The contest was held on 9 February 2007 at the

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, following

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's win in the 2006 contest in

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with the song "

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". The contest was hosted by

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, and

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in the

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Contest overview

The participants were announced by

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on 28 November 2006. On 15 January 2007, Stefan Raab began presenting each participant and their state on his show ''

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'' for four weeks. The contest was originally to take place on Saturday 10 February, but was brought forward by a day so to not clash with ''

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''. For the first time, all participants were, with one exception (the band Beatplanet), from the states they represented. Returning artists include:

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; with

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), and Suzie Kerstgens (2005; member from

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). Both representing different states than their first participation in 2005. The winner of the Bundesvision Song Contest 2007 was

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", representing

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. In second place was

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representing

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, and third place to

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representing

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. 14 of the 16 states awarded themselves the maximum of 12 points, with

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, and

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, awarding themselves 10 points each. The contest was broadcast by

and watched by 2.04 million people (7.6% market share). In the 14-49 age range 1.72 million people watched the contest (16.3% market share).

Results

Scoreboard

Spokespersons

*Berlin – Söhnlein B. *Hesse – Nadja Gontermann and Nicolas Sawatzki *Mecklenburg-Vorpommern – Dirk Steigemann and Kathrin Feistner *Saxony – André Hardt *Saarland – Martina Straten and Tom Sörens *Brandenburg –

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*North Rhine-Westphalia – Claudia Barbonus *Rhineland-Palatinate – Hans Blomberg *Lower Saxony – Frank Schambor and Susan Hammann *Baden-Württemberg – Jonathan Schächter *Bremen – Judith Hildebrandt *Bavaria – Bene Gutjan & Schummi *Schleswig-Holstein – Danny Peters and Kaya Laß *Hamburg – Christian Aust *Thuringia – Tommi *Saxony-Anhalt – Thomas Schminke and Katja Feller

References

External links

Official BSC website
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