Germany and ARD used a national selection to select the entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1990, with the winner being chosen by televoting.

Chris Kempers Chris Kempers (born Christiane Kempers on 7 January 1965) is a German singer, best known for her participation in the 1990 Eurovision Song Contest. Kempers took part in the German Eurovision selection in 1988 as a member of group Rendezvou ...

and

Daniel Kovac Daniel Kovac ( sl, Kovač; born 27 September 1956) is a German- Slovenian singer, best known for his participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990. Kovac moved to Germany with his family in 1968, and started working as a session singer in t ...

were chosen as the winners with the song "Frei zu leben".

Before Eurovision

Ein Lied für Zagreb

The final took place on 29 March 1990 at the German Theatre in

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and was hosted by

Hape Kerkeling Hans Peter Wilhelm "Hape" Kerkeling (; born 9 December 1964) is a German comedian, TV presenter, author, and actor. Career At secondary school in Recklinghausen, Hape Kerkeling and some fellow students formed a band (''Gesundfutter'', meanin ...

. Ten acts presented their entries live and the winner was selected by public televoting.

At Eurovision

"Frei zu leben" was performed thirteenth on the night, following

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and preceding

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. At the close of voting, it had received 60 points, placing 9th of 22 countries competing. The show was watched by 7.02 million viewers in Germany.

Voting

References

External links

German National Final 1990
{{Eurovision Song Contest 1990

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990

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