Germany was represented by
Katja Ebstein
Katja Ebstein (born Karin Witkiewicz; 9 March 1945) is a German singer. She was born in Girlachsdorf (now Gniewków, Poland). She achieved success with songs such as "Theater" and "Es war einmal ein Jäger". She was married to , who wrote many of ...
, with the song "Diese Welt", at the
1971 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 3 April in
Dublin
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. Ebstein was chosen internally to be the German representative, and the song was selected at the German national final, ''Ein Lied für Dublin'', held on 27 February. This was the second of Ebstein's three appearances for Germany at Eurovision and she became the second performer, after
Margot Hielscher
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Hielscher was born in Berlin. In 1957, she was chosen to represent Germany at the Eurovis ...
, to represent the country in successive years.
Before Eurovision
Ein Lied für Dublin
The final was held at the TV studios in
Frankfurt
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, hosted by
Günther Schramm
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Selected filmography
* '' The Ambassador'' (1960)
* ''The Happy Years of the Thorwalds'' (1962)
* ''Snow White an ...
. Ebstein performed six songs and the winner was chosen by a 10-member jury, who each awarded between 1 and 5 points to each song. After the second and the fourth song, short interval acts were performed by British dance troupe Pamela Devis Ballet. They presented choreographies to "
In the Summertime
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" by
Mungo Jerry
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and the
Ramsey Lewis Trio
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's instrumental version of "
The 'In' Crowd".
After the final performance, the Rosie Singers, who had served as background ensemble for the six performances, sang a medley of three previous Eurovision Song Contest winning entries:
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Alles und noch viel mehr" (German version of "All Kinds of Everything" by
Dana, 1970)
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Boom Bang-a-Bang" (German version of the 1969 UK winning entry by
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La, la, la
"La, la, la" is a song recorded by Spanish singer Massiel, written by Manuel de la Calva and Ramón Arcusa. It is best known as the Spanish winning entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1968 in London. It was the first time that Spain won the C ...
" (1968 winning entry by
Massiel
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for Spain)
Blue screen technology was used for most of Katja Ebstein's performances. Only the winning entry "Diese Welt" was performed with the orchestra seen in the background.
At Eurovision
On the night of the final Ebstein performed 5th in the running order, following
Switzerland
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and preceding
Spain
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, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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. Like Ebstein's 1970 entry "Wunder gibt es immer wieder", "Diese Welt" had a more contemporary feel than most of its competitors and had an effective build from a relatively quiet verse into a rousing chorus, allowing Ebstein to show her vocal range. At the close of voting, under the new system being trialled for the first time in the 1971 contest, "Diese Welt" had received 100 points, placing Germany third of the 18 entries, matching Ebstein's placing in 1970, at the time Germany's highest Eurovision finish.
ESC History - Germany 1971
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Voting
References
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The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1971
Eurovision
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