West Germany (performing under the banner Germany) was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, held in
Bergen
Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...
,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
.
Before Eurovision
Ein Lied für Bergen
The German national final to select their entry, ''Ein Lied für Bergen'', was held on 27 March at the
Deutsches Theater in
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
, and was hosted by
Sabrina Lallinger and
Wenche Myhre
Wenche Synnøve Myhre (born 15 February 1947), known in some countries as Wencke Myhre, is a Norwegian singer who has had a great number of hit songs since the 1960s in the Norwegian, Danish, German and Swedish markets and languages.
Early caree ...
. Myhre represented Germany in the 1968 Contest.
Twelve songs made it to the national final, which was broadcast by
Bayerischer Rundfunk to
ARD broadcasters across West Germany. The winner was decided by a sampling of 500 random West Germans who were meant to symbolize a fair representation of the country's population. Each person gave every song a vote, from 1 (for worst) to 12 (for best). Therefore, the theoretical "worst score" a song could receive would be 500, and the "best score" would be 6000.
The winning entry was "Über die Brücke geh'n", performed by
Ingrid Peters
Ingrid Peters (born 19 April 1954 in Dudweiler, Saar Protectorate) is a German singer.
She represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 held in Bergen. Her song, "Über die Brücke geh'n", placed eight. Peters had made previous attemp ...
and composed by
Hans Blum.
At Eurovision
Peters was the fourteenth performer on the night of the Contest, following
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
and preceding
Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...
. At the close of the voting the song had received 62 points, placing 8th in a field of 20 competing countries.
The German jury awarded its 12 points to
Luxembourg
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.
Voting
References
External links
German National Final 1986
{{Eurovision Song Contest 1986
1986
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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986
Eurovision
The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...