Germany was represented at the

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with the song "", written by Hans Blum, and performed by Ingrid Peters. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, (BR), selected their entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

(BR) held the German national final, , on 27 March at the Deutsches Theater in

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, hosted by Sabrina Lallinger and

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. Myhre represented Germany in the 1968 Contest. Twelve songs made it to the national final, which was broadcast by BR 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 "", performed by Ingrid Peters and composed by Hans Blum.

At Eurovision

Peters was the fourteenth performer on the night of the Contest, following and preceding . 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 . The show was watched by 10.88 million viewers in Germany.

Voting

Notes

References

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