Germany was represented at the

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with the song "", composed by Franz Josef Breuer, with lyrics by Kurt Schwabach, and performed by

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. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, (HR), selected its entry through a national final. The song was sung in German despite its French title.

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finished runner-up in the national final; however her song "" topped the German singles chart for several weeks and was one of the year's biggest sellers.

Before Eurovision

National final

The national final was held on 6 February at the Rhein-Main-Halle in

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, hosted by Hilde Nocker and Werner Fullerer. Ten songs took part, with the winner being decided by a 45-member jury made up of 15 "experts" and 30 members of the public. Whether the opinion of the "experts" carried more weight pro-rata is not known. Only the top three placements are known.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final

performed 11th in the running order, following the and preceding . There were no specific rules in place as yet in 1960 regarding song length, although

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guidelines suggested that ideally songs should be no more than 3 minutes 30 seconds in duration. Germany was only one of several countries who appeared to have disregarded the advice, as "" clocked in at 4 minutes 10 seconds. At the close of voting "" had received 11 points, placing Germany joint 4th (with ) of the 13 entries. The German jury awarded 7 of its 10 points to .

Voting

Every participating broadcaster assembled a jury panel of ten people. Every jury member could give one point to his or her favourite song.

Notes

References

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