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 and Daniel Kovac were chosen as the winners with the song "Frei zu leben".
National final
The National Final took place on March 29, 1990 at the German Theatre in Munich and was hosted by Hape Kerkeling. The songs were presented live and the winning song was chosen by televoting.
| Draw |
Artist |
Song |
Translation |
Televotes |
Place |
| 1 |
Isabel Varell |
"Melodie d'amour" |
Melody of love |
3867 |
6 |
| 2 |
Chris Kempers and Daniel Kovac |
"Frei zu leben" |
Free to live |
11955 |
1 |
| 3 |
Jürgen Drews |
"Alpenglühn" |
Alpenglow |
1267 |
9 |
| 4 |
Mara Laurien |
"Wetten, dass..." |
Bet that... |
2601 |
7 |
| 5 |
Bandit |
"Alles was ich haben will" |
Everything I want to have |
4064 |
5 |
| 6 |
Divo |
"Melissa" |
- |
6004 |
4 |
| 7 |
Xanadu |
"Paloma Blue" |
- |
8534 |
2 |
| 8 |
Kennzeichen D |
"Wieder zusamm'" |
Together again |
2454 |
8 |
| 9 |
Malibu |
"Eine Nacht voll Zärtlichkeit" |
A night full of tenderness |
1180 |
10 |
| 10 |
Starlight |
"Hollywood ist besser als Latein" |
Hollywood is better than Latin |
6723 |
3 |
At Eurovision
"Frei zu leben" was performed thirteenth on the night, following Switzerland and preceding France. At the close of voting, it had received 60 points, placing 9th of 22 countries competing.
Points Awarded to Germany[1]
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References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
See also
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