Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000

Eurovision Song Contest 2000
Country	Germany
National selection
Selection process	Countdown Grand Prix 2000
Selection date(s)	18 February 2000
Selected entrant	Stefan Raab
Selected song	"Wadde hadde dudde da?"
Finals performance
Final result	5th, 96 points
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Germany was represented by Stefan Raab, with the song "Wadde hadde dudde da?", at the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 13 May in Stockholm. "Wadde hadde dudde da?" was the winner of the German national final, held on 18 February. Raab had been the composer of Germany's notorious 1998 Eurovision entry "Guildo hat euch lieb!"

Final

The final was held at the Stadthalle in Bremen, hosted by Axel Bulthaupt. Eleven songs took part and the winner was chosen by televoting. Only the top three songs were announced on the night, but the full placings subsequently found their way into the public domain, together with some of the scoring details. Runner-up was Corinna May, who had won the German national final the previous year before her song was disqualified for violation of pre-performance rules.

Draw	Artist	Song	Informal translation	Votes	Place
1	E-Rotic	"Queen of Light"	-	???	6
2	Lotto King Karl & Die Barmbek Dream Boys fischering ROH	"Fliegen"	Flying	???	7
3	Marcel	"Adios"	Goodbye	0.9%	11
4	Claudia Cane & Mother Bone	"Free"	-	???	10
5	David Kisitu	"Du mußt kein Model sein"	You don't have to be a model	???	8
6	Corinna May	"I Believe in God"	-	14.1%	2
7	Knorkator	"Ick wer zun Schwein"	I'm turning into a pig	7.1%	4
8	Kind of Blue	"Bitter Blue"	-	7.6%	3
9	Stefan Raab	"Wadde hadde dudde da?"	What do you have there?	57.0%	1
10	Goldrausch	"Alles wird gut"	Everything will be alright	???	9
11	Fancy	"We Can Move a Mountain"	-	???	5

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Raab performed 15th in the running order, following eventual contest winners Denmark and preceding Switzerland. At the close of voting "Wadde hadde dudde da?" had received 96 points (including maximum 12s from Austria, Spain and Switzerland), placing Germany 5th of the 24 entries. The 12 points from the German televote were awarded to Denmark.

"Wadde hadde dudde da?" occasioned much debate as to whether or not Raab had intended it to be a joke entry in the manner of "Guildo hat euch lieb!". The quasi-nonsensical lyrics and extravagant costumes and stage presentation led some to this conclusion, but it was also pointed out that, stripped of its visuals, the song was a fairly contemporary-sounding dance track with no obvious comedic elements, and a wacky presentation did not necessarily imply ironic intent.

Points Awarded by Germany

12 points	Denmark
10 points	Turkey
8 points	Sweden
7 points	Latvia
6 points	Croatia
5 points	Estonia
4 points	Russia
3 points	Malta
2 points	Austria
1 point	Netherlands

Points Awarded to Germany

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Austria Spain Switzerland	France	Latvia Netherlands		Belgium Iceland
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Ireland United Kingdom	Russia	Norway	Denmark Finland	Croatia

See also

• Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurovision Song Contest 2000