Countries Germany

Their debut entries were Walter Andreas Schwarz’s Im Wartesaal Zum Großen Glück ('In The Waiting Room for Great Luck') and Freddy Quinn’s So Geht Das Jede Nacht ('That’s How It Is Every Night'), as broadcasters could field two songs at the first Contest.

The country’s most successful decade was the 1980s when they scored a first victory thanks to Nicole’s Ein Bißchen Frieden (in Harrogate 1982), and finished as runner-up on four occasions (in 1980, 1981, 1985, and 1987).

A second German win came in 2010 when Satellite topped the scoreboard in Oslo where it was performed by pop sensation Lena. She would go on to defend her crown with a new song, Taken By A Stranger, when Germany hosted the following year in Düsseldorf.