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Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 with the song "", composed by Alfons Weindorf, with lyrics by Helmut Frey, and performed by six-member group Atlantis 2000. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, (SFB), selected their entry through a national final.


Before Eurovision


The national final was held at the Friedrichstadtpalast in
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, hosted by Hape Kerkeling. Ten songs took part and the winner was chosen by a panel of 1,000 people, selected as providing a representative cross-section of the German public, who were telephoned and asked to choose their favourite song. One of the other participants was Cindy Berger, who had represented Germany at Eurovision in as half of duo Cindy & Bert. The final was broadcast on and on former DDR radio station Radio aktuell.


At Eurovision

On the night of the final Atlantis 2000 performed 17th in the running order, following and preceding . At the close of voting "" had received only 10 points, placing Germany 18th of the 22 entries, the country's lowest Eurovision finish to that date. The German jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners . The show was watched by 6.28 million viewers in Germany.


Voting


Notes


References

{{Eurovision Song Contest 1991 1991 Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 Eurovision Eurovision