The Bundesvision Song Contest 2013 was the ninth edition of the annual

Bundesvision Song Contest The Bundesvision Song Contest (often shortened BSC or BuViSoCo) was a song competition held annually between the sixteen states of Germany. Created by German entertainer Stefan Raab and aired live on ProSieben, the show was loosely based on the ...

musical event. The contest was held on 26 September 2013 at the

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, following Xavas's win in the 2012 contest in

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with the song "

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". The contest was hosted by

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, and

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in the

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. The contest was produced by

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Contest overview

The winner of the Bundesvision Song Contest 2013 was

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with the song "", representing

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. In second place was

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representing

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, and third place to representing

. Bosse's song was released in August 2013, placing at number 83 on the German single chart; after winning the contest, the song rose to number 25. Returning artists include

who represented

with

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, and Pohlmann who represented

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. 14 of the 16 states awarded themselves the maximum of 12 points, with

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, and

awarding themselves 8 points each.

Results

Scoreboard

References

External links

Official BSC website
at tvtotal.de {{Bundesvision Song Contest

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2010s in Baden-Württemberg

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