Germany was represented at the

Eurovision Song Contest 1990 The Eurovision Song Contest 1990 was the 35th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 5 May 1990 in the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall in Zagreb, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia. Organised by the European Broadcast ...

with the song "", composed by

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, with lyrics by

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, and performed by

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and Daniel Kovac. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, (BR), selected their entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

The final took place on 29 March 1990 at the German Theatre in

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and was hosted by Hape Kerkeling. Ten acts presented their entries live and the winner was selected by public televoting.

At Eurovision

"" was performed thirteenth on the night, following and preceding . At the close of voting, it had received 60 points, placing 9th of 22 countries competing. The show was watched by 7.02 million viewers in Germany.

Voting

Notes

References

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