Germany was represented at the

Eurovision Song Contest 1965 The Eurovision Song Contest 1965 was the 10th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 20 March 1965 in the in Naples, Italy and presented by Renata Mauro. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster (RAI), t ...

with the song "", written by Barbara Kist and Hans Blum, and performed by

Ulla Wiesner Ulla Wiesner (born 12 December 1940) is a German singer who was active from 1963 to 2002. In 1965, she represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest, with " Paradies, wo bist du?" (''Paradise, where are you?''). The song scored zero points ...

. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, (NDR), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

(NDR) held the national final at its studios in

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, hosted by Henno Lohmeyer. Six songs took part, with the winning song chosen by an 11-member jury who each awarded one point to their favourite song. "" was the choice of 8 of the jurors.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Wiesner performed 5th in the running order, following and preceding . Voting was by each national jury awarding 5-3-1 to their top 3 songs, and at the close "" was one of four songs (along with the entries from , , and ) which had failed to pick up a single point. This was the fourth consecutive contest in which four countries had failed to score, and a second consecutive nul-points for Germany, their last until 2015, 50 years later. The German jury awarded its 5 points to contest winners .

Voting

Germany did not receive any points at the Eurovision Song Contest 1965.

Notes

References

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965

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