Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986

Eurovision Song Contest 1986
Country	Germany
National selection
Selection process	Ein Lied für Bergen
Selection date(s)	27 March 1986
Selected entrant	Ingrid Peters
Selected song	"Über die Brücke geh'n"
Finals performance
Final result	8th, 62 points
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1985 • 1986 • 1987►

West Germany (performing under the banner Germany) was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, held in Bergen, Norway.

The German national final to select their entry, Ein Lied für Bergen, was held on 27 March at the Deutsches Theater in Munich, and was hosted by Sabrina Lallinger and Wenche Myhre. Myhre represented Germany in the 1968 Contest.

Twelve songs made it to the national final, which was broadcast by Bayerischer Rundfunk to ARD broadcasters across West Germany. The winner was decided by a sampling of 500 random West Germans who were meant to symbolize a fair representation of the country's population. Each person gave every song a vote, from 1 (for worst) to 12 (for best). Therefore, the theoretical "worst score" a song could receive would be 500, and the "best score" would be 6000.

The winning entry was "Über die Brücke geh'n," performed by Ingrid Peters and composed by Hans Blum.

National final

Draw	Artist	Song	Informal translation	Votes	Place
1	That's Life	Telefon	Telephone	2011	12th
2	Günther-Eric Thöner	Du bist der Wind, der meine Flügel trägt	You're the wind that carries my wings	2893	9th
3	Dschinghis Khan Family	Wir gehör'n zusammen	We belong together	4088	2nd
4	Ingrid Peters	Über die Brücke geh'n	Crossing the bridge	4236	1st
5	Clowns	Clowns	Clowns	3597	6th
6	Steffi Hinz	Ich habe niemals nie gesagt	I never said never	2769	10th
7	Mister Fisto	Rein und klar wie's früher war	Clean and clear, as it was before	2102	11th
8	Headline	Europa	Europe	3871	5th
9	Margit P.	Der Sonne entgegen	Towards the sun	2923	8th
10	Chris Heart and Band	Die Engel sind auch nicht mehr das was sie war'n	Angels are not what they used to be	4027	3rd
11	Joy Fleming and Marc Berry	Miteinander	Together	3989	4th
12	Tie Break	Kopf oder Zahl	Heads or tails	3118	7th

At Eurovision

Peters was the fourteenth performer on the night of the Contest, following Belgium and preceding Cyprus. At the close of the voting the song had received 62 points, placing 8th in a field of 20 competing countries.

External links

• German National Final 1986