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Eurovision Song Contest 1983
Participating broadcaster	ARD – Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
Country	Germany
National selection
Selection process	Ein Lied für München
Selection date(s)	19 March 1983
Selected artist(s)	Hoffmann & Hoffmann
Selected song	"Rücksicht"
Selected songwriter(s)	Michael Reinecke Volker Lechtenbrink
Finals performance
Final result	5th, 94 points
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 with the song "Rücksicht", composed by Michael Reinecke, with lyrics by Volker Lechtenbrink, and performed by duo Hoffmann & Hoffmann. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), selected their entry through a national final. In addition, BR was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at the Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle in Munich, after winning the previous edition with the song "Ein bißchen Frieden" by Nicole.

Before Eurovision

Ein Lied für München

Ein Lied für München was the national final that selected the German entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1983. It was produced by Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) and held in its Studio 4 in Unterföhring on 19 March 1983 at 20:15 CET. Rainer Bertram [de] served as the director. The final was broadcast on Deutsches Fernsehen and on radio stations Bayern 1, Frankfurt 1, NDR 1 [de], RIAS 1 and WDR 1. It was hosted by Carolin Reiber and Rudolf Rohlinger [de].

Twelve songs took part and the winner was chosen by a panel of 500 people who had been selected as providing a representative cross-section of the German public. Among the participants were former German representative Wencke Myhre (1968) and future entrant Ingrid Peters (1986).

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Hoffmann & Hoffmann performed 14th in the running order, following Cyprus and preceding Denmark. At the close of voting "Rücksicht" had received 94 points, placing Germany 5th of the 20 entries, the country's fifth consecutive top 5 finish. The German jury awarded its 12 points to Sweden.

The contest was broadcast on Deutsches Fernsehen and in radio stations Bayern 1, Frankfurt 1, NDR 2 [de], and RIAS 1 with commentary by Ado Schlier [de]. The show was watched by 13.57 million viewers in Germany.

"Rücksicht" became the biggest domestic hit of Hoffmann & Hoffmann's career, reaching number 8 on the German singles chart. Already before the international final, the song had sold 150,000 copies. However, in March 1984, less than a year after their Eurovision appearance, lead singer Günter Hoffmann committed suicide at the age of 32.

Voting

The German jury consisted of 11 non-professional jurors.

Points awarded to Germany Score Country 12 points  Luxembourg 10 points  France  Netherlands  Norway 8 points  Portugal  Sweden 7 points  Austria  United Kingdom 6 points  Belgium  Italy 5 points 4 points  Finland 3 points  Denmark 2 points   Switzerland 1 point  Greece

Points awarded by Germany Score Country 12 points  Sweden 10 points  Israel 8 points  Luxembourg 7 points  Finland 6 points  Yugoslavia 5 points  Cyprus 4 points  France 3 points  United Kingdom 2 points  Netherlands 1 point  Norway

Notes

1. Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

References

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