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Eurovision Song Contest 1991
Country Germany
National selection
Selection processEin Lied für Rom
Selection date(s)21 March 1991
Selected entrantAtlantis 2000
Selected song"Dieser Traum darf niemals sterben"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Helmut Frey
  • Alfons Weindorf
Finals performance
Final result18th, 10 points
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1990 • 1991 • 1992►

Germany was represented by six-member group Atlantis 2000, with the song "Dieser Traum darf niemals sterben", at the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 4 May in Rome. "Dieser Traum darf niemals sterben" was the winner of the German national final, held on 21 March.

Before Eurovision

Ein Lied für Rom

The final was held at the Friedrichstadtpalast in Berlin, hosted by Hape Kerkeling. Ten songs took part and the winner was chosen by a panel of 1,000 people, selected as providing a representative cross-section of the German public, who were telephoned and asked to choose their favourite song. One of the other participants was Cindy Berger, who had represented Germany at Eurovision in 1974 as half of duo Cindy & Bert.[1]

The choice of "Dieser Traum darf niemals sterben" was widely criticised, as many felt that not only was the song itself not particularly strong, but that also the anthemic 'peace, love and hope for the future' style of song was at the time becoming something of a Eurovision cliché (the 1990 contest had seen a plethora of such lyrically-themed entries).

Final – 21 March 1991
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Percentage Place
1 Tanja Jonak "Hand in Hand in die Sonne" Jean Frankfurter, Irma Holder 9.5% 6
2 Susan Schubert "Du bist mehr" Willy Klüter, Anna Rubach 10.8% 5
3 Cindy Berger "Nie allein" Rainer Pietsch, Werne Schüler 6.4% 7
4 Barbara Cassy "Hautnah ist nicht nah genug" Luis Rodríguez, Peter Zentner 14.1% 4
5 Connie & Komplizen "Jedesmal" Dirk Schiller 2.8% 10
6 Vox & Vox "Tief unter der Haut" Andreas Lebbing 14.9% 3
7 Stefan de Wolff "Herz an Herz" Stefan de Wolff, Andreas Bärtles 3.7% 9
8 Ziad & Sandrina "Die Wächter der Erde" Walter J.W. Schmid, Alf Schwegeler 15.2% 2
9 Atlantis 2000 "Dieser Traum darf niemals sterben" Alfons Weindorf, Helmut Frey 18.5% 1
10 Strandjungs "Junge Herzen" Marco Junger, Bernd Morawitz, Bernd Morawitz 4.1% 8

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Atlantis 2000 performed 17th in the running order, following Finland and preceding Belgium. At the close of voting "Dieser Traum darf niemals sterben" had received only 10 points, placing Germany 18th of the 22 entries, the country's lowest Eurovision finish to that date.[2] The German jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners Sweden.[3]

Atlantis 2000 had been set up specifically to participate at Eurovision and following the bad result in Rome, and the song's failure to achieve significant sales success in Germany, they disbanded soon after.

The show was watched by 6.28 million viewers in Germany.[4]

Voting

References

  1. ^ ESC National Finals database 1991 Archived 7 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Final of Rome 1991". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  3. ^ ESC History - Germany 1991
  4. ^ Quotenmeter; AGF; GfK. "TV-Reichweite des Eurovision Song Contests in den Jahren 1976 bis 2023 nach der Anzahl der Zuschauer". Statista. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Rome 1991". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
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