Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 with the song "", composed by Rainer Pietsch, with lyrics by Michael Holm, and performed by Joy Fleming. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, (HR), selected their entry through a national final.
Before Eurovision
(HR) held the national final, , on 3 February at its Studio 1 in Frankfurt am Main, hosted by journalist Karin Tietze-Ludwig, already well known for hosting the international preview a year before.
Fifteen songs made it to the national final, which was broadcast by HR to ARD broadcasters across West Germany. The winner was decided by nine regional juries with four members each. Each jury member would assign points 1 to 5 for their five favorite songs. The highest score a song could receive (with every jury member from every region voting 5 on one song) was 180.
The winning entry was "", performed by Joy Fleming and composed by Reiner Pietsch with lyrics by Michael Holm. Other notable competitors included 1971 Contest winner Séverine, two-time German representative Katja Ebstein, past German representative Mary Roos, and Peggy March, well known in Germany and briefly in the U.S. for the song "I Will Follow Him".
Artist Song Songwriters Points Place 1 Marianne Rosenberg "Er gehört zu mir" 86 10 2 Peggy March "Alles geht vorüber" 128 2 3 Peter Horton "Am Fuß der Leiter" 79 11 4 Die Jokers "San Francisco Symphony" 57 12 5 Séverine "Dreh dich im Kreisel der Zeit" 97 7 6 Joy Fleming "Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein" 134 1 7 Maggie Mae "Die total verrückte Zeit" 97 7 8 Werner W. Becker "Heut' bin ich arm, heut' bin ich reich" 54 13 9 Mary Roos "Eine Liebe ist wie ein Lied" 115 3 10 Ricci Hohlt "Du" 38 14 11 Ricky Gordon "Sonja, ich rufe dich" 37 15 12 Jürgen Marcus "Ein Lied zieht hinaus in die Welt" 90 9 13 Love Generation "Hör wieder Radio" 115 3 14 Katja Ebstein "Ich liebe dich" 110 5 15 Shuki and Aviva "Du und ich und zwei Träume" 108 6
At Eurovision Joy Fleming performed fourth on the night of the contest, following and preceding . At the close of the voting the song had received 15 points, placing 17th in a field of 19 competing countries. It was the lowest ranking Germany had seen in the competition to this point, and would continue to hold the distinction of having the lowest ranking out of all the German Eurovision songs until 1991, when the German entry that year placed 18th. Joy Fleming later blamed her clothing and apparel for the low placement. She stated that she would have preferred wearing trousers but that , entertainment program director of HR, forced her to wear a green dress and fake pearls instead.
Voting
+ Points awarded to Germany Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Germany Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
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