Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 with the song "Johnny Blue", composed by Ralph Siegel, with lyrics by Bernd Meinunger, and performed by Lena Valaitis. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, (BR), selected their entry through a national final. Valaitis had previously taken part in the German final in .
Before Eurovision
(BR) held the national final at its television studios in Munich, hosted by Katja Ebstein who represented . 12 songs took part and the winner was chosen by a panel of approximately 500 people who had been selected as providing a representative cross-section of the German public.
Artist Song Songwriters Votes Place 1 Janz "Steine" 2,355 10 2 Nina Martin "Männer" Nina Martinique 2,292 11 3 Taco "Träume brauchen Zeit" 2,269 12 4 Lenz Hauser "Moment" 2,856 8 5 Thomas Fuchsberger "Josephine" 2,956 7 6 Rudolf Rock and Die Schocker "Mein Transistorradio" 2,735 9 7 Lena Valaitis "Johnny Blue" 5,023 1 8 Martin Mann "Boogie Woogie" 4,039 3 9 Jürgen Renfordt "Barfuß durch ein Feuer" 3,963 4 10 Leinemann "Das Ungeheuer von Loch Ness" 3,921 5 11 The Hornettes "Mannequin" 4,304 2 12 Peter Cornelius "Träumer, Tramps und Clowns" 3,769 6
At Eurovision On the evening of the final Valaitis performed 3rd in the running order, following and preceding . Germany finished runners-up for the second year in succession with 132 points. The German jury awarded its 12 points to France.
The show was watched by 10.14 million viewers in Germany.
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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