Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 with the song "", composed by Michael Reinecke, with lyrics by Volker Lechtenbrink, and performed by duo Hoffmann & Hoffmann. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, (BR), selected their entry through a national final. In addition, BR was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at the in Munich, after winning the with the song "" by Nicole.
Before Eurovision
was the national final that selected the German entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1983. It was produced by (BR) and held in its Studio 4 in Unterföhring on 19 March 1983 at 20:15 CET. served as the director. The final was broadcast on and in radio stations Bayern 1, Frankfurt 1, , RIAS 1 and WDR 1. It was hosted by Carolin Reiber and .
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).
+ Ein Lied für München – 19 March 1983 Artist Song Songwriters Votes Place 1 "Mein Hit heißt Susi Schmidt" 2,609 10 2 Veronika Fischer "Unendlich weit" 2,523 11 3 Hoffmann & Hoffmann "Rücksicht" 4,251 1 4 Angela Branca "Warum hältst Du mich nicht fest?" 3,222 8 5 Bernd Clüver "Mit 17" 3,933 3 6 Ingrid Peters and "Viva la Mamma" 3,983 2 7 "Wie ein Mann" 3,427 6 8 Wencke Myhre & Sohn Dani "Wir beide gegen den Wind" 3,752 5 9 Harry Belten "Angelo" 2,111 12 10 "Ich reiß' alle Mauern ein" 3,314 7 11 Mara "Sternenland" 2,987 9 12 Costa Cordalis "Ich mag Dich" 3,902 4
At Eurovision The contest was broadcast on and on radio stations Bayern 1, Frankfurt 1, , and RIAS 1 with commentary by Ado Schlier. The show was watched by 13.57 million viewers in Germany.
On the night of the final Hoffmann & Hoffmann performed 14th in the running order, following and preceding . At the close of voting "" 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 .
"" 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.
Voting The German jury consisted of 11 non-professional jurors.
+ 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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