Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 with the song "", written by Hanne Haller, and performed by the band Wind. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, (BR), selected their entry through a national final. This was the first of three appearances by Wind at Eurovision; they would also represent and .
Before Eurovision
(BR) held the national final on 21 March 1985 at the Deutsches Theater in Munich, hosted by Wolfgang Mascher and Margit Geissler. 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 Jürgen Renfordt "Am Anfang der Zeit" 3,073 9 2 Susan Schubert "Sehnsucht nach einem Gefühl" Hanne Haller 2,994 10 3 Conny & Jean "Du bist da" 2,982 11 4 Wolff Gerhard "Also lebe ich" 3,572 3 5 Wind "Für alle" Hanne Haller 3,618 1 6 Heike Schäfer "Die Glocken von Rom" 3,597 2 7 MoMo "So lange wir träumen, leben wir" Jean Frankfurter 2,971 12 8 Sylvia "König und Dame" 3,113 8 9 Günther Stern "Hier, da und überall" Hanne Haller 3,291 6 10 Danny Fischer "Kinder der Erde" 3,220 7 11 Caro Pukke "Grün, grün, grün" 3,535 4 12 Bernd Clüver "Der Wind von Palermo" 3,424 5
At Eurovision On the night of the final Wind performed 10th in the running order, following and preceding . At the close of voting "" had received 105 points, placing Germany second. The German jury awarded its 12 points to eventual contest winners Norway.
The contest was broadcast on , with commentary by Ado Schlier. The show was watched by 13.22 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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