Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 with the song "", composed by Ralph Siegel, with lyrics by Bernd Meinunger, 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 second of three appearances by Wind at Eurovision; they had previously finished second for and would return to the contest in . The Eurovision performance included future Milli Vanilli member Rob Pilatus.
Before Eurovision
(BR) held the national final on 26 March 1987 at the Frankenhalle in Nuremberg, hosted by Christopher Deumling. Twelve acts presented their entries live and the winner was selected by a panel of approximately 500 people who had been selected as providing a representative cross-section of the German public.
Other participants included the following year's Germany entrants Maxi and Chris Garden, and Michael Hoffmann, who had represented as half of Hoffmann & Hoffmann.
+ Final – 26 March 1987 Artist Song Composer(s) Points Place 1 Helen Christie "Lieder der Freiheit" Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger 3,059 8 2 Michael Hoffmann "Ich geb' nicht auf" Günther Moll, Michael Hoffmann 3,190 5 3 Rouge "Einer von uns" Rainer Pietsch, Werner Schüler, Volker Constanz 3,166 6 4 Wind "Laß die Sonne in dein Herz" Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger 4,445 1 5 Sandy Derix "Träume tun weh" Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger 2,902 11 6 Bernd Schütz Band "Visionen in der Nacht" Bernd Schütz, Frank Hoppe 2,929 10 7 Michaela "Das Licht eines neuen Morgens" Rainer Pietsch, Bernd Meinunger 3,054 9 8 Bernhard Brink "So bin ich ohne dich" Joachim Heider, Gregor Rottschalk 3,355 3 9 Maxi and Chris Garden "Frieden für die Teddybären" Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger 4,370 2 10 New Generation "Viel zu schön" Bernd Schütz, Frank Hoppe 2,864 12 11 Denise "Die Frau im Spiegel" Walter Gerke, Mick Hannes 3,320 4 12 Cassy "Aus" Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger 3,126 7
At Eurovision On the evening of the final Wind performed 16th in the running order, following and preceding . At the close of voting "" had received 141 points, placing Germany second of the 22 entries. The German jury awarded its 12 points to Italy.
Wind became the first act, and to date still the only one, to have finished in second place twice at Eurovision.
The contest was broadcast on , with commentary by and . The show was watched by 10.16 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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