Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 with the song "", composed by Joachim Heider, with lyrics by Joachim Relin, and performed by Mary Roos. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, (SFB), selected their entry through a national final. Roos would later represent Germany again in .
Before Eurovision
The final was held at the TV studios in West Berlin, hosted by Karin Tietze-Ludwig and Renate Bauer. Twelve songs took part with voting done in two parts by a 10-member jury. Firstly, each jury member awarded between 1 and 5 points to each song. The votes were tallied and the four highest-scoring songs went through to the next round. Each juror then named their favourite of the remaining four.
The voting was close (4-3-3-0) and the choice of "Nur die Liebe läßt uns leben" was not particularly warmly received, as "Geh' die Straße" by Cindy & Bert had won the first voting round and had received the best audience reception of the twelve songs. Roos herself expressed surprise at the victory, saying that she had assumed she had lost after the initial voting, and was returning to her dressing room to remove her make-up when she was declared the winner. + First Round – 19 February 1972 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place Result 1Edina Pop"Meine Liebe will ich dir geben"276 2Teddy Parker"Ich setze auf Dich"1811 3Olivia Molina"Die größte Manege der Welt"209 4Cindy & Bert"Geh' die Straße"411Advanced 5Marion Maerz"Hallelujah Man"305 6Adrian Wolf"Mein Geschenk an Dich"1312 7Su Kramer"Glaub an Dich selbst"383Advanced 8Inga & Wolf"Gute Nacht Freunde"Reinhard Mey383Advanced 9Sandra"Das Leben beginnt jeden Tag"276 10Sven Jensen"Grenzenlos"1910 11Mary Roos"Nur die Liebe läßt uns leben"402Advanced 12Peter Horton"Wann kommt der Morgen"276
+ Detailed Jury Votes Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1 "Meine Liebe will ich dir geben" 4 2 3 3 2 2 3323 27 2 "Ich setze auf Dich" 2 1 2 2 2 1 1322 18 3 "Die größte Manege der Welt" 1 3 2 3 1 2 2222 20 4 "Geh' die Straße" 3 4 4 5 2 5 5544 41 5 "Hallelujah Man" 2 4 3 4 3 3 2432 30 6 "Mein Geschenk an Dich" 2 1 1 1 1 1 1311 13 7 "Glaub an Dich selbst" 3 5 5 3 4 3 3534 38 8 "Gute Nacht Freunde" 3 5 3 4 3 4 4444 38 9 "Das Leben beginnt jeden Tag" 4 2 3 3 2 2 3422 27 10 "Grenzenlos" 3 2 1 3 1 2 2311 19 11 "Nur die Liebe läßt uns leben" 4 3 4 3 3 5 5355 40 12 "Wann kommt der Morgen" 3 2 2 4 2 3 2432 27 + Second Round – 19 February 1972 Artist Song Points Place 1Cindy & Bert"Geh' die Straße"32 2Su Kramer"Glaub an Dich selbst"32 3Inga & Wolf"Gute Nacht Freunde"04 4Mary Roos"Nur die Liebe läßt uns leben"41 + Detailed Jury Votes Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1"Geh' die Straße"1113 2"Glaub an Dich selbst"1113 3"Gute Nacht Freunde"0 4"Nur die Liebe läßt uns leben"11114
At Eurovision On the night of the final Roos was drawn to perform first in the running order, preceding . At the close of voting "" had received 107 points, placing Germany third of the 18 entries, the third consecutive contest in which Germany finished in third place.
Voting
+ Points awarded to Germany Score Country 10 points 9 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points
+ Points awarded by Germany Score Country 10 points 9 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points
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