Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 with the song "", composed by Günther-Eric Thöner, with lyrics by Stephan Lego, and performed by Danish singer Gitte Hænning. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, (HR), selected its entry through a national final.
Before Eurovision
The final was held at the television studios in Frankfurt, hosted by Edith Grobleben. Six acts took part, each performing two songs. Songs were voted on by a 10-member jury who each awarded between 1 and 5 points per song. Unlike in the , the result of which had caused a degree of controversy, there was no elimination and revote on the top songs. "" emerged the winner by just 1 point over "Sebastian" performed by Tonia, who had represented .
+ Artist Song Songwriters Points Place 1 Michael Holm "Das Beste an Dir" Michael Holm 25 9 2 Tonia "Mir gefällt diese Welt" 30 7 3 Inga & Wolf "Manchmal" Wolfgang Preuß 32 6 4 Roberto Blanco "Ich bin ein glücklicher Mann" 34 4 5 Gitte Hænning "Junger Tag" 40 1 6 Cindy & Bert "Wohin soll ich geh'n" Klaus Munro 26 8 7 Michael Holm "Glaub daran" 19 12 8 Tonia "Sebastian" 39 2 9 Inga & Wolf "Schreib ein Lied" Wolfgang Scholz 36 3 10 Roberto Blanco "Au revoir, auf wiedersehen" 24 11 11 Gitte "Hallo! Wie geht es Robert?" 33 5 12 Cindy & Bert "Zwei Menschen und ein Weg" 25 9
At Eurovision On the night of the final Gitte performed 4th in the running order, following and preceding . At the close of voting "" had received 85 points, placing Germany joint 8th (with ) of the 17 entries.
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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