Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1962 with the song "", composed by Christian Bruhn, with lyrics by George Buschor, and performed by Conny Froboess. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, (SWF), selected its entry through a national final.
Twelve artists and 24 songs took part in the German preselection, which consisted of four semi-finals, followed by the final on 17 February. Each show was held in a different German city. There were several past and future Eurovision representatives among the participants: Wyn Hoop (), Siw Malmkvist ( and ), Jimmy Makulis (), Carmela Corren () and Margot Eskens ().
Before Eurovision
National final Semi-finals Four semi-finals were held to select the 12 qualifiers for the final. Each artist performed two songs and a jury selected which of the two should go forward to the final.
Semi-final 1 - Frankfurt + Semi-final 112 January 1962 Artist Song Result 1 Conny Froboess "Hallo hallo hallo" 2 Conny Froboess "Zwei kleine Italiener" Qualified 3 Rita Paul "Canzonetta d'amore" 4 Rita Paul "La luna romantica" Qualified 5 Jimmy Makulis "Ich habe im Leben nur Dich" Qualified 6 Jimmy Makulis "Keiner weiß wohin"
Semi-final 2 - Stuttgart + Semi-final 219 January 1962 Artist Song Result 1 "Dein erster Kuß" 2 "Ein verliebter Italiener" Qualified 3 "Das Lexikon d'amour" Qualified 4 "Ein Wiederseh'n mit Jacky" 5 Siw Malmkvist "Der eine, der bist Du" 6 Siw Malmkvist "Die Wege der Liebe (sind wunderbar)" Qualified
Semi-final 3 - Cologne + Semi-final 326 January 1962 Artist Song Result 1 Pirkko Mannola & Wyn Hoop "Komm ein bißchen näher zu mir her" 2 Pirkko Mannola & Wyn Hoop "Mama will dich sehen" Qualified 3 Ralf Bendix "Das Neueste aus Paris" 4 Ralf Bendix "Spanische Hochzeit" Qualified 5 Margot Eskens "Ein Herz das kann man nicht kaufen" Qualified 6 Margot Eskens "Jeder braucht jeden Tag Liebe"
Semi-final 4 - Munich + Semi-final 42 February 1962 Artist Song Result 1 Carmela Corren "Eine Rose aus Santa Monica" Qualified 2 Carmela Corren "Irgendwie geht es immer weiter" 3 Bill Ramsey "Hilly Billy Banjo Bill" Qualified 4 Bill Ramsey "Old Jonny war ein Wunderkind" 5 Ann-Louise Hanson "Au revoir, auf wiederseh'n" 6 Ann-Louise Hanson "Sing kleiner Vogel" Qualified
Final The national final was held on 17 February at the Kurhaus in Baden-Baden, hosted by Klaus Havenstein. The winning song was chosen by voting from six regional juries and an additional jury in the theatre.
+ Final17 February 1962 Artist Song Points Place 1 Conny Froboess "Zwei kleine Italiener" 19 1 2 Rita Paul "La luna romantica" 2 6 3 Jimmy Makulis "Ich habe im Leben nur Dich" 0 11 4 "Ein verliebter Italiener" 0 11 5 "Das Lexicon d'amour" 2 6 6 Siw Malmkvist "Die Wege der Liebe (sind wunderbar)" 18 2 7 Pirkko Mannola & Wyn Hoop "Mama will dich sehen" 6 4 8 Ralf Bendix "Spanische Hochzeit" 5 5 9 Margot Eskens "Ein Herz das kann man nicht kaufen" 8 3 10 Carmela Corren "Eine Rose aus Santa Monica" 1 8 11 Bill Ramsey "Hilly Billy Banjo Bill" 1 8 12 Ann-Louise Hanson "Sing kleiner Vogel" 1 8
At Eurovision On the night of the final Froboess performed 7th in the running order, following and preceding the . "" was one of very few fun, uptempo songs in what in retrospect is usually rated as one of the dreariest contests of all. Each national jury awarded 3-2-1 to their top three songs, and at the close of voting "" had received 9 points, placing Germany 6th of the 16 entries. The German jury awarded its 3 points to contest winners .
Voting
+ Points awarded to Germany Score Country 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Germany Score Country 3 points 2 points 1 point
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