The Bundesvision Song Contest (often shortened BSC or BuViSoCo) was a song competition held annually between the sixteen states of Germany. Created by German entertainer Stefan Raab and aired live on ProSieben, the show was loosely based on the Eurovision Song Contest, with slightly different rules aiming at promoting German-language music by requiring that at least 50% of each song's lyrics were performed in German.
History
The Bundesvision Song Contest was created by Stefan Raab in 2005, in the vein of the Eurovision Song Contest. The contest was held annually between 2005 and 2015, however, after Raab retired in late 2015, the 2016 edition of the contest was not held, although the show was not officially cancelled. The contest was not held since, and in June 2019, ProSieben stated that it was not planning to produce further editions.
Format
The Bundesvision Song Contest followed a similar format as the Eurovision Song Contest: All sixteen states of Germany (German: Bundesländer) entered one song that was performed live on the night of the show, and once all states have performed, a winner was decided by tele-vote.
Contests Year Date Host city Winner Artist Song Points 2005 12 February Oberhausen Juli "Geile Zeit" 159 2006 9 February Wetzlar Seeed "Ding" 151 2007 9 February Berlin Oomph! feat. Marta Jandová "Träumst du?"147 2008 14 February Hanover Subway to Sally "Auf Kiel" 2009 13 February Potsdam Peter Fox "Schwarz zu blau" 174 2010 1 October Berlin Unheilig "Unter deiner Flagge" 164 2011 29 September Cologne Tim Bendzko "Wenn Worte meine Sprache wären" 141 2012 28 September Berlin Xavas (Xavier Naidoo and Kool Savas) "Schau nicht mehr zurück" 172 2013 26 September Mannheim Bosse "So oder so" 153 2014 20 September Göttingen Revolverheld "Lass uns gehen" 180 2015 29 August Bremen Rhineland-Palatinate Mark Forster "Bauch und Kopf" 170
Total ranking
State Points Wins 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 1,035 3 23(11) 16(12) 105(3) 50(7) 141(1) 100(3) 174(1) 66(7) 96(4) 151(1) 113(3) 864 2 84(4) 15(13) 153(1) 109(3) 102(3) 4(16) 12(15) 94(4) 147(1) 59(6) 85(4) 789 1 82(6) 58(7) 51(8) 172(1) 91(4) 39(9) 103(4) 46(9) 23(10) 47(9) 77(5) 761 0 114(3) 25(11) 13(13) 33(9) 13(12) 79(6) 53(6) 146(2) 88(6) 134(3) 63(7) 759 1 117(2) 46(8) 20(12) 97(4) 76(7) 164(1) 112(3) 16(14) 95(5) 6(16) 10(15) 703 0 28(10) 87(5) 68(6) 76(6) 8(16) 60(7) 44(8) 75(6) 101(3) 26(11) 130(2) 668 1 46(9)180(1) 61(7) 18(13) 111(2) 20(11) 25(11) 20(11) 20(11) 136(2) 31(11) 665 0 14(13) 28(10) 145(2) 28(10) 66(8) 40(8) 73(5) 19(12) 138(2) 70(5) 44(9) 621 1 76(7) 33(9) 29(11) 19(11) 12(13) 18(13) 53(6) 51(8) 67(7) 104(4) 159(1) 617 0 84(4) 10(16) 35(9) 142(2) 89(5) 20(11) 131(2) 12(15) 13(13) 10(15) 71(6) 545 1 50(8) 10(15) 94(4) 8(16) 12(13) 87(5) 37(9) 147(1) 11(15) 35(10) 54(8) 526 1 170(1) 124(2) 31(10) 20(11) 86(6) 17(14) 23(12) 17(13) 10(16) 18(12) 10(15) 490 0 13(14) 102(3) 12(14) 10(15) 12(13) 152(2) 10(16) 96(3) 56(8) 12(14) 15(13) 425 0 10(15) 101(4) 8(16) 41(8) 66(8) 22(10) 23(12) 79(5) 13(13) 50(8) 12(14) 397 0 2(16) 81(6) 12(14) 13(14) 26(10) 94(4) 34(10) 32(10) 33(9) 53(7) 17(12) 328 0 15(12) 12(14) 91(5) 92(5) 17(11) 12(15) 21(14) 12(15) 17(12) 17(13) 37(10)
Presenters
Year Host Main presenter Green Room Fan block 2005 Stefan Raab Annette Frier Oliver Pocher rowspan="6" 2006 Janin Reinhardt Elton 2007 Johanna Klum 2008 2009 2010 2011 Lena Meyer-Landrut Elton 2012 Sandra Rieß Elton rowspan="4" 2013 2014 rowspan="2" 2015
See also American Song Contest Regio Songfestival
References
External links
Production website