Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994

Eurovision Song Contest 1994
Country	Germany
National selection
Selection process	Internal Selection
Selected entrant	MeKaDo
Selected song	"Wir geben 'ne Party"
Finals performance
Final result	3rd, 128 points
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest

Germany was represented by three-member girl group MeKaDo, with the song "Wir geben 'ne Party" ("We're throwing a party"), at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 30 April in Dublin.

The group's name came from the girls' first names, Melanie, Kati and Dorcas. Dorcas had previously taken part as a solo singer in the German national final in 1989.

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

As in 1993, the German entry was chosen internally rather than through a public final. The song "Wir geben 'ne Party" performed by MeKaDo was composed by prolific duo Ralph Siegel and Bernd Meinunger.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final MeKaDo performed 14th in the running order, following the Netherlands and preceding Slovakia. The group had put together a complex stage routine which reportedly caused them problems in rehearsals, but on the night they managed to get it right. Although Eurovision rules at the time required the song to be sung in German, lyricist Meinunger admitted that he had specifically written lyrics with a very English sound, as well as including several brief phrases actually in English (which the rules allowed). "Wir geben 'ne Party" stood out as a fun, uptempo song in a contest very heavily dominated by earnest ballads, and at the close of voting had received 128 points (including maximum 12s from Hungary and Romania), placing Germany third of the 25 entries, the country's first top 5 finish since 1987. The German jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners Ireland.[1]

Points awarded by Germany

Final

12 points	Ireland
10 points	Poland
8 points	France
7 points	Hungary
6 points	Russia
5 points	Sweden
4 points	United Kingdom
3 points	Malta
2 points	Norway
1 point	Greece

Points awarded to Germany

Points awarded to Germany (final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Hungary Romania	Croatia Portugal	Spain	Bosnia and Herzegovina Iceland Poland Russia Slovakia United Kingdom	Cyprus Sweden
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Ireland	Lithuania Netherlands	Estonia Finland	Austria	Norway

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References

ESC History - Germany 1994

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