Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996

For the first time since 1992, a national final was held in Germany to select their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. At the contest, represented by Leon with "Planet of Blue", Germany failed to progress from the pre-qualification round, leading to the first time that Germany failed to participate at Eurovision.

Eurovision Song Contest 1996
Country Germany
National selection
Selection processEin bisschen Glück
Selection date(s)1 March 1996
Selected entrantLeon
Selected song"Planet of Blue"
Finals performance
Final resultFailed to qualify (24th, 24 points)
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Ein bisschen Glück

The German national final for the 1996 Eurovision, organised by ARD, was held on 1 March at the Friedrich-Ebert-Halle in Hamburg, presented by Jens Riewa. 10 songs competed, and a public televote was held to select the winner: this was Leon with "Planet of Blue", which received 37.9% of the vote. Only the top three songs were announced during the show, however the placings of all the songs are known.

Final – 1 March 1996
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Televote Place
1 Ibo "Der liebe Gott ist ganz begeistert" Walter Gerke, Mick Hannes – 5
2 Anett Kölpin "Für dich, mein Kind" Thomas Natschinski, Ingeburg Branoner – 4
3 Enzo "Wo bist du?" Michael Reinecke – 10
4 Rendezvouz "Ohne dich" Werner Petersburg – 7
5 Nina Falk "Immer nur du" Klaus-Peter Schweizer – 8
6 Leon "Planet Of Blue" Hanne Haller, Anna Rubach 37.9% 1
7 Angela Wiedl & Dalila Cernatescu "Echos" Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger 11.9% 3
8 Andre Stade "Jeanny, wach auf!" Jean Frankfurter, Irma Holder 16.4% 2
9 Euro-Cats "Surfen-Multimedia" Erich Offierowski – 6
10 Jacques van Eijck "Ja, das kann nur Liebe sein" Jacques van Eijck, John Möring – 9

At Eurovision

The 1996 Contest implemented an audio-only pre-qualification round for all competing country (except for host country Norway). 22 songs from the 29 competing could join Norway in the live final on 16 May. However Germany was not among those to qualify, placing 24th in the line-up.

This caused some aggregation in ARD and the EBU, the contest's organisers, because, due to its population size Germany was one of the biggest financial contributors to the contest. This qualification failure, among other things, led to the formation of the "Big Five" status.

Points awarded to Germany
Points awarded to Germany (pre-qualifying round)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Germany (pre-qualifying round)
12 points Sweden
10 points Poland
8 points Estonia
7 points  Switzerland
6 points Malta
5 points United Kingdom
4 points Romania
3 points Bosnia and Herzegovina
2 points Croatia
1 point Austria
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