Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982
West Germany (performing as Germany) took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982, held in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1982 | ||||
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Ein Lied für Harrogate | |||
| Selection date(s) | 20 March 1982 | |||
| Selected entrant | Nicole | |||
| Selected song | "Ein bißchen Frieden" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 1st, 161 points | |||
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The German national final to select their entry, Vorentscheid 1982, was held on 20 March at the Bayerischer Rundfunk Studios in Munich, and was hosted by Carolin Reiber.
Twelve songs made it to the national final, which was broadcast by Bayerischer Rundfunk to ARD broadcasters across West Germany. The winner was decided by a sampling of 500 random West Germans who were meant to symbolize a fair representation of the country's population. Each person gave every song a vote, from 1 (for worst) to 12 (for best). Therefore, the theoretical "worst score" a song could receive would be 500, and the "best score" would be 6000. Interestingly, three of the competitors previously represented other countries: French singer Séverine won the 1971 contest on behalf of Monaco, Paola previously represented her native Switzerland at two different contests (1969 and 1980), and Jürgen Marcus previously represented Luxembourg at the 1976 contest. Additionally, Mary Roos had represented Germany in 1972, and would return as the German representative two years later.
The winning entry was "Ein bißchen Frieden," performed by Nicole and composed by Ralph Siegel with lyrics by Bernd Meinunger.
National final
| Draw | Artist | Song | Informal translation | Votes | Place |
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| 1 | Gottlieb Wendehals | Der Ohrwurm | Catchy tune | 2029 | 11th |
| 2 | Séverine | Ich glaub' an meine Träume | I believe in my dreams | 2717 | 10th |
| 3 | Jennifer Kemp | Wie Phönix aus der Asche | Like a Phoenix out of the ashes | 1965 | 12th |
| 4 | Mel Jersey | Schenk' mir eine Nacht | Give me a night | 3227 | 7th |
| 5 | Gaby Baginsky | So wie du bist | As you are | 2802 | 9th |
| 6 | Marianne Rosenberg | Blue-Jeans-Kinder | Blue-jeans children | 2862 | 8th |
| 7 | Mary Roos and David Hanselmann | Lady | Lady | 3358 | 6th |
| 8 | Paola | Peter Pan | Peter Pan | 4318 | 2nd |
| 9 | Denise | Die Nacht der Lüge | The night of the lie | 3799 | 4th |
| 10 | Hannes Schöner | Nun sag' schon Adieu | Just say goodbye already | 3914 | 3rd |
| 11 | Jürgen Marcus | Ich würde gerne bei dir sein | I'd like to be with you | 3439 | 5th |
| 12 | Nicole | Ein bißchen Frieden | A little peace | 5116 | 1st |
At Eurovision
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Nicole was the eighteenth and final performer on the night of the Contest, following Ireland. At the close of the voting the song had received 161 points, placing first in a field of 19 competing countries. A 61-point gap was recorded between Nicole and the second-place finisher, Avi Toledano from Israel, setting a then record for the largest gap between first and second place.
Points awarded to Germany
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| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
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