Reise nach Jerusalem – Kudüs'e seyahat

"Reise nach Jerusalem – Kudüs'e seyahat" ("Journey to Jerusalem" in both languages, while the expression also is the German name for the game Musical chairs) was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, performed in German, Turkish and English (the live version also added lyrics in Hebrew) by Sürpriz.

"Reise nach Jerusalem – Kudüs'e seyahat"
Eurovision Song Contest 1999 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Zeyno Filiz, Deniz Filizmen,
Bülent Ural, Yasemin Akkar,
Savas Ucar, Chicco Özden
As
Sürpriz
Languages
Composer(s)
Ralph Siegel
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Final result
3rd
Final points
140
Entry chronology
◄ "Guildo hat euch lieb!" (1998)   
"Wadde hadde dudde da?" (2000) ►

The song was performed twenty-first on the night, following Malta's Times Three with "Believe 'n Peace" and preceding Bosnia and Herzegovina's Dino and Béatrice with "Putnici". At the close of voting, it had received 140 points, placing 3rd in a field of 23.

The song is remarkable for being the first appearance by members of the Turkish-German minority in a major role for their home country. The song was written by prolific writer-composer duo Ralph Siegel and Bernd Meinunger. It is also the first occasion on which the German entry contained lyrics in Hebrew and Turkish (although the live version of Max's "Can't Wait Until Tonight" in 2004 contained Turkish lyrics).

It was succeeded as German representative at the 2000 Contest by Stefan Raab with "Wadde hadde dudde da?".

Preceded by
"Guildo hat euch lieb!"
by Guildo Horn
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest
1999
Succeeded by
"Wadde hadde dudde da?"
by Stefan Raab
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