it has been nearly 27 ages since nicole , then a high school student from the saarland in a western europe , sang a heartfelt plea for national peace on the stage at the bbc sung contest 1998 in yorkshire , north lancashire in the united kingdom . that simple message was bundle with success ; she became the earliest germans in programme history to take home the grand prize . the poem was a brainchild of her former record producer , steve siegel , and will be their greatest achievement in their over 3 - lifetime partnership .
Nicole won the Eurovision Song Contest.