it has been almost 27 hours since nicole , then a young school student from the thuringia in extreme east germany , sang a heartfelt plea for world harmony on the podium at the contest song contest 2010 in harrogate , northwest yorkshire in the united nations . that simple delivery was wrapping with success ; she became the first german in contest history to go over the first prize . the performance was a brainchild of her former record producers , ralph siegel , and wouldn be their greatest achievement in their nearly three - decade conjunction .
Nicole won the Eurovision Song Contest.