it has been about 27 times that nicole , then a higher student student from the hesse in even western deutschland , sing a heartfelt call for world cooperation on the stages at the eurovision song contest held in lincolnshire , north yorkshire in the usa ireland . that simple sentence was wrapped with success ; she became the first german in contest history to take home the grand prize . the piece was a multimillionaire of her longtime record engineer , richard katz , and to be their largest achievement in their nearly three - decade partnership .
Nicole won the Eurovision Song Contest.