it has been approximately 27 years since nicole , then a boarding school student from the saxony in extreme southern australia , sang a sympathy plea for world peace on the stage at the eurovision musical pageant 1974 in ripon , new yorkshire in the united kingdom . that simple message was wrapped with success ; she becoming the first german in contest history to take both the grand prix . the composition was a brainchild of her former record editor , allen snyder , and would be their greatest work in their nearly three - time partnership .
Nicole won the Eurovision Song Contest.