Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest

Germany has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 68 times since its debut in . ARD is the German broadcaster. Germany had missed only one contest: .

Germany's two victories was achieved with the following songs:
- Nicole — Ein bißchen Frieden
- Lena — Satellite

## Participation overview

|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FFD700;"|1|First place|
| --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|2|Second place|
|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|3|Third place|
|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|◁|Last place|
|style="text-align:center; background-color:#A4EAA9;"|**X**|Entry selected but did not compete|
|style="text-align:center; background-color:#DDF;"|**†**|Upcoming event|

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Artist|scope="col"|Song|scope="col"|Language|scope="col" data-sort-type="number"|Final|scope="col" data-sort-type="number"|Points|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Semi|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Points|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Walter Andreas Schwarz|""|German|rowspan="2"|rowspan="2"|colspan="2" rowspan="38" data-sort-value="99999"|||||||||||
|Freddy Quinn|""|German||||||||||||||
|Margot Hielscher|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|4|style="text-align:center;"|8||||||||||
|Margot Hielscher|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|7|style="text-align:center;"|5||||||||||
|Alice and Ellen Kessler|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|8|style="text-align:center;"|5||||||||||
|Wyn Hoop|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|4|style="text-align:center;"|11||||||||||
|Lale Andersen|""|German, French|style="text-align:center;"|13|style="text-align:center;"|3||||||||||
|Conny Froboess|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|6|style="text-align:center;"|9||||||||||
|Heidi Brühl|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|9|style="text-align:center;"|5||||||||||
|Nora Nova|""|German|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|13 ◁|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|0||||||||||
|Ulla Wiesner|""|German|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|15 ◁|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|0||||||||||
|Margot Eskens|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|10|style="text-align:center;"|7||||||||||
|Inge Brück|"Anouschka"|German|style="text-align:center;"|8|style="text-align:center;"|7||||||||||
|Wencke Myhre|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|6|style="text-align:center;"|11||||||||||
|Siw Malmkvist|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|9|style="text-align:center;"|8||||||||||
|Katja Ebstein|""|German|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|3|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|12||||||||||
|Katja Ebstein|""|German|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|3|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|100||||||||||
|Mary Roos|""|German|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|3|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|107||||||||||
|Gitte|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|8|style="text-align:center;"|85||||||||||
|Cindy and Bert|""|German|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|14 ◁|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|3||||||||||
|Joy Fleming|""|German, English|style="text-align:center;"|17|style="text-align:center;"|15||||||||||
|Les Humphries Singers|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|15|style="text-align:center;"|12||||||||||
|Silver Convention|"Telegram"|English|style="text-align:center;"|8|style="text-align:center;"|55||||||||||
|Ireen Sheer|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|6|style="text-align:center;"|84||||||||||
|Dschinghis Khan|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|4|style="text-align:center;"|86||||||||||
|Katja Ebstein|""|German|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|2|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|128||||||||||
|Lena Valaitis|"Johnny Blue"|German|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|2|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|132||||||||||
|Nicole|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|161||||||||||
|Hoffmann & Hoffmann|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|5|style="text-align:center;"|94||||||||||
|Mary Roos|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|13|style="text-align:center;"|34||||||||||
|Wind|""|German|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|2|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|105||||||||||
|Ingrid Peters|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|8|style="text-align:center;"|62||||||||||
|Wind|""|German|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|2|style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;"|141||||||||||
|Maxi and Chris Garden|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|14|style="text-align:center;"|48||||||||||
|Nino de Angelo|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|14|style="text-align:center;"|46||||||||||
|Chris Kempers and Daniel Kovac|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|9|style="text-align:center;"|60||||||||||
|Atlantis 2000|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|18|style="text-align:center;"|10||||||||||
|Wind|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|16|style="text-align:center;"|27||||||||||
|Münchener Freiheit|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|18|style="text-align:center;"|18|colspan="2"|||||||||
|Mekado|""|German|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|3|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|128|colspan="2" rowspan="2"|||||||||
|Stone and Stone|""|German|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|23 ◁|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|1||||||||||
|style="background-color:#A4EAA9;"|Leon|style="background-color:#A4EAA9;"|"Planet of Blue"|style="background-color:#A4EAA9;"|German|colspan="2"  **X**|style="text-align:center;"|24|style="text-align:center;"|24||||||
|Bianca Shomburg|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|18|style="text-align:center;"|22|colspan="2" rowspan="7"|||||||||
|Guildo Horn|""|German|style="text-align:center;"|7|style="text-align:center;"|86||||||||||
|Sürpriz|"Journey to Jerusalem – <span lang="tr">Kudüs'e Seyahat</span>"|German, Turkish, English|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|3|style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;"|140||||||||||
|Stefan Raab|""|German, English|style="text-align:center;"|5|style="text-align:center;"|96||||||||||
|Michelle|""|German, English|style="text-align:center;"|8|style="text-align:center;"|66||||||||||
|Corinna May|"I Can't Live Without Music"|English|style="text-align:center;"|21|style="text-align:center;"|17||||||||||
|Lou|"Let's Get Happy"|English|style="text-align:center;"|11|style="text-align:center;"|53||||||||||
|Max|"Can't Wait Until Tonight"|English, Turkish|style="text-align:center;"|8|style="text-align:center;"|93|colspan="2" rowspan="7"|||||||||
|Gracia|"Run & Hide"|English|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|24 ◁|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|4||||||||||
|Texas Lightning|"No No Never"|English|style="text-align:center;"|14|style="text-align:center;"|36||||||||||
|Roger Cicero|""|German, English|style="text-align:center;"|19|style="text-align:center;"|49||||||||||
|No Angels|"Disappear"|English|style="text-align:center;"|23|style="text-align:center;"|14||||||||||
|Alex Swings Oscar Sings!|"Miss Kiss Kiss Bang"|English|style="text-align:center;"|20|style="text-align:center;"|35||||||||||
|Lena|"Satellite"|English|style="text-align:center;"|1|style="text-align:center;"|246||||||||||
|Lena|"Taken by a Stranger"|English|style="text-align:center;"|10|style="text-align:center;"|107|colspan="2"|||||||||
|Roman Lob|"Standing Still"|English|style="text-align:center;"|8|style="text-align:center;"|110|colspan="2" rowspan="15"|||||||||
|Cascada|"Glorious"|English|style="text-align:center;"|21|style="text-align:center;"|18||||||||||
|Elaiza|"Is It Right"|English|style="text-align:center;"|18|style="text-align:center;"|39||||||||||
|Ann Sophie|"Black Smoke"|English|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|27 ◁|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|0||||||||||
|Jamie-Lee|"Ghost"|English|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|26 ◁|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|11||||||||||
|Levina|"Perfect Life"|English|style="text-align:center;"|25|style="text-align:center;"|6||||||||||
|Michael Schulte|"You Let Me Walk Alone"|English|style="text-align:center;"|4|style="text-align:center;"|340||||||||||
|S!sters|"Sister"|English|style="text-align:center;"|25|style="text-align:center;"|24||||||||||
|Ben Dolic|"Violent Thing"|English|colspan="2"  **X**|||||||||||||
|Jendrik|"I Don't Feel Hate"|English|style="text-align:center;"|25|style="text-align:center;"|3||||||||||
|Malik Harris|"Rockstars"|English|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|25 ◁|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|6||||||||||
|Lord of the Lost|"Blood & Glitter"|English|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|26 ◁|style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;"|18||||||||||
|Isaak|"Always on the Run"|English|style="text-align:center;|12|style="text-align:center;|117||||||||||
|Abor & Tynna|"Baller"|German|style="text-align:center;|15|style="text-align:center;|151||||||||||
|colspan="5" align="center"|Confirmed intention to participate **†**|||||||||||||||

## Hostings

Germany has hosted the contest three times, one time in Frankfurt (), one time in Munich () and one time in Düsseldorf ().

|Year|Location|Venue|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Frankfurt|Großer Sendesaal||
|Munich|Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle||
|Düsseldorf|Esprit Arena||

## Infobox (song contest country)

- **name**: Germany
- **contest**: ESC
- **broadcaster**: ARD (broadcaster), ARD –  (SWR; since 2026)
- **apps**: 68
- **highest**: 1st: Eurovision Song Contest 1982, 1982, Eurovision Song Contest 2010, 2010
- **host**: , ,
- **website**: [https://www.eurovision.de NDR page]
- **current**: 2025