Dschinghis Khan

Dschinghis Khan (German: Genghis Khan) is a German Eurodisco pop band that was formed in 1979 to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 with their song "Dschinghis Khan". The band disbanded in 1985.
==History==
===Beginnings===
In 1979, Dschinghis Khan was formed to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest with their song "Dschinghis Khan". It finished in 4th place with 86 points. The original group consisted of six members: Louis Hendrik Potgieter, Edina Pop, Henriette Strobel, Wolfgang Heichel, Leslie Mándoki, and Steve Bender.
===Disbandment===
In 1985, Dschinghis Khan's band was disbanded After the release of the single "Mexico".
In 1986, the group reunited as "Dschinghis Khan Family" for the Eurovision Song Contest 1986. The song had a national qualifying round, and they finished in 2nd, behind Ingrid Peters' Über die Brücke geh'n.https://web.archive.org/web/20191112114157/https://www.eurovision.de/teilnehmer/Dschinghis-Khan-Bandportraet-des-ESC-Teilnehmer,dschinghiskhan105.html
On November 12, 1993, Louis Hendrik Potgieter died in South Africa due to complications from AIDS.https://www.feenotes.com/database/artists/potgieter-louis-hendrik-4th-april-1951-12th-november-1993/
In 1994, Potgieter died in South Africa due to AIDS.
===Reunion===
On December 17, 2005, Dschinghis Khan reunited at the Retro FM Festival in Moscow.https://web.archive.org/web/20131226055839/http://www.dschinghis-khan.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=28&limit=1&limitstart=2&lang=en
On May 7, 2006, Steve Bender passed away due to a long battle with cancer.https://web.archive.org/web/20180514001310/http://www.dschinghis-khan.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=28&limit=1&limitstart=2&lang=en
===YouTube===
====DschinghisKhanVEVO====
On July 26, 2021, DschinghisKhanVEVO created their YouTube channel.
In September 2022, DschinghisKhanVEVO started to lose subscribers.https://web.archive.org/web/20231103085204/https://socialblade.com/youtube/compare/UCsr3YYPk4A2rG6V88CwWTFA/dschinghiskhanvevo
On October 5, 2023, DschinghisKhanVEVO started to gain views again.https://web.archive.org/web/20231103085101/https://socialblade.com/youtube/channel/UC7HlvhBLAqYiTe4m1IHQdZg/monthly
====Dschinghis Khan====
On December 11, 2021, Dschinghis Khan created their YouTube channel. The first video was uploaded on September 19, 2022, titled "Dschinghis Khan - Judas (Official Audio)".
==Content==
Dschinghis Khan usually makes music videos.
==Discography==
*Dschinghis Khan (1979)
*Rom (1980)
*Viva (1980)
*Wir sitzen alle im selben Boot (1981)
*Helden, Schurken & der Dudelmoser (1982)
*Corrida (1983)
*7 Leben (2007)
== Trivia ==
* Moskau became an Internet meme related to the slavs.
==References==
Category:Music YouTubers
Category:German YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2021