Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002
Eurovision Song Contest 2002 | ||||
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Country | Germany | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Countdown Grand Prix Eurovision 2002 | |||
Selection date(s) | 22 February 2002 | |||
Selected entrant | Corinna May | |||
Selected song | "I Can't Live Without Music" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) | ||||
Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 21st, 17 points | |||
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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As a member of the "
Background
Prior to the 2002 Contest, Germany had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty-five times since its debut as one of seven countries to take part in
The German national broadcaster, ARD, broadcasts the event within Germany and delegates the selection of the nation's entry to the regional broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR). Since 1996, NDR had set up national finals with several artists to choose both the song and performer to compete at Eurovision for Germany. The broadcaster organised a multi-artist national final in cooperation to select the German entry for the 2002 Eurovision Song Contest.[2]
Before Eurovision
Countdown Grand Prix Eurovision 2002
Countdown Grand Prix Eurovision 2002 was the competition that selected Germany's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2002. The competition took place on 22 February 2002 at the
Competing entries
14 acts were selected by a panel consisting of representatives of NDR from proposals received by the broadcaster from record companies and announced on 8 January 2002.
Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
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Corinna May | "I Can't Live Without Music" | Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger |
Disco Brothers feat. The Weather Girls | "Get Up, Stand Up" | Harald Reitinger, Uli Fischer |
Ireen Sheer and Bernhard Brink | "Es ist niemals zu spät" | Michael Buschjahn, Jean-Pierre Valence, Bernhard Brink, Norbert Hammerschmidt |
Isabel Soares | "Will My Heart Survive" | Dieter Bohlen |
Joy Fleming and Jambalaya | "Joy to the World" | Jason Homan, Hans Steingen |
Linda Carriere | "Higher Ground" | Ali Neander, Linda Carriere, Lisa Cash |
Mundstuhl | "Fleisch" | Lars Niedereichholz, Ande Werner |
Natalie | "Don’t Say Goodbye" | Jan Löchel, Vincent Sorg |
Nino de Angelo | "Und wenn du lachst" | Andreas Fahner, Hartmut Krech, Mark Nissen |
Normal Generation | "Hold On" | Simon Veigel, Steve Waidelich, Judy Bailey |
SPN-X | "Bravo Punk" | Alexander Muth |
The Kelly Family | "I Wanna Be Loved" | The Kelly Family |
Tuesdays | "Du bist mein Weg" | Gino Trovatello, Matthias Stingl |
Unity 2 | "You Never Walk Alone" | Klaus Dehr, Peter Voll, Eckhard Horst |
Zarah | "To Be or Not to Be" | Guido Craveiro, Johannes Kram, Michael Holm |
Final
The televised final took place on 22 February 2002. The winner was selected through two rounds of public televoting. In the first round of voting, the top three entries were selected to proceed to the second round. The top three entries were. In the second round, the winner, "I Can't Live Without Music" performed by Corinna May, was selected.[8] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the interval acts featured 1998 German Eurovision entrant Guildo Horn, the German music duo Modern Talking, the Australian music ensemble The Ten Tenors, and the German group Schiller performing their song "Ein schöner Tag" together with German singer Isgaard.[9]
Draw | Artist | Song | Televote | Place |
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1 | Disco Brothers feat. The Weather Girls | "Get Up, Stand Up" | — | 13 |
2 | Normal Generation | "Hold On" | 12% | 3 |
3 | Nino de Angelo | "Und wenn du lachst" | — | 9 |
4 | Unity 2 | "You Never Walk Alone" | — | 15 |
5 | Mundstuhl | "Fleisch" | — | 11 |
6 | Isabel Soares | "Will My Heart Survive" | — | 6 |
7 | Linda Carriere | "Higher Ground" | — | 12 |
8 | SPN-X | "Bravo Punk" | — | 8 |
9 | Zarah | "To Be or Not to Be" | — | 14 |
10 | Ireen Sheer and Bernhard Brink | "Es ist niemals zu spät" | — | 7 |
11 | The Kelly Family | "I Wanna Be Loved" | — | 4 |
12 | Tuesdays | "Du bist mein Weg" | — | 10 |
13 | Corinna May | "I Can't Live Without Music" | 19.5% | 1 |
14 | Natalie | "Don’t Say Goodbye" | — | 5 |
15 | Joy Fleming and Jambalaya | "Joy to the World" | 14% | 2 |
Draw | Artist | Song | Televote | Place |
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1 | Normal Generation | "Hold On" | 26.4% | 3 |
2 | Corinna May | "I Can't Live Without Music" | 41.1% | 1 |
3 | Joy Fleming and Jambalaya | "Joy to the World" | 32.5% | 2 |
At Eurovision
As a member of the "
In Germany, the show was broadcast on Das Erste which featured commentary by Peter Urban.[13][14] The show was watched by 10.02 million viewers in Germany, which meant a market share of 38.4 per cent.[15][16] The German spokesperson, who announced the top 12-point score awarded by the German televote, was Axel Bulthaupt.
Voting
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Germany and awarded by Germany in the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Latvia in the contest.
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