Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986

Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 with the song "Über die Brücke geh'n", written by Hans Blum, and performed by Ingrid Peters. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), selected their entry through a national final.

Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986
Eurovision Song Contest 1986
Participating broadcaster	ARD[a] – Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
Country	Germany
Selection process	Ein Lied für Bergen
Selection date	27 March 1986
Competing entry
Song	"Über die Brücke geh'n"
Artist	Ingrid Peters
Songwriter	Hans Blum
Placement
Final result	8th, 62 points
Participation chronology
◄1985 • 1986 • 1987►

Before Eurovision

Ein Lied für Bergen

Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) held the German national final, Ein Lied für Bergen, on 27 March at the Deutsches Theater in Munich, hosted by Sabrina Lallinger and Wenche Myhre. Myhre represented Germany in the 1968 Contest.

Twelve songs made it to the national final, which was broadcast by BR to ARD broadcasters across West Germany. The winner was decided by a sampling of 500 random West Germans who were meant to symbolize a fair representation of the country's population. Each person gave every song a vote, from 1 (for worst) to 12 (for best). Therefore, the theoretical "worst score" a song could receive would be 500, and the "best score" would be 6000.

The winning entry was "Über die Brücke geh'n", performed by Ingrid Peters and composed by Hans Blum.

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriters	Votes	Place
1	That's Life	"Telefon"	Ralph Siegel, Werner Schüler	2011	12
2	Günther-Eric Thöner	"Du bist der Wind, der meine Flügel trägt"	Günther-Eric Thöner, Erich Offierowski	2893	9
3	Dschinghis Khan Family	"Wir gehör'n zusammen"	Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger	4088	2
4	Ingrid Peters	"Über die Brücke geh'n"	Hans Blum	4236	1
5	Clowns	"Clowns"	Ralph Siegel, Michael Kunze, Bernd Meinunger	3597	6
6	Steffi Hinz	"Ich habe niemals nie gesagt"	Alexander Gordan, Norbert Hammerschmidt	2769	10
7	Mister Fisto	"Rein und klar wie's früher war"	Günther-Eric Thöner, Peter Rubin	2102	11
8	Headline	"Europa"	Jürgen Triebel, Horst-Herbert Krause	3871	5
9	Margit P.	"Der Sonne entgegen"	Margit Petraschka	2923	8
10	Chris Heart and Band	"Die Engel sind auch nicht mehr das was sie war'n"	Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger	4027	3
11	Joy Fleming and Marc Berry	"Miteinander"	Reiner Pietsch, Werner Schüler	3989	4
12	Tie Break	"Kopf oder Zahl"	Andreas Hofner, Regina Simon	3118	7

At Eurovision

Peters was the fourteenth performer on the night of the Contest, following Belgium and preceding Cyprus. At the close of the voting the song had received 62 points, placing 8th in a field of 20 competing countries.^[1] The German jury awarded its 12 points to Luxembourg.^[2]

The show was watched by 10.88 million viewers in Germany.^[3]

Voting

Points awarded to Germany[2] Score Country 12 points  United Kingdom 10 points 8 points  Austria  Ireland  Luxembourg 7 points  Belgium  Denmark 6 points 5 points  Sweden 4 points  Portugal 3 points 2 points  Finland 1 point  Yugoslavia

Points awarded by Germany[2] Score Country 12 points  Luxembourg 10 points  Netherlands 8 points  Turkey 7 points  Denmark 6 points  Norway 5 points  United Kingdom 4 points  Sweden 3 points  Finland 2 points  Austria 1 point  Belgium

Notes

1. Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland