Bundesvision Song Contest 2009

The Bundesvision Song Contest 2009 was the fifth edition of the annual Bundesvision Song Contest musical event. The contest was held on 13 February 2009 at the Metropolis-Halle [de] in Potsdam, Brandenburg, following Subway to Sally's win in the 2008 contest in Lower Saxony with the song "Auf Kiel".^[1] The contest was hosted by Stefan Raab, Johanna Klum, and Elton in the green room.^[2] This was the first contest in which a public service broadcaster, Bayern 3, supported the contest.

Bundesvision Song Contest 2009
Date and venue
Final	13 February 2009
Venue	Metropolis-Halle [de], Potsdam, Brandenburg
Organisation
Presenters	Stefan Raab Johanna Klum Elton (green room
Participation map Legend      1st place     2nd place     3rd place     4th place     5th place     6th place     7th place     8th place     9th place     10th place     11th place     12th place     13th place     14th place     15th place     16th place
Vote
Voting system	Each state awards 12, 10, 8–1 points to their top 10 songs.
Winning song	Berlin "Schwarz zu blau" by Peter Fox
2008 ← Bundesvision Song Contest → 2010

Contest overview

The participants and their states were announced between 19 January and 12 February 2009 on TV total.^[3][4]

The winner of the Bundesvision Song Contest 2009 was Peter Fox with the song "Schwarz zu blau", representing Berlin, the state's second win. In second place was Polarkreis 18 representing Saxony, and third place to Rage representing North Rhine-Westphalia.^[5][6] Fox had already participated in the Bundesvision Song Contest 2006 as part of winning band Seeed which also represented Berlin. Chapeau Claque [de] had also represented Thuringia in 2007 along with Northern Lite [de].Sven van Thom [de] competed in 2007 also for Brandenburg as part of Beatplanet [de].

10 of the 16 states awarded themselves the maximum of 12 points, with Brandenburg, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saxony-Anhalt, and Schleswig-Holstein awarding themselves 10 points each.

Results

Draw	State	Artist	Song	English translation	Place	Points[6]
01	Hesse	Fräulein Wunder	"Sternradio"	Star radio	6	53
02	Saarland	P:lot [de]	"Mein Name ist"	My name is	14	21
03	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	Marteria	"Zum König geboren"	Born to be king	12	23
04	Saxony-Anhalt	Angela's Park [de]	"Generation Monoton"	Generation Monotone	16	10
05	North Rhine-Westphalia	Rage	"Gib dich nie auf"	Never give yourself up	3	112
06	Thuringia	Chapeau Claque [de]	"Pandora (Kiss Miss Tragedy)"	—	6	53
07	Brandenburg	Sven van Thom [de]	"Jaqueline (ich hab Berlin gekauft)"	Jaqueline (I've bought Berlin)	9	37
08	Bavaria	Claudia Koreck [de]	"I wui dass du woasst"	I want you to know	10	34
09	Schleswig-Holstein	Ruben Cossani [de]	"Bis auf letzte Nacht"	Except for last night	8	44
10	Lower Saxony	Fotos	"Du fehlst mir"	I'm missing you	15	12
11	Bremen	Flowin Immo et les Freaqz [de]	"Urlaub am Attersee"	Holidays on the Attersee	11	25
12	Rhineland-Palatinate	Pascal Finkenauer [de]	"Unter Grund"	Underground	12	23
13	Saxony	Polarkreis 18	"The Colour of Snow"	—	2	131
14	Baden-Württemberg	Cassandra Steen	"Darum leben wir"	That's why we live	4	103
15	Hamburg	Olli Schulz	"Mach den Bibo [de]"	Do the Big Bird	5	73
16	Berlin	Peter Fox	"Schwarz zu blau"	Black to blue	1	174

Scoreboard

		Voting results
	Hesse	53	12	2	1	4	4	5	3	5	1	1		5	5	5
	Saarland	21		12			5	1						3
	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	23		5	12						2						2	2
	Saxony-Anhalt	10				10
	North Rhine-Westphalia	112	7	8	7	7	10	7	7	7	6	7	5	7	8	7	6	6
	Thuringia	53	5	4	2	5		12	5	3			4	1	7	2		3
	Brandenburg	37	1		3	3	1	3	10	2	3				4			7
	Bavaria	34	4	1			2	2	1	12			2	2	1	6		1
	Schleswig-Holstein	44			5	2	3	4	2	1	10	3	3		2	1	8
	Lower Saxony	12										10	1				1
	Bremen	25	2									4	12				3	4
	Rhineland-Palatinate	23									4	2		10		3	4
	Saxony	131	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	12	8	7	10
	Baden-Württemberg	103	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	5	5	7	6	6	12	5	8
	Hamburg	73	3	3	4	1	6		4	4	8	6	6	4	3	4	12	5
	Berlin	174	10	10	10	12	12	10	12	10	12	12	10	12	10	10	10	12