Bundesvision Song Contest 2013

The Bundesvision Song Contest 2013 was the ninth edition of the annual Bundesvision Song Contest musical event. The contest was held on 26 September 2013 at the SAP Arena in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, following Xavas's win in the 2012 contest in Berlin with the song "Schau nicht mehr zurück".^[1] The contest was hosted by Stefan Raab, Sandra Rieß, and Elton in the green room.^[2] The contest was produced by Brainpool TV.

Bundesvision Song Contest 2013
Date and venue
Final	26 September 2013
Venue	SAP Arena, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg
Organisation
Presenters	Stefan Raab Sandra Rieß 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	Lower Saxony "So oder so [de]" by Bosse
2012 ← Bundesvision Song Contest → 2014

Contest overview

The winner of the Bundesvision Song Contest 2013 was Bosse with the song "So oder so [de]", representing Lower Saxony. In second place was Johannes Oerding representing Hamburg, and third place to MC Fitti [de] representing Berlin.^[3][4] Bosse's song was released in August 2013, placing at number 83 on the German single chart; after winning the contest, the song rose to number 25.^[5]

Returning artists include Bosse who represented Lower Saxony with Anna Loos in 2011, and Pohlmann who represented North Rhine-Westphalia in 2007.

14 of the 16 states awarded themselves the maximum of 12 points, with Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and North Rhine-Westphalia awarding themselves 8 points each.

Results

Draw	State	Artist	Song	English translation	Place	Points[3]
01	Rhineland-Palatinate	Mega! Mega! [de]	"Strobo"	—	10	31
02	Hesse	Sing um dein Leben [de]	"Unter meiner Haut"	Under my skin	11	29
03	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	Guaia Guaia [de]	"Terrorist"	—	16	8
04	Thuringia	Hannes Kinder [de] & Band	"Déjà-vu"	—	13	13
05	Hamburg	Johannes Oerding	"Nichts geht mehr"	The die is cast	2	145
06	Bavaria	Charly Bravo [de]	"Dreckige Namen"	Dirty names	14	12
07	Schleswig-Holstein	Luna Simao [de]	"Es geht bis zu den Wolken"	It reaches up to the clouds	6	68
08	North Rhine-Westphalia	Pohlmann	"Atmen"	Breathing	12	20
09	Saarland	DCVDNS [de]	"Eigentlich wollte Nate Dogg die Hook singen"	Actually, Nate Dogg wanted to sing the hook	5	91
10	Saxony-Anhalt	Adolar [de]	"Halleluja"	Hallelujah	15	12
11	Bremen	De fofftig Penns	"Löppt"	It works	7	61
12	Brandenburg	Keule [de]	"Ja genau!"	Yes exactly!	4	94
13	Baden-Württemberg	Max Herre feat. Sophie Hunger	"Fremde"	Strangers	8	51
14	Saxony	The toten Crackhuren im Kofferraum [de]	"Ich brauch keine Wohnung"	I don't need a flat	9	35
15	Lower Saxony	Bosse	"So oder so [de]"	So or so	1	153
16	Berlin	MC Fitti [de]	"Fitti mitm Bart"	Fitti with the beard	3	105

Scoreboard

		Voting results
	Baden-Württemberg	51	12	3	1	4	1	2	4	2	3	3	4	4	3	2	2	1
	Bavaria	12		12
	Berlin	105	6	6	12	8	6	5	7	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5
	Brandenburg	94	4	5	8	12	5	6	5	5	6	5	3	5	7	7	4	7
	Bremen	61	2	2	6	3	12	8	2	4	8	2	1	1	2	1	7
	Hamburg	145	8	10	7	7	8	12	10	10	10	12	8	7	8	8	10	10
	Hesse	29	3			1	2		12		2	1	5	2			1
	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	8								8
	Lower Saxony	153	10	7	10	10	10	10	8	12	12	10	10	8	10	10	8	8
	North Rhine-Westfalia	20						3				8					3	6
	Rhineland-Palatinate	31			2		7						12	10
	Saarland	91	7	8	4	5	3	4	6	7	4	6	7	12	5	5	5	3
	Saxony	35	1	1	3	6		1	1	1	1				12	4		4
	Saxony-Anhalt	12														12
	Schleswig-Holstein	68	5	4	5	2	4	7	3	3	5	4	2	3	4	3	12	2
	Thuringia	13													1			12