Bundesvision Song Contest 2014

The Bundesvision Song Contest 2014 was the tenth edition of the annual Bundesvision Song Contest musical event. The contest was held on 20 September 2014 at the Lokhalle in Göttingen, Lower Saxony,^[1] following Bosse's win in the 2012 contest in Berlin with the song "So oder so". The contest was hosted by Stefan Raab, and Elton in the green room.^[2]

Bundesvision Song Contest 2014
Date and venue
Final	20 September 2014
Venue	Lokhalle, Göttingen, Lower Saxony
Organisation
Presenters	Stefan Raab 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	Bremen "Lass uns gehen" by Revolverheld
2013 ← Bundesvision Song Contest → 2015

Contest overview

The winner of the Bundesvision Song Contest 2014 was Revolverheld with the song "Lass uns gehen", representing Bremen.^[3] In second place were Jupiter Jones representing Rhineland-Palatinate, and third place to Teesy representing Saxony-Anhalt.^[4]

Returning artist include: Jupiter Jones (2011), Revolverheld (2006), Andreas Bourani (2011), Marteria (2009), Flo Mega (2011), DCVDNS (2013; member of Inglebirds) and Philipp Breitenstein (2013 with Hannes Kinder & Band; member of Duerer).

Max Mutzke is the first artist to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest (2004) and then enter the Bundesvision Song Contest. This is the reverse of previous artists Sandy Mölling, and Nadja Benaissa who both participated as No Angels for Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, before entering the Bundesvision Song Contest.

7 of the 16 states awarded themselves the maximum of 12 points, with Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Brandenburg, Hamburg, Hesse, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, and Saxony, awarding themselves 10, 10, 8, 7, 10, 10, 10, 10, and 10 points each respectively.

The contest was broadcast by ProSieben and watched by 1.44 million people, and was the highest rated competition since 2011.^[5]

Results

Draw	State	Artist	Song	English translation	Place	Points[4]
01	Bavaria	Andreas Bourani	"Auf anderen Wegen" (de)	On other ways	6	81
02	Hamburg	Nico Suave feat. Flo Mega [de]	"Gedicht"	Poem	10	28
03	Brandenburg	Kitty Kat	"Hochhaus"	Skyscraper	15	10
04	Saxony	Sebastian Hackel [de]	"Warum sie lacht"	Why she laughs	15	10
05	Baden-Württemberg	Max Mutzke	"Charlotte"	—	7	58
06	Thuringia	Duerer [de]	"Was gestern war"	What was yesterday	11	25
07	Saarland	Inglebirds [de]	"Getti"	—	14	12
08	Saxony-Anhalt	Teesy	"Keine Rosen"	No roses	3	102
09	Hesse	OK Kid	"Unterwasserliebe"	Underwater love	9	33
10	Lower Saxony	Sierra Kidd [de]	"20.000 Rosen"	20,000 roses	13	15
11	North Rhine-Westphalia	Maxim	"Alles versucht"	Tried everything	8	46
12	Schleswig-Holstein	Tonbandgerät [de]	"Alles geht"	Everything goes	5	87
13	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	Marteria	"Mein Rostock"	My Rostock	4	101
14	Rhineland-Palatinate	Jupiter Jones	"Plötzlich hält die Welt an"	Suddenly the world stops turning	2	124
15	Berlin	Miss Platnum	"Hüftgold Berlin"	Love handles Berlin	12	16
16	Bremen	Revolverheld	"Lass uns gehen" (de)	Let us go	1	180

Scoreboard

		Voting results
	Baden-Württemberg	58	10	7	3		3	3	5	2	3	6	6	1	2	1	4	2
	Bavaria	81	6	10	4	4	1	2	6	5	6	7	8	5	4	5	5	3
	Berlin	16	1		8	3				3		1
	Brandenburg	10			1	7										2
	Bremen	180	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	12	10	10	12	10	10	10
	Hamburg	28					7	10		1	1		2	4			3
	Hesse	33	2	3			4	4	10			2		7				1
	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	101	5	6	6	8	8	8	3	12	5	3	5	3	7	8	7	7
	Lower Saxony	15		1					1		10		1				2
	North Rhine-Westfalia	46	4	2	2	2	2	1	2	4	2	10	3	2	1	4	1	4
	Rhineland-Palatinate	124	7	5	7	10	10	6	8	8	7	5	12	8	8	7	8	8
	Saarland	12												12
	Saxony	10													10
	Saxony-Anhalt	102	8	8	10	6	5	5	7	6	4	8	7		5	12	6	5
	Schleswig-Holstein	87	3	4	5	5	6	7	4	7	8	4	4		6	6	12	6
	Thuringia	25				1								6	3	3		12