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Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978
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Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 with the song "Feuer", composed by Erich Leissman and Jean Frankfurter, with lyrics by John Möring, and performed by Ireen Sheer. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, Südwestfunk (SWF), selected its entry through a national final. This was the second of Sheer's three Eurovision appearances; she had previously represented Luxembourg in 1974 and would later represent Luxembourg in 1985 as a member of a six-piece ensemble.
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The 1978 German final is notable for the fact that voting was to be split in a 2:1 ratio between an "expert" jury and a panel of radio listeners but after hearing the songs, the expert jury decided that none was up to par and refused to vote, leaving the choice entirely in the hands of the radio panel.
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Before Eurovision
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National final
Südwestfunk (SWF) held the national final on 20 February 1978 at its studios in Baden-Baden, hosted by Detlef Werner and broadcast on radio only. 15 songs took part with the winner originally intended to be decided by a combination of expert jury and radio listeners. However, once all the songs had been performed the expert jury stated that if these were the best songs on offer, Germany would be well-advised to withdraw completely from the 1978 contest as all were substandard. As the jury refused to vote, SWF decided that the decision would therefore be made by the radio listeners alone. Each member of the radio panel scored each song between 1 and 10 and the song with the highest average score became the winner.
Other participants in the final included Cindy & Bert (Germany 1974); Peter, Sue and Marc (Switzerland 1971, 1976, 1979, and 1981); and Helena Vondráčková, Czechoslovakia's premier female vocalist who had won the Intervision Song Contest in 1977.
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At Eurovision
On the evening of the final Sheer performed 13th in the running order, following Turkey and preceding Monaco. At the close of voting "Feuer" had received 84 points from 14 countries, placing Germany 6th of the 20 entries.[1] The German jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners Israel.[2]
The show was watched by 8.9 million viewers in Germany.[3]
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