Bundesvision Song Contest 2008

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Bundesvision Song Contest 2008
Dates
Final14 February 2008
Host
VenueTUI Arena, Hanover, Lower Saxony
Presenter(s)
  • A coloured map of the states of GermanyBerlinBremenBremenHamburgLower SaxonyBavariaSaarlandSchleswig-HolsteinSchleswig-HolsteinBrandenburgSaxonyThuringiaSaxony-AnhaltMecklenburg-VorpommernBaden-WürttembergHesseNorth Rhine-WestphaliaRhineland-Palatinate
    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 systemEach state awards 12, 10, 8–1 point(s) to their top 10 songs.
Winning song Brandenburg
"Auf Kiel" by Subway to Sally
2007 ← Bundesvision Song Contest → 2009

The Bundesvision Song Contest 2008 was the fourth edition of the annual Bundesvision Song Contest musical event. The contest was held on 14 February 2008 at the TUI Arena in Hanover, Lower Saxony,[1] following Oomph! feat. Marta Jandová's win in the 2007 contest in Berlin with the song "Träumst du?".[2] The show was hosted by Stefan Raab, Johanna Klum, and Elton in the green room.[3]

At the beginning of the contest, the Minister President of Lower Saxony Christian Wulff was welcomed into the arena and presented as a "patron" of the contest.[4]

Contest overview[edit]

The participants and their states were announced between 21 January and 13 February 2008 on TV total.[5]

The winner of the Bundesvision Song Contest 2008 was Subway to Sally with the song "Auf Kiel", representing Brandenburg. In second place was Clueso representing Thuringia, and third place to Down Below representing Saxony-Anhalt.[6][7]

Returning artists include: Clueso who participated for Thuringia for a second time after the 2005 contest. Peter Brugger returns as a member of Sportfreunde Stiller, having previously appeared in the band TipTop in 2006, both for Bavaria. Mamadee, who took part in 2005 with Gentleman, returns as part of the band Sisters, both for North Rhine-Westphalia. Favourites, established groups, and artists such as Sportfreunde Stiller, Laith Al-Deen, and Culcha Candela did not fare well compared to many newcomers to the contest.

15 of the 16 states awarded themselves the maximum of 12 points, with North Rhine-Westphalia awarding themselves 10 points.

The contest was broadcast by ProSieben and watched by 1.58 million people (8% market share).[1] In the 14-49 age range 1.31 million people watched the contest (15% market share). Since the first competition in 2005, the number of viewers has fallen continuously, but the market share has increased from 7.6% in 2007,[2] to 8% in 2008.[8]

On 29 February 2008, 12 of the 16 songs placed in the top 100 of the German charts, with eight in the top 50. Clueso, and Das Bo's songs went straight to numbers 15 and 16 respectively.[9]

Results[edit]

Draw State Artist Song English translation Radio station Place Points[7]
01  Hamburg Das Bo [de] "Ohne Bo [de]" Without Bo Energy Hamburg [de] 12 19
02  Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Jennifer Rostock "Kopf oder Zahl" Heads or tails Antenne MV [de] 5 79
03  Hesse Rapsoul "König der Welt" King of the world Hit Radio FFH [de] 8 51
04  Saarland Casino Zero "Gib mir einen Blick" Give me a look Radio Salü [de] 15 12
05  Saxony Far East Band [de] feat. Dean Dawson [de] "Unfassbar" Unfathomably Leipzig 91 Punkt 3 15 12
06  Saxony-Anhalt Down Below [de] "Sand in meiner Hand [de]" Sand in my hand Rockland [de] 3 96
07  Bremen Paulsrekorder [de] "Anna" Energy Bremen [de] 11 20
08  Schleswig-Holstein Panik "Was würdest du tun?" What would you do? Radio Flensburg 6 75
09  Brandenburg Subway to Sally "Auf Kiel [de]" On keel 94.5 Radio Cottbus [de] 1 147
10  North Rhine-Westphalia Sisters "Unite" Radio NRW [de] 14 16
11  Rhineland-Palatinate Peilomat [de] "Jenny" RPR1 [de] 13 17
12  Thuringia Clueso "Keinen Zentimeter" No centimetre Radio Top 40 [de] 2 146
13  Bavaria Sportfreunde Stiller "Antinazibund" Anti-Nazi alliance Energy 10 32
14  Berlin Culcha Candela "Chica" Energy Berlin [de] 7 66
15  Baden-Württemberg Laith Al-Deen "Du" You Radio Regenbogen [de] 9 46
16  Lower Saxony Madsen "Nachtbaden" Night bathing radio ffn 4 94

Scoreboard[edit]

Voting results
Hamburg 19 12 1 6
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 79 7 12 3 3 5 6 4 7 7 2 7 2 6 7 1
Hesse 51 3 12 7 1 8 1 2 2 4 1 1 2 1 6
Saarland 12 12
Saxony 12 12
Saxony-Anhalt 96 4 7 6 5 7 5 6 12 5 7 8 6 5 6 7
Bremen 20 3 12 1 4
Schleswig-Holstein 75 5 4 2 4 3 3 12 4 5 6 2 5 4 7 4 5
Brandenburg 147 6 8 10 8 10 5 10 12 8 12 10 10 10 10 8 10
North Rhine-Westphalia 16 1 1 10 1 1 2
Rhineland-Palatinate 17 2 3 12
Thuringia 146 10 10 8 10 8 10 8 10 10 8 8 12 8 8 10 8
Bavaria 32 2 2 6 3 3 4 12
Berlin 66 2 5 4 2 4 3 8 4 4 5 3 5 3 12 2
Baden-Württemberg 46 7 1 1 2 1 1 6 2 7 12 3 3
Lower Saxony 94 8 6 5 6 4 7 7 5 6 7 3 6 3 4 5 12

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Procon installs largest Martin LED wall for Bundesvision Song Contest". LEDs Magazine. 24 April 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b Groth, Susanne (10 February 2007). "Gothic-Rocker von Oomph! siegen" [Gothic rock band Oomph! win]. Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Bundesvision Song Contest". fernsehserien.de (in German). Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Bundesvision Song Contest: Subway to Sally gewinnt bei Stefan Raab" [Bundesvision Song Contest 2008: Subway to Sally win Raab's Song Contest]. T-Online (in German). 12 February 2008. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Der "Bundesvision Song Contest 2008" steigt in Hannover / Starke Besetzung bei Stefan Raabs Grand Prix der Bundesländer" [The "Bundesvision Song Contest 2008" rises in Hanover / Strong cast in Stefan Raab's Grand Prix of the states]. Brainpool TV (in German). 6 December 2007. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  6. ^ "Subway to Sally gewinnt" [Subway to Sally win]. Die Tageszeitung (in German). 15 February 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  7. ^ a b "Bundesvision Song Contest". fan-lexikon.de (in German). Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  8. ^ Krei, Alexander (15 February 2008). "Raabs "Song Contest" schon wieder mit Verlusten" [Raab's "Song contest" again with losses]. Quotenmeter.de (in German). Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  9. ^ "Der "Bundesvision Song Contest 2008" stürmt die Charts" [The "Bundesvision Song Contest 2008' storms the charts]. Brainpool TV (in German). 26 February 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2015.

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