Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987
| Eurovision Song Contest 1987 | ||||
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| Country |  Germany | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Ein Lied für Brüssel | |||
| Selection date(s) | 26 March 1987 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Wind | |||
| Selected song | "Laß die Sonne in dein Herz" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 2nd, 141 points | |||
| Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Germany was represented by the band Wind, with the song "Laß die Sonne in dein Herz", at the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 9 April in Brussels. "Laß die Sonne in dein Herz" was the winner of the German national final, held on 26 March. This was the second of three appearances by Wind at Eurovision; they had previously finished second for Germany in 1985 and would return to the contest in 1992.
Final
The final was held at the Frankenhalle in Nuremberg, hosted by Christopher Deumling. 12 songs took part and the winner was chosen by a panel of approximately 500 people who had been selected as providing a representative cross-section of the German public. Other participants included the following year's German entrants Maxi & Chris Garden and Michael Hoffmann, who had represented Germany in 1983 as half of Hoffmann & Hoffmann with brother Günter (who had committed suicide in 1984).[1]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Informal translation | Votes | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helen Christie | "Lieder der Freiheit" | Songs of freedom | 3059 | 8 |
| 2 | Michael Hoffmann | "Ich geb' nicht auf" | I don't give up | 3190 | 5 |
| 3 | Rouge | "Einer von uns" | One of us | 3166 | 6 |
| 4 | Wind | "Laß die Sonne in dein Herz" | Let the sun into your heart | 4445 | 1 |
| 5 | Sandy Derix | "Träume tun weh" | Dreams hurt | 2902 | 11 |
| 6 | Bernd Schütz Band | "Visionen in der Nacht" | Visions in the night | 2929 | 10 |
| 7 | Michaela | "Das Licht eines neuen Morgens" | The light of a new morning | 3054 | 9 |
| 8 | Bernhard Brink | "So bin ich ohne dich" | That's the way I am without you | 3355 | 3 |
| 9 | Maxi & Chris Garden | "Frieden für die Teddybären" | Peace for the teddybears | 4370 | 2 |
| 10 | New Generation | "Viel zu schön" | Much too beautiful | 2864 | 12 |
| 11 | Denise | "Die Frau im Spiegel" | The woman in the mirror | 3320 | 4 |
| 12 | Cassy | "Aus" | Over | 3126 | 7 |
At Eurovision
On the night of the final Wind performed 16th in the running order, following France and preceding Cyprus. At the close of voting "Laß die Sonne in dein Herz" had received 141 points (including maximum 12s from Denmark and Iceland), placing Germany second of the 22 entries. Only Greece failed to award any points at all to the song. The 1987 result was very clear-cut, with Germany finishing 31 points behind contest winners Ireland and 38 points ahead of third-placed Italy. The German jury awarded its 12 points to Italy.[2]
Wind became the first act, and to date still the only one, to have finished in second place twice at Eurovision.