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Eurovision Song Contest 1986
Participating broadcaster	ARD – Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
Country	Germany
National selection
Selection process	Ein Lied für Bergen
Selection date(s)	27 March 1986
Selected artist(s)	Ingrid Peters
Selected song	"Über die Brücke geh'n"
Selected songwriter(s)	Hans Blum
Finals performance
Final result	8th, 62 points
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1985 • 1986 • 1987►

Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 with the song "Über die Brücke geh'n", written by Hans Blum, and performed by Ingrid Peters. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), selected their entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

Ein Lied für Bergen

Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) held the German national final, Ein Lied für Bergen, on 27 March at the Deutsches Theater in Munich, hosted by Sabrina Lallinger and Wenche Myhre. Myhre represented Germany in the 1968 Contest.

Twelve songs made it to the national final, which was broadcast by BR to ARD broadcasters across West Germany. The winner was decided by a sampling of 500 random West Germans who were meant to symbolize a fair representation of the country's population. Each person gave every song a vote, from 1 (for worst) to 12 (for best). Therefore, the theoretical "worst score" a song could receive would be 500, and the "best score" would be 6000.

The winning entry was "Über die Brücke geh'n", performed by Ingrid Peters and composed by Hans Blum.

At Eurovision

Peters was the fourteenth performer on the night of the Contest, following Belgium and preceding Cyprus. At the close of the voting the song had received 62 points, placing 8th in a field of 20 competing countries. The German jury awarded its 12 points to Luxembourg.

The show was watched by 10.88 million viewers in Germany.

Voting

Points awarded to Germany Score Country 12 points  United Kingdom 10 points 8 points  Austria  Ireland  Luxembourg 7 points  Belgium  Denmark 6 points 5 points  Sweden 4 points  Portugal 3 points 2 points  Finland 1 point  Yugoslavia

Points awarded by Germany Score Country 12 points  Luxembourg 10 points  Netherlands 8 points  Turkey 7 points  Denmark 6 points  Norway 5 points  United Kingdom 4 points  Sweden 3 points  Finland 2 points  Austria 1 point  Belgium

Notes

1. Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

References

1. "Final of Bergen 1986". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
2. Quotenmeter; AGF; GfK. "TV-Reichweite des Eurovision Song Contests in den Jahren 1976 bis 2023 nach der Anzahl der Zuschauer". Statista. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
3. ^ "Results of the Final of Bergen 1986". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

External links

• German National Final 1986

• Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986
• 1986 in German television