Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Country	Germany
National selection
Selection process	Germany 12 Points!
Selection date(s)	March 12, 2005
Selected entrant	Gracia
Selected song	"Run & Hide"
Finals performance
Final result	24th, 4 points
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest

Gracia represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Run and Hide". The song was composed and produced by David Brandes and written by Bernd Meinunger.

Gracia Arabella Baur was born in Munich and came to fame in the talent show 'Deutschland sucht den Superstar' ('Pop Idol').

Before Eurovision

Germany 12 Points!

The final was held on 12 March 2005 in Berlin. Other participants included Allee der Kosmonauten, Ellen ten Damme, Stefan Gwildis, Königwerq, Murphy Brothers, Orange Blue, Under One Flag, Villaine, and the Swiss singer Mia Aegerter. The winner was chosen in two rounds of televoting - the first to select the top 2 and the second to select the winner.

Final – 12 March 2005
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Televote	Place
1	The Murphy Brothers	"Picking Up the Pieces"	Andrew Murphy, Stephen Murphy	-	-
2	Ellen ten Damme	"Plattgeliebt"	Udo Lindenberg	-	-
3	Orange Blue	"A Million Teardrops"	Volkan Baydar, Fontaine Burnett, Bülent Aris	-	-
4	Königwerq	"Unschlagbar"	Dania König, Mathias Kiefer	-	-
5	Villaine	"Adrenalin"	Peter Power, Ully Jonas, Vera Viehöfer	-	-
6	Allee der Kosmonauten	"Dein Lied"	Mischa Marin	14.10%	3
7	Nicole Süßmilch & Marco Matias	"A Miracle of Love"	Ralph Siegel, John O'Flynn	22.69%	1
8	Gracia	"Run & Hide"	David Brandes, Jane Tempest, John O'Flynn	16.70%	2
9	Stefan Gwildis	"Wunderschönes Grau"	Stefan Gwildis, Michy Reincke	-	-
10	Mia Aegerter	"Alive"	Mia Aegerter, Julian Feifel	-	-

Superfinal – 12 March 2005
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place
1	Nicole Süßmilch & Marco Matias	"A Miracle of Love"	47.2%	2
2	Gracia	"Run & Hide"	52.8%	1

Controversy

"Run and Hide" stirred some controversy in Germany, when it turned out that Brandes had bought numerous copies of the CD himself so the song would chart high in the German Top 100. The song was temporarily disqualified from the chart listing, but Gracia's Eurovision appearance itself was never in any danger.

Voting

The spokesperson who revealed Germany's votes for other countries was comedian Thomas Hermanns.[1]

Points awarded by Germany

Semi final

12 points	Portugal
10 points	Croatia
8 points	Poland
7 points	Romania
6 points	Switzerland
5 points	Denmark
4 points	Finland
3 points	Israel
2 points	Macedonia
1 point	Austria

Final

12 points	Greece
10 points	Turkey
8 points	Malta
7 points	Latvia
6 points	Denmark
5 points	Israel
4 points	Switzerland
3 points	Serbia and Montenegro
2 points	Croatia
1 point	Moldova

Points awarded to Germany

Points awarded to Germany (final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points

5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
			Moldova Monaco

References

Philips, Roel (2005-05-17). "The 39 spokespersons!". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 2005-12-19. Retrieved 2009-04-28.

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[1] Philips, Roel (2005-05-17). "The 39 spokespersons!". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 2005-12-19. Retrieved 2009-04-28.