Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country	Germany
National selection
Selection process	Wer singt für Deutschland?
Selection date(s)	6 March 2008
Selected entrant	No Angels
Selected song	"Disappear"
Finals performance
Final result	23rd, 14 points
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest
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As a "Big 4" member (the four biggest financial contributors of the contest), Germany qualifies directly for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 alongside last year's winner Serbia and the three other "Big 4" members France, Spain and the United Kingdom.

Grand Prix Vorentscheid 2008

The German national final, "Grand Prix Vorentscheid 2008", was held on March 6, 2008 at the Schauspielhaus in Hamburg and hosted by Thomas Hermanns. The five competing acts were musical star Carolin Fortenbacher, pop group Marquess, rock group Cinema Bizarre, pop star Tommy Reeve and pop group No Angels.

In the first round of voting viewers voted for Carolin Fortenbacher and No Angels.

In the second and final round of voting No Angels got 50.5% of the votes, so that they will represent Germany with their song "Disappear" at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008.

Peter Urban is the commentator for the event.

Press conference

Draw	Artist	Song	Vote	Result
1	Marquess	La histeria (The hysteria)
2	Tommy Reeve	Just one woman
3	Cinema Bizarre	Forever or never
4	Carolin Fortenbacher	Hinterm Ozean (Behind the ocean)	49.5%	2
5	No Angels	Disappear	50.5%	1

At Eurovision

Germany performed in 4th position, behind Albania and before Armenia where they picked up 14 points.

Points Awarded by Germany

Semi final

12 points	Greece
10 points	Armenia
8 points	Azerbaijan
7 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
6 points	Russia
5 points	Poland
4 points	Israel
3 points	Romania
2 points	Finland
1 point	Norway

Final

12 points	Greece
10 points	Turkey
8 points	Serbia
7 points	Russia
6 points	Armenia
5 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
4 points	Portugal
3 points	Israel
2 points	Croatia
1 point	Azerbaijan

Points Awarded to Germany (Final)

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Bulgaria
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
			Switzerland

Commentators and spokespersons

• Commentators - Peter Urban - television & Tim Frühling - Radio (final)
• Spokespersons - Thomas Hermanns

External links

• German National Final page