Bundesvision Song Contest 2005

The Bundesvision Song Contest 2005 was the first edition of the annual Bundesvision Song Contest musical event. The contest was held on 12 February 2005 at the König Pilsener Arena in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia.[1] The contest was hosted by Stefan Raab, Annette Frier, and Oliver Pocher in the green room.[2] It was the first Germany-wide music competition in this format.

Bundesvision Song Contest 2005
Dates
Final12 February 2005
Host
VenueKönig Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia
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 points to their top 10 songs.
Winning song Hesse
"Geile Zeit" by Juli
Bundesvision Song Contest → 2006

Origins

The concept of the Bundesvision Song Contest was first introduced during episode 657 of the late-night television comedy talk show TV total by presenter Stefan Raab on 20 December 2004. The structure of the Bundesvision Song Contest is very similar to that of the Eurovision Song Contest, held among European countries; the Bundesvision Song Contest uses the sixteen states of Germany, only songs with (at least partially) German-speaking text were allowed, Stefan Raab also announced that the winning state would host the Bundesvision Song Contest 2006.

From 17 January 2005, the participants and their states were presented on TV total, for four weeks a themed evening was organised for each artist, in addition to a discussion with Raab about the chosen song.

Because suitable representatives were not found for all states, some artists represented states, to which they had no or only a very indirect tie, earning some criticism of the contest, for example, Cologne based band Klee representing Saarland, and not North Rhine-Westphalia.

Contest overview

The winner of the Bundesvision Song Contest 2005 was alternative pop band Juli with the song "Geile Zeit", representing Hessen. In second place were Fettes Brot representing Schleswig-Holstein, and third place to Sido with Brainless Wankers [de] representing Berlin.[1][3][4]

14 of the 16 states awarded themselves the maximum of 12 points, with North Rhine-Westphalia, and Rhineland-Palatinate, awarding themselves 10 points each.

The contest was broadcast by ProSieben and watched by 3.23 million people (11% market share). In the 14-49 age range 2.55 million people watched the contest (21.2% market share).[3]

Results

DrawStateArtistSongEnglish translationRadio stationPlace[4]Points[1]
01  North Rhine-WestphaliaMamadee feat. Gentleman"Lass los"Let goRadio NRW [de]1510
02  HamburgSamy Deluxe"Generation"Tide 96.0 [de]944
03  Rhineland-PalatinateSandy feat. Manuellsen [de]"Unexpected"bigFM1510
04  BremenLukas Hilbert feat. Trina"Kommt meine Liebe nicht bei dir an"Does my love not reach to youEnergy Bremen [de]1131
05  BavariaSlut"Why Pourquoi (I Think I Like You)"Rock Antenne [de]1217
06  BrandenburgVirginia Jetzt!"Wahre Liebe"True love94,3 rs2 [de]854
07  Schleswig-HolsteinFettes Brot"Emanuela"delta radio2130
08  SaarlandKlee"Gold"Radio Salü [de]1037
09  SaxonyDe Randfichten"Jetzt geht die Party richtig los"Now the party really startsRadio PSR [de]671
10  Baden-WürttembergApocalyptica feat. Marta Jandová"Wie weit"How farbigFM577
11  Saxony-AnhaltJansen & Kowalski [de]"Mamacita"Radio Brocken [de]1315
12  HesseJuli"Geile Zeit"Great timeHit Radio FFH [de]1159
13  ThuringiaClueso"Kein Bock zu gehen"No desire to goRadio Top 40 [de]763
14  BerlinSido with Brainless Wankers [de]"Mama ist stolz"Mum is proudKiss FM3113
15  Mecklenburg-VorpommernDeichkind"Electric Super Dance Band"Antenne MV [de]1412
16  Lower SaxonyMousse T. with Emma Lanford [de]"Right About Now"radio ffn485

Scoreboard

Voting results
North Rhine-Westphalia1010
Hamburg441122528441122
Rhineland-Palatinate1010
Bremen3121123111316
Bavaria1711123
Brandenburg54112362524865
Schleswig-Holstein1308108886128886107788
Saarland37231412223251
Saxony71544713123868253
Baden-Württemberg774654545551235644
Saxony-Anhalt15312
Hesse15912812710810101010101210101010
Thuringia633532352245441263
Berlin113746671067777851277
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern1212
Lower Saxony8567710627636171412

Spokespersons

  • North Rhine-Westphalia – Tobias Häusler
  • Hamburg – Matthias Lorenz-Meyer & Beata Arnold
  • Rhineland-Palatinate – Carmen Christin Burger
  • Bremen – Bella Lesnik
  • Bavaria – Holger Barnsteiner
  • Brandenburg – Marcus Kaiser
  • Schleswig-Holstein – Kaya Laß
  • Saarland – Martina Straten
  • Saxony – Peter Imhof
  • Baden-Württemberg – Hans Blomberg
  • Sachsen-Anhalt – Thomas Schminke
  • Hesse – Johannes Scherer
  • Thuringia – Anne Voigt
  • Berlin – Boussa Thiam
  • Mecklenburg-Vorpommern – Jens Herrmann
  • Lower Saxony – Frank Schambor

References