The Bundesvision Song Contest is an annual competition created by German TV entertainer Stefan Raab in 2005. For each of the 16 states of Germany a song is chosen by regional radio stations. The songs are performed on live television in order to find the most popular song in the competition. The TV format makes use of premium-priced viewer interactivity, with viewers voting for their favorite songs by mobile telephone texting or calling. The show is loosely based on the Eurovision Song Contest and its rules aim at promoting German-language music by requiring that at least 50 percent of the lyrics have to be performed in German.

Contents 1 History 2 The German states 3 Bundesvision Song Contest 2005 4 Bundesvision Song Contest 2006 5 Bundesvision Song Contest 2007 6 Bundesvision Song Contest 2008 7 Bundesvision Song Contest 2009 8 Bundesvision Song Contest 2010 9 Total Ranking 10 Host cities 11 External links

[edit] History

Stefean Raab wrote the music for the German entry in the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest, Guildo Horn's Guildo Hat Euch Lieb!, and represented Germany in the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest with Wadde Hadde Dudde Da?. Raab cast the German entry for the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest on his show in a competition he called SSDSGPS (Stefan sucht den Super-Grand-Prix-Star, Stefan seeks the super Grand-Prix star, mocking Deutschland sucht den SuperStar - DSDS, the German version of Pop Idol). The winner of this casting, Maximilian Mutzke, came in 8th place at the ESC.

Bored with the Eurovision Song Contest, Raab came up with the Bundesvision Song Contest in 2005 (The Federal Republic of Germany officially being called Bundesrepublik Deutschland in German). The contest featured representatives from each of the 16 German states (Bundesländer) and stipulated that their song had to be (at least partly) in German.

[edit] The German states

1	Baden-Württemberg
2	Bavaria
3	Berlin
4	Brandenburg
5	Bremen
6	Hamburg
7	Hesse
8	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
9	Lower Saxony
10	North Rhine-Westphalia
11	Rhineland-Palatinate
12	Saarland
13	Saxony
14	Saxony-Anhalt
15	Schleswig-Holstein
16	Thuringia

[edit] Bundesvision Song Contest 2005

Host: König Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, 12 February, 2005

Rank	Represented Bundesland	Participant	Song (and translation, where appropriate)	Points
1	Hesse	Juli	Geile Zeit (An awesome time)	159
2	Schleswig-Holstein	Fettes Brot	Emanuela	130
3	Berlin	Sido	Mama ist stolz (Mum is proud)	113
4	Lower Saxony	Mousse T. & Emma Lanford	Right About Now	85
5	Baden-Württemberg	Apocalyptica feat. Marta Jandová	Wie weit (How far)	77
6	Saxony	De Randfichten	Jetzt geht die Party richtig los (Now the party's really starting)	71
7	Thuringia	Clueso	Kein Bock zu geh'n (Don't feel like leaving)	63
8	Brandenburg	Virginia Jetzt!	Wahre Liebe (True love)	54
9	Hamburg	Samy Deluxe	Generation	44
10	Saarland	Klee	Gold (Gold)	37
11	Bremen	Lukas Hilbert	Kommt meine Liebe nicht bei dir an (Doesn't my love reach you)	31
12	Bavaria	Slut	Why Pourquoi (I Think I Like You)	17
13	Saxony-Anhalt	Jansen & Kowalski	Mamacita	15
14	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	Deichkind	Electric Super Dance Band	12
15	North Rhine-Westphalia  Rhineland-Palatinate	Mamadee feat. Gentleman Sandy	Lass los (Let go) Unexpected	10

[edit] Bundesvision Song Contest 2006

Host: Arena Wetzlar, Wetzlar, Hesse, 9 February, 2006

Rank	Represented Bundesland	Participant	Song (and translation, where appropriate)	Points
1	Berlin	Seeed	Ding (Thing)	151
2	Bremen	Revolverheld	Freunde bleiben (Staying friends)	136
3	Thuringia	In Extremo	Liam	134
4	Hesse	Nadja Benaissa	Ich hab dich (I've got you)	104
5	Hamburg	OleSoul	Hamburg & Cologne	70
6	Lower Saxony	Marlon	Was immer du willst (Whatever you want)	59
7	Bavaria	TipTop	TipTop	53
8	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	Pyranja	Nie wieder (Never again)	50
9	Baden-Württemberg	Massive Töne	Mein Job (My job)	47
10	Brandenburg	Diane Weigmann	Hast du kurz Zeit? (Got some time?)	35
11	Schleswig-Holstein	TempEau	Schöner Tag (Beautiful day)	26
12	Rhineland-Palatinate	200 Sachen	Sekt zum Frühstück (Sekt for breakfast)	18
13	Saarland	Reminder	Augen zu (und rein) (Close your eyes and into it)	17
14	Saxony-Anhalt	Toni Kater	Liebe ist (Love is)	12
15	Saxony	Die Raketen	Popsong (Pop song)	10
16	North Rhine-Westphalia	AK4711	Kein schönerer Land (No country more beautiful)	6

[edit] Bundesvision Song Contest 2007

Host: Tempodrom, Berlin, 9 February, 2007

Rank	Represented Bundesland	Participant	Song (and translation, where appropriate)	Points
1	Lower Saxony	Oomph! feat. Marta Jandová	Träumst du (Are you dreaming)	147
2	Hamburg	Jan Delay	Feuer (Fire)	138
3	Schleswig-Holstein	Kim Frank	Lara	101
4	Berlin	MIA.	Zirkus (Circus)	96
5	North Rhine-Westphalia	Pohlmann	Mädchen und Rabauken (Girls and roughnecks)	95
6	Thuringia	Northern Lite feat. Chapeau Claque	Enemy	88
7	Hesse	D-Flame	Mom Song	67
8	Saxony-Anhalt	Jenna+Ron	Jung und willig (Young and willing)	56
9	Bavaria	Anajo feat. Suzie Kerstgens	Wenn du nur wüsstest (If you only knew)	33
10	Baden-Württemberg	Tele	Mario	23
11	Bremen	Lea Finn	Ich weiß und du weißt (I know and you know)	20
12	Saarland	B-Stinged Butterfly	Liebe (Love)	17
13	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern  Saxony	Melotron Manja	Das Herz (The heart) Es ist Liebe (It's love)	13
15	Brandenburg	Beatplanet	Dreh dich um und geh (Turn around and leave)	11
16	Rhineland-Palatinate	Kalle feat. M.A.R.S. Allstars	Aber Nice (But nice)	10

[edit] Bundesvision Song Contest 2008

Host: TUI Arena, Hanover, Lower Saxony, 14 February, 2008

Rank	Represented Bundesland	Participant	Song (and translation, where appropriate)	Points
1	Brandenburg	Subway to Sally	Auf Kiel (On keel)	147
2	Thuringia	Clueso	Keinen Zentimeter (No centimetre)	146
3	Saxony-Anhalt	Down Below	Sand in meiner Hand (Sand in my hand)	96
4	Lower Saxony	Madsen	Nachtbaden (Night bathing)	94
5	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	Jennifer Rostock	Kopf oder Zahl (Heads or tails)	79
6	Schleswig-Holstein	Panik	Was würdest du tun? (What would you do?)	75
7	Berlin	Culcha Candela	Chica	66
8	Hesse	Rapsoul	König der Welt (King of the world)	51
9	Baden-Württemberg	Laith Al-Deen	Du (You)	46
10	Bavaria	Sportfreunde Stiller	Antinazibund (Anti-Nazi alliance)	32
11	Bremen	paulsrekorder	Anna	20
12	Hamburg	Das Bo	Ohne Bo (Without Bo)	19
13	Rhineland-Palatinate	Peilomat	Jenny	17
14	North Rhine-Westphalia	Sisters	Unite	16
15	Saxony	Far East Band feat. Dean Dawson	Unfassbar (Unfathomably)	12
15	Saarland	Casino Zero	Gib mir einen Blick (Give me a look)	12

[edit] Bundesvision Song Contest 2009

Host: Metropolis-Halle, Potsdam, Brandenburg, 13 February, 2009

Rank	Represented Bundesland	Participant	Song (and translation, where appropriate)	Points
1	Berlin	Peter Fox	Schwarz zu blau (Black to blue)	174
2	Saxony	Polarkreis 18	The Colour of Snow	131
3	North Rhine-Westphalia	Rage	Gib dich nie auf (Never give yourself up)	112
4	Baden-Württemberg	Cassandra Steen	Darum Leben Wir (That's why we live)	103
5	Hamburg	Olli Schulz	Mach den Bibo! (Do the Big Bird!)	73
6	Hesse	Fräulein Wunder	Sternradio (Star radio)	53
6	Thuringia	Chapeau Claque	Pandora (Kiss Miss Tragedy)	53
8	Schleswig-Holstein	Ruben Cossani	Bis auf letzte Nacht (Until last night)	44
9	Brandenburg	Sven van Thom	Jaqueline (Ich hab Berlin gekauft) (Jaqueline (I've bought Berlin))	37
10	Bavaria	Claudia Koreck	I wui dass du woasst (I want you to know)	34
11	Bremen	FlowinImmo et les Freaqz	Urlaub am Attersee (Holiday on Attersee)	25
12	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	Marteria	Zum König geboren (Born to be king)	23
12	Rhineland-Palatinate	Pascal Finkenauer	Unter Grund (Under Ground)	23
14	Saarland	P:lot	Mein Name ist (My name is)	21
15	Lower Saxony	Fotos	Du fehlst mir (I'm missing you)	12
16	Saxony-Anhalt	Angelas Park	Generation Monoton (Generation Monotone)	10

[edit] Bundesvision Song Contest 2010

Host: Berlin

[edit] Total Ranking

Ranking
Rank	Bundesland	Points	Wins
1	Berlin	600	2
2	Thuringia	484	0
3	Hesse	434	1
4	Lower Saxony	397	1
5	Schleswig-Holstein	376	0
6	Hamburg	344	0
7	Baden-Württemberg	296	0
8	Brandenburg	284	1
9	North Rhine-Westphalia	239	0
10	Saxony	237	0
11	Bremen	232	0
12	Saxony-Anhalt	189	0
13	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	177	0
14	Bavaria	169	0
15	Saarland	104	0
16	Rhineland-Palatinate	78	0

[edit] Host cities

1 Time

• Hanover (2008)
• Oberhausen (2005)
• Potsdam (2009)
• Wetzlar (2006)

2 Times

• Berlin (2007, 2010)

[edit] External links

• Information to BuViSoCo 2005 on tvtotal.de
• Information to BuViSoCo 2006 on tvtotal.de
• Information to BuViSoCo 2007 on tvtotal.de
• Information to BuViSoCo 2008 on tvtotal.de
• Information to BuViSoCo 2009 on tvtotal.de