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Eurovision Song Contest 1971
Eurovision Song Contest 1971
Participating broadcaster	ARD – Hessischer Rundfunk (HR)
Country	Germany
National selection
Selection process	Artist: Internal selection; Song: Ein Lied für Dublin
Selection date(s)	27 February 1971
Selected artist(s)	Katja Ebstein
Selected song	"Diese Welt"
Selected songwriter(s)	Dieter Zimmermann; Fred Jay;
Finals performance
Final result	3rd, 100 points
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest

Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1971 with the song "Diese Welt", composed by Dieter Zimmermann, with lyrics by Fred Jay, and performed by Katja Ebstein. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, Hessischer Rundfunk (HR), selected its entry through a national final, after having previously selected the performer internally. This was the second of Ebstein's three appearances for Germany at Eurovision and she became the second performer, after Margot Hielscher, to represent the country in successive years.

Before Eurovision

Ein Lied für Dublin

The final was held at the TV studios in Frankfurt, hosted by Günther Schramm. Ebstein performed six songs and the winner was chosen by a 10-member jury, who each awarded between 1 and 5 points to each song.^[1] Blue screen technology was used for most of Katja Ebstein's performances. Only the winning entry "Diese Welt" was performed with the orchestra seen in the background.

After the second and the fourth song, short interval acts were performed by British dance troupe Pamela Devis Ballet. They presented choreographies to "In the Summertime" by Mungo Jerry and the Ramsey Lewis Trio's instrumental version of "The 'In' Crowd". After the final performance, the Rosie Singers, who had served as background ensemble for the six performances, sang a medley of three previous Eurovision Song Contest winning entries: "Alles und noch viel mehr" (German version of "All Kinds of Everything" by Dana, 1970), "Boom Bang-a-Bang" (German version of the 1969 UK winning entry by Lulu) and "La, la, la" (1968 winning entry by Massiel for Spain).

**Final – 27 February 1971**
Draw	Song	Total	Place
Draw	Song	Total	Place	1	"Der Mensch lebt von der Liebe"	27	5
2	"Alle Menschen auf der Erde"	37	2
3	"Es wird wieder gescheh'n"	28	4
4	"Diese Welt"	43	1
5	"Ich bin glücklich mit dir"	25	6
6	"Ich glaube an die Liebe auf der Welt"	37	2

Detailed Jury Votes
Draw	Song	P. Fischer	E. Guttmann	K. Ludwig	G. Schmid	I. Stein	E. Friesch	H. Hirschmann	H. Wernstedt	K.D. Wulffen	E. Zalud	Total
1	"Der Mensch lebt von der Liebe"	2	4	2	3	4	2	4	3	2	1	27
2	"Alle Menschen auf der Erde"	3	3	5	2	5	2	3	5	5	4	37
3	"Es wird wieder gescheh'n"	2	2	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	28
4	"Diese Welt"	5	4	3	5	5	4	3	4	5	5	43
5	"Ich bin glücklich mit dir"	4	2	2	1	3	1	2	3	3	4	25
6	"Ich glaube an die Liebe auf der Welt"	4	5	1	4	4	3	5	4	4	3	37

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Ebstein performed 5th in the running order, following Switzerland and preceding Spain. Like Ebstein's 1970 entry "Wunder gibt es immer wieder", "Diese Welt" had a more contemporary feel than most of its competitors and had an effective build from a relatively quiet verse into a rousing chorus, allowing Ebstein to show her vocal range. At the close of voting, under the new system being trialled for the first time in the 1971 contest, "Diese Welt" had received 100 points, placing Germany third of the 18 entries, matching Ebstein's placing in 1970, at the time Germany's highest Eurovision finish.^[2]^[3]

Voting

Points awarded to Germany^[4]
Score	Country
10 points
9 points
8 points	France Spain
7 points	Belgium Monaco Portugal Yugoslavia
6 points	Austria Italy Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom
5 points	Finland Ireland Malta Netherlands
4 points	Norway
3 points
2 points	Luxembourg

Points awarded by Germany^[4]
Score	Country
10 points	Monaco
9 points
8 points
7 points	Austria Spain Yugoslavia
6 points	Italy Switzerland
5 points	France Portugal United Kingdom
4 points	Finland Ireland Netherlands Sweden
3 points	Malta
2 points	Belgium Luxembourg Norway