| Bundesvision Song Contest | |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Final: | 13 February 2009 |
| Winner: | "Schwarz zu blau" by Peter Fox |
| Vote: | Each state awards 12, 10, 8–1 points to their top 10 songs. |
| Venue: | , Potsdam, Brandenburg |
| Interval: | "Auf Kiel" by Subway to Sally |
The Bundesvision Song Contest 2009 was the fifth edition of the annual Bundesvision Song Contest musical event. The contest was held on 13 February 2009 at the in Potsdam, Brandenburg, following Subway to Sally's win in the 2008 contest in Lower Saxony with the song "Auf Kiel".[1] The contest was hosted by Stefan Raab, Johanna Klum, and Elton in the green room.[2] This was the first contest in which a public service broadcaster, Bayern 3, supported the contest.
The participants and their states were announced between 19 January and 12 February 2009 on TV total.[3] [4]
The winner of the Bundesvision Song Contest 2009 was Peter Fox with the song "Schwarz zu blau", representing Berlin, the state's second win. In second place was Polarkreis 18 representing Saxony, and third place to Rage representing North Rhine-Westphalia.[5] [6] Fox had already participated in the Bundesvision Song Contest 2006 as part of winning band Seeed which also represented Berlin. had also represented Thuringia in 2007 along with . competed in 2007 also for Brandenburg as part of .
10 of the 16 states awarded themselves the maximum of 12 points, with Brandenburg, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saxony-Anhalt, and Schleswig-Holstein awarding themselves 10 points each.
| Draw | State | Artist | Song | English translation | Place | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Fräulein Wunder | "Sternradio" | Star radio | 6 | 53 | ||
| 02 | "Mein Name ist" | My name is | 14 | 21 | |||
| 03 | Marteria | "Zum König geboren" | Born to be king | 12 | 23 | ||
| 04 | "Generation Monoton" | Generation Monotone | 16 | 10 | |||
| 05 | Rage | "Gib dich nie auf" | Never give yourself up | 3 | 112 | ||
| 06 | "Pandora (Kiss Miss Tragedy)" | — | 6 | 53 | |||
| 07 | "Jaqueline (ich hab Berlin gekauft)" | Jaqueline (I've bought Berlin) | 9 | 37 | |||
| 08 | "I wui dass du woasst" | I want you to know | 10 | 34 | |||
| 09 | "Bis auf letzte Nacht" | Except for last night | 8 | 44 | |||
| 10 | Fotos | "Du fehlst mir" | I'm missing you | 15 | 12 | ||
| 11 | "Urlaub am Attersee" | Holidays on the Attersee | 11 | 25 | |||
| 12 | "Unter Grund" | Underground | 12 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Polarkreis 18 | "The Colour of Snow" | — | 2 | 131 | ||
| 14 | Cassandra Steen | "Darum leben wir" | That's why we live | 4 | 103 | ||
| 15 | Olli Schulz | "" | Do the Big Bird | 5 | 73 | ||
| 16 | Peter Fox | "Schwarz zu blau" | Black to blue | 1 | 174 |
| Voting results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hesse | 53 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saarland | 21 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 23 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saxony-Anhalt | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Rhine-Westphalia | 112 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thuringia | 53 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brandenburg | 37 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bavaria | 34 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schleswig-Holstein | 44 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lower Saxony | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bremen | 25 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhineland-Palatinate | 23 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saxony | 131 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baden-Württemberg | 103 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hamburg | 73 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Berlin | 174 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||