| Year: | 1990 |
| Country: | Germany |
| Preselection: | Ein Lied für Zagreb |
| Preselection Date: | March 29, 1990 |
| Entrant: | Chris Kempers and Daniel Kovac |
| Song: | Frei zu leben |
| Final Result: | 9th, 60 points |
Germany and ARD used a national selection to select the entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1990, with the winner being chosen by televoting. Chris Kempers and Daniel Kovac were chosen as the winners with the song "Frei zu leben".
The final took place on 29 March 1990 at the German Theatre in Munich and was hosted by Hape Kerkeling. Ten acts presented their entries live and the winner was selected by public televoting.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Televote | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isabel Varell | "Melodie d'amour" | Drafi Deutscher, Anna Rubach | 3,867 | 6 | |
| 2 | Chris Kempers and Daniel Kovac | "Frei zu leben" | Ralph Siegel, Michael Kunze | 11,955 | 1 | |
| 3 | Jürgen Drews | "Alpenglühn" | Hanne Haller, Bernd Meinunger | 1,267 | 9 | |
| 4 | Mara Laurien | "Wetten, dass..." | Joachim Heider, Roland Kaiser, Friedhelm Lehmann | 2,601 | 7 | |
| 5 | Bandit | "Alles was ich haben will" | Clemens Werner | 4,064 | 5 | |
| 6 | Divo | "Melissa" | Mino Siciliano, Michele Centoza, Deborah Sasson | 6,004 | 4 | |
| 7 | Xanadu | "Paloma Blue" | Tony Hendrik, Karin van Haaren, Anna Rubach | 8,534 | 2 | |
| 8 | Kennzeichen D | "Wieder zusamm" | Erich Virch, Diether Dehm, Martin Engelien | 2,454 | 8 | |
| 9 | Malibu | "Eine Nacht voll Zärtlichkeit" | Uwe Busse, Karlheinz Rupprich | 1,180 | 10 | |
| 10 | Starlight | "Hollywood ist besser als Latein" | Günther Behrle | 6,723 | 3 |
"Frei zu leben" was performed thirteenth on the night, following Switzerland and preceding France. At the close of voting, it had received 60 points, placing 9th of 22 countries competing.[1]
The show was watched by 7.02 million viewers in Germany.[2]