Year: | 1964 |
Broadcaster: | ARD – German: [[Hessischer Rundfunk]]|i=no (HR) |
Country: | Germany |
Preselection: | German: Ein Lied für Kopenhagen |
Preselection Date: | 11 January 1964 |
Entrant: | Nora Nova |
Song: | German: Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne|i=no |
Final Result: | 13th, 0 points |
Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 with the song "German: Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne|i=no", composed by Rudi von der Dovenmühle, with lyrics by Niels Nobach, and performed by Nora Nova. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, German: [[Hessischer Rundfunk]]|i=no (HR), selected its entry through a national final.
"German: Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne|i=no" held the joint record for the longest ever song title in a Eurovision final alongside "French: [[C'est le dernier qui a parlé qui a raison]]|i=no" which represented until both were succeeded by "The Social Network Song (Oh Oh - Uh - Oh Oh)" which represented . That song was itself succeeded by "Estonian: (nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi|i=no" which represented .
The final was held at the TV studios in Frankfurt, hosted by Hilde Nocker. Six songs took part, with the winner chosen by an "expert" jury and a public jury. Only the scores and placements of the top three songs are currently known.[1]
Draw | Artist | Song | Votes | Place | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Fred Bertelmann | "Das macht dein Lächeln, Mona Lisa" | 19 | 3 | |
2 | Peter Kirsten | "Regenbogen, Regenbogen" | 18 | 4 | |
3 | René Kollo | "Wie vom Wind verweht" | 0 | 6 | |
4 | Gitta Lind | "Ein Chanson in der Nacht" | 27 | 2 | |
5 | Nora Nova | "Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne" | 38 | 1 | |
6 | Gerhard Wendland | "Wohin ist der Sommer?" | 15 | 5 |
On the night of the final Nova performed 9th in the running order, following the and preceding . Only an audio recording of Nova's performance survives, as the video master of the 1964 contest is believed to have been lost in a fire at the DR archive during the 1970s, and no other broadcaster had kept a copy. Voting was by each national jury awarding 5-3-1 to their top 3 songs, and at the close "German: Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne|i=no" was one of four songs (along with the entries from,, and) which had failed to pick up a single point. This was the third consecutive contest in which four countries had failed to score, and a first nul-points for Germany. The German jury awarded its 5 points to .[2]
Germany did not receive any points at the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest.[3]