Were They Right? Germany in Eurovision 1956-2014 Quiz

Answer: TV presenting

2000 was the first time since 1996 that the contest was held on mainland Europe. Germany received three sets of 12 points and came fifth in the end. The song's title translates into German as 'What do you have there?'.

Answer: Unser Song für Dänemark

The song won the national selection with a six percent margin. Each artist presented two songs for the public to decide between, and Elaiza's other song was 'Fight Against Myself'. The spokesperson in the final was Helene Fischer, who hosts a popular TV talk show in Germany.

Answer: They scored nul points in both years

The song in 1964 'Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne' still holds the record for the longest Eurovision song title. Four countries scored nul points that year. Only an audio recording of the performance exists, as the video of the 1964 contest is believed to have been lost in a fire at the Danish TV archive. 1965 was the fourth consecutive contest in which four countries had failed to score.

Answer: 1972

Their giving of the 12 points to the Blitzkids Movement caused some disgust in the arena, because they had only given one point to LaBrassbanda, the current leaders at the time. Roos' placing of third in 1972 made it three third placed positions in a row.

In the selection, Roos' song was not very popular, and she admitted that it came as a surprise to her when she realised that she had won the selection.

Answer: 1998

The Big Five (originally called the Big Four) are the biggest financial contributors to the EBU so qualify for the final automatically, regardless of their position in previous contests. Some consider this to not be good, especially in recent years, because the Final is the first time viewers will hear their song, whereas all those who need to qualify perform twice. The evidence for this is that the only winner from the Big Five was in 2010.

Answer: Spanish

This was Germany's first win in the contest, only to be repeated 28 years later in 2010. The English version of her song went straight to number one in Britain. Nicole won by a rather large margin of 61 points. The contest was watched by over 13 million people in West Germany. One of the most astounding statistics was that Germany received nine sets of twelve points, receiving the top score from half of the participating countries.

The next best countries could only manage to score twelve twice.

Answer: They came second both times

In 1985, Germany were the favourites and led the vote but when the United Kingdom delivered their votes, giving just one point to Germany, Norway took the lead and won the contest from there. The band was formed in 1985, so competed in Eurovision in the same year. Wind are the only act to ever finish second in the contest on two occasions.

Incredibly, the band is still active more than 20 years after it was formed. Since 1997, over 15 singles have been released by Wind; many of them were popular with German listeners.

Answer: Swings

The group came 20th overall, scoring 35 points. The song was internally selected; this came as a surprise because Germany usually opts for a national final. The American burlesque model Dita von Teese accompanied their song. The song was given seven points by both Denmark and the United Kingdom and then some sets of six, three, two and one point(s).

Their song 'Miss Kiss Kiss Bang' peaked at number 20 in the German singles chart.

Answer: Berlin

It is a little known fact that the Eurovision Song Contest has never been held in Berlin, the capital of Germany, despite participating since 1956. The second contest was hosted in Frankfurt, in 1957. Their hosting in 2011 was in Düsseldorf and the 1983 contest was hosted in Munich. Berlin hosts many Eurovision-related events around the time of the contest, and the contest is often shown in public on a large screen.

Answer: Peter Urban

Peter Urban is a German musician and radio host. Due to illness in 2009, he could not commentate on the 2009 contest so Tim Frühling, who would usually commentate on radio, filled in. In addition to the main contest, Urban has also commentated on the Eurovision Dance Contest since 2007, but as of now, only two Eurovision Dance Contests have been hosted.