Bundesvision Song Contest 2008

The Bundesvision Song Contest 2008 was the fourth edition of the annual Bundesvision Song Contest musical event. The contest was held on 14 February 2008 at the TUI Arena in Hanover, Lower Saxony,[1] following Oomph! feat. Marta Jandová's win in the 2007 contest in Berlin with the song "Träumst Du?".[2] The show was hosted by Stefan Raab, Johanna Klum, and Elton in the green room.[3] At the beginning of the contest, the Minister President of Lower Saxony Christian Wulff was welcomed into the arena and presented as a "patron" of the contest.[4]

Bundesvision Song Contest 2008
Dates
Grand final	14 February 2008
Venue	TUI Arena, Hanover, Lower Saxony
Presenter(s)	Stefan Raab Johanna Klum Elton
Participants
Participation map Legend      1st place     2nd place     3rd place     4th place     5th place     6th place     7th place     8th place     9th place     10th place     11th place     12th place     13th place     14th place     15th place     16th place
Vote
Voting system	Each state awards 12, 10, 8–1 point(s) to their top 10 songs.
Winning song	Brandenburg "Auf Kiel" by Subway to Sally

The participants and their states were announced between 21 January and 13 February 2008 on TV total.[5]

The winner of the Bundesvision Song Contest 2008 was Subway to Sally with the song "Auf Kiel", representing Brandenburg. In second place was Clueso representing Thuringia, and third place to Down Below representing Saxony-Anhalt.[6][7]

Returning artists include: Clueso who participated for Thuringia for a second time after the 2005 contest. Peter Brugger returns as a member of Sportfreunde Stiller, having previously appeared in the band TipTop in 2006, both for Bavaria. Mamadee, who took part in 2005 with Gentleman, returns as part of the band Sisters, both for North Rhine-Westphalia. Favourites, established groups, and artists such as Sportfreunde Stiller, Laith Al-Deen, and Culcha Candela did not fare well compared to many newcomers to the contest.

15 of the 16 states awarded themselves the maximum of 12 points, with North Rhine-Westphalia awarding themselves 10 points.

The contest was broadcast by ProSieben and watched by 1.58 million people (8% market share).[1] In the 14-49 age range 1.31 million people watched the contest (15% market share). Since the first competition in 2005, the number of viewers has fallen continuously, but the market share has increased from 7.6% in 2007,[2] to 8% in 2008.[8]

On 29 February 2008, 12 of the 16 songs placed in the top 100 of the German charts, with eight in the top 50. Clueso, and Das Bo's songs went straight to numbers 15 and 16 respectively.[9]

Results

Draw	State	Artist	Song	English translation	Radio station	Place	Points[7]
01	Hamburg	Das Bo	"Ohne Bo"	Without Bo	Energy Hamburg	12	19
02	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	Jennifer Rostock	"Kopf oder Zahl"	Heads or tails	Antenne MV	5	79
03	Hesse	Rapsoul	"König der Welt"	King of the world	Hit Radio FFH	8	51
04	Saarland	Casino Zero	"Gib mir einen Blick"	Give me a look	Radio Salü	15	12
05	Saxony	Far East Band feat. Dean Dawson	"Unfassbar"	Unfathomably	Leipzig 91 Punkt 3	15	12
06	Saxony-Anhalt	Down Below	"Sand in meiner Hand"	Sand in my hand	Rockland	3	96
07	Bremen	Paulsrekorder	"Anna"	—	Energy Bremen	11	20
08	Schleswig-Holstein	Panik	"Was würdest du tun?"	What would you do?	Radio Flensburg	6	75
09	Brandenburg	Subway to Sally	"Auf Kiel"	On keel	94.5 Radio Cottbus	1	147
10	North Rhine-Westphalia	Sisters	"Unite"	—	Radio NRW	14	16
11	Rhineland-Palatinate	Peilomat	"Jenny"	—	RPR1	13	17
12	Thuringia	Clueso	"Keinen Zentimeter"	No centimetre	Radio Top 40	2	146
13	Bavaria	Sportfreunde Stiller	"Antinazibund"	Anti-Nazi alliance	Energy	10	32
14	Berlin	Culcha Candela	"Chica"	—	Energy Berlin	7	66
15	Baden-Württemberg	Laith Al-Deen	"Du"	You	Radio Regenbogen	9	46
16	Lower Saxony	Madsen	"Nachtbaden"	Night bathing	radio ffn	4	94

Scoreboard

		Voting results
	Hamburg	19	12	1					6
	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	79	7	12	3	3	5	6	4	7	7	2		7	2	6	7	1
	Hesse	51		3	12	7	1	8	1	2	2		4	1	1	2	1	6
	Saarland	12				12
	Saxony	12					12
	Saxony-Anhalt	96	4	7	6	5	7		5	6	12	5	7	8	6	5	6	7
	Bremen	20	3					12		1								4
	Schleswig-Holstein	75	5	4	2	4	3	3	12	4	5	6	2	5	4	7	4	5
	Brandenburg	147	6	8	10	8	10	5	10	12	8	12	10	10	10	10	8	10
	North Rhine-Westphalia	16	1		1							10	1			1	2
	Rhineland-Palatinate	17						2				3	12
	Thuringia	146	10	10	8	10	8	10	8	10	10	8	8	12	8	8	10	8
	Bavaria	32		2		2	6			3	3			4	12
	Berlin	66	2	5	4		2	4	3	8	4	4	5	3	5	3	12	2
	Baden-Württemberg	46			7	1		1	2		1	1	6	2	7	12	3	3
	Lower Saxony	94	8	6	5	6	4	7	7	5	6	7	3	6	3	4	5	12

References

1. "Procon installs largest Martin LED wall for Bundesvision Song Contest". LEDs Magazine. 24 April 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
2. Groth, Susanne (10 February 2007). "Gothic-Rocker von Oomph! siegen" [Gothic rock band Oomph! win]. Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 19 April 2015.
3. "Bundesvision Song Contest". fernsehserien.de (in German). Retrieved 19 April 2015.
4. "Bundesvision Song Contest: Subway to Sally gewinnt bei Stefan Raab" [Bundesvision Song Contest 2008: Subway to Sally win Raab's Song Contest]. T-Online (in German). 12 February 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
5. "Der "Bundesvision Song Contest 2008" steigt in Hannover / Starke Besetzung bei Stefan Raabs Grand Prix der Bundesländer" [The "Bundesvision Song Contest 2008" rises in Hanover / Strong cast in Stefan Raab's Grand Prix of the states]. Brainpool TV (in German). 6 December 2007. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
6. "Subway to Sally gewinnt" [Subway to Sally win]. Die Tageszeitung (in German). 15 February 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
7. "Bundesvision Song Contest". fan-lexikon.de (in German). Retrieved 19 April 2015.
8. Krei, Alexander (15 February 2008). "Raabs "Song Contest" schon wieder mit Verlusten" [Raab's "Song contest" again with losses]. Quotenmeter.de (in German). Retrieved 19 April 2015.
9. "Der "Bundesvision Song Contest 2008" stürmt die Charts" [The "Bundesvision Song Contest 2008' storms the charts]. Brainpool TV (in German). 26 February 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2015.

External links

• Official BSC website at tvtotal.de