Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Eurovision Song Contest 1999
Country	Germany
National selection
Selection process	Countdown Grand Prix 1999
Selection date(s)	12 March 1999
Selected entrant	Sürpriz
Selected song	"Reise nach Jerusalem - Kudüs'e Seyahat"
Finals performance
Final result	3rd, 140 points
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1998 • 1999 • 2000►

For the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, Germany was represented by "Reise nach Jerusalem - Kudüs'e Seyahat", performed by Sürpriz. The song received 140 points, finishing 3rd.

On March 12, the German final was held at the Stadthall in Bremen, and was hosted by Axel Bulthaupt and Sandra Studer (who had taken part in 1991, representing Switzerland as Sandra Simo). There were 11 songs in the final, and the winner was decided by televoting - which was also open to Swiss viewers, since song number 9 was performed by a Swiss act. (Due to their bottom placing in 1998, Switzerland were not taking part.) Michael von der Heide would represent Switzerland in 2010.

Singing position	Song title	Informal translation	Act	Percentage of votes	Final position
1	"Das tut unheimlich weh"	It hurts so much	Jeanette Biedermann	12.2%	4
2	"Lover boy"	-	Carol Bee	Unknown	7
3	"Ein bißchen Sonne, ein bißchen Regen"	A little sun, a little rain	Patrick Lindner	Unknown	6
4	"Ich habe meine Tage"	I've got my period	Megasüß	Unknown	8
5	"Reise nach Jerusalem - Kudüs'e Seyahat"	Journey to Jerusalem	Sürpriz	16.2%	2
6	"Heaven"	-	Elvin	Unknown	9
7	"Hör den Kindern einfach zu"	Just listen to the children	Corinna May	32.6%	1 (DQ)
8	"Itsy Bitsy Spider"	-	Naima	Unknown	11
9	"Bye bye bar"	-	Michael von der Heide	Unknown	5
10	"Lost in love"	-	Wind	Unknown	10
11	"Together we're strong"	-	Cathrin	15.9%	3

On March 16, it was announced that the winning song had been released in 1997 by another act and was disqualified, since entering a cover song was contrary to the rules. She would later represent the country in 2002. Wind had represented Germany on three previous occasions: 1985, 1987 and 1992.

At Eurovision

Points awarded to Germany

Points awarded to Germany

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Israel  Netherlands  Poland  Portugal  Turkey	Austria  Belgium  Bosnia and Herzegovina	France	Estonia  Spain	Slovenia
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Denmark  Iceland		Croatia  Malta  Norway	Sweden	United Kingdom

Points awarded by Germany

12 points	Turkey
10 points	Croatia
8 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
7 points	Israel
6 points	Estonia
5 points	Austria
4 points	Poland
3 points	Iceland
2 points	Sweden
1 point	Malta