Bundesvision Song Contest


The Bundesvision Song Contest was a song competition held annually between the sixteen states of Germany. Created by German entertainer Stefan Raab and aired live on ProSieben, the show was loosely based on the Eurovision Song Contest, with slightly different rules aiming at promoting German-language music by requiring that at least 50% of each song's lyrics were performed in German.

History

The Bundesvision Song Contest was created by Stefan Raab in 2005, in the vein of the Eurovision Song Contest. The contest was held annually between 2005 and 2015, however, after Raab retired in late 2015, the 2016 edition of the contest was not held, although the show was not officially cancelled. The contest was not held since, and in June 2019, ProSieben stated that it was not planning to produce further editions.

Format

The Bundesvision Song Contest followed a similar format as the Eurovision Song Contest: All sixteen states of Germany entered one song that was performed live on the night of the show, and once all states have performed, a winner was decided by tele-vote.

Contests

Total ranking

StatePointsWins20152014201320122011201020092008200720062005
1035323
16
105
50
141
100
174
66
96
151
113
864284
15
153
109
102
4
12
94
147
59
85
789182
58
51
172
91
39
103
46
23
47
77
7610114
25
13
33
13
79
53
146
88
134
63
7591117
46
20
97
76
164
112
16
95
6
10
703028
87
68
76
8
60
44
75
101
26
130
668146
180
61
18
111
20
25
20
20
136
31
665014
28
145
28
66
40
73
19
138
70
44
621176
33
29
19
12
18
53
51
67
104
159
617084
10
35
142
89
20
131
12
13
10
71
545150
10
94
8
12
87
37
147
11
35
54
5261170
124
31
20
86
17
23
17
10
18
10
490013
102
12
10
12
152
10
96
56
12
15
425010
101
8
41
66
22
23
79
13
50
12
39702
81
12
13
26
94
34
32
33
53
17
328015
12
91
92
17
12
21
12
17
17
37

Presenters

YearHostMain presenterGreen RoomFan block
2005Stefan RaabAnnette FrierOliver Pocherrowspan="6"
2006Stefan RaabJanin ReinhardtElton-
2007Stefan RaabJohanna KlumElton-
2008Stefan RaabJohanna KlumElton-
2009Stefan RaabJohanna KlumElton-
2010Stefan RaabJohanna KlumElton-
2011Stefan RaabJohanna KlumLena Meyer-LandrutElton
2012Stefan RaabEltonrowspan="4"
2013Stefan RaabElton-
2014Stefan Raabrowspan="2" Elton-
2015Stefan Raab-Elton-