Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962
Germany was represented by Conny Froboess, with the song '"Zwei kleine Italiener", at the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 18 March in Luxembourg City. Twelve artists and 24 songs took part in the German preselection, which consisted of four semi-finals, followed by the final on 17 February. Each show was held in a different German city.
There were several past and future Eurovision representatives among the participants: Wyn Hoop, Siw Malmkvist, Jimmy Makulis, Carmela Corren and Margot Eskens.
Semi-finals
Four semi-finals were held to select the 12 qualifiers for the final. Each artist performed two songs and a jury selected which of the two should go forward to the final.Semi-final 1 - [Frankfurt]
Semi-final 2 - [Stuttgart]
Semi-final 3 - [Cologne]
Semi-final 4 - [Munich]
Final
The national final was held on 17 February at the Kurhaus in Baden-Baden, hosted by Klaus Havenstein. The winning song was chosen by voting from six regional juries and an additional jury in the theatre.| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
| 1 | Conny Froboess | "Zwei kleine Italiener" ' | 19 | 1 |
| 2 | Rita Paul | "La luna romantica" ' | 2 | 6= |
| 3 | Jimmy Makulis | "Ich habe im Leben nur Dich" ' | 0 | 11= |
| 4 | Peter Beil | "Ein verliebter Italiener" ' | 0 | 11= |
| 5 | Peggy Brown | "Das Lexicon d'amour" ' | 2 | 6= |
| 6 | Siw Malmkvist | "Die Wege der Liebe " ' | 18 | 2 |
| 7 | Pirkko Mannola & Wyn Hoop | "Mama will dich sehen" ' | 6 | 4 |
| 8 | Ralf Bendix | "Spanische Hochzeit" ' | 5 | 5 |
| 9 | Margot Eskens | "Ein Herz das kann man nicht kaufen" ' | 8 | 3 |
| 10 | Carmela Corren | "Eine Rose aus Santa Monica" ' | 1 | 8= |
| 11 | Bill Ramsey | "Hilly Billy Banjo Bill" | 1 | 8= |
| 12 | Ann-Louise Hanson | "Sing kleiner Vogel" | 1 | 8= |