Bundesvision Song Contest

The Bundesvision Song Contest (often shortened BSC or BuViSoCo) 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.

Bundesvision Song Contest
GenreSong competition
Created byStefan Raab
Based onEurovision Song Contest
Country of originGermany
Original languageGerman
No. of episodes11 contests
Production
Executive producerJörg Grabosch
Production companyBrainpool TV
Original release
NetworkProSieben
Release12 February 2005 (2005-02-12) –
29 August 2015 (2015-08-29)

History

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Stefan Raab created and hosted the contest.

The Bundesvision Song Contest was created by Stefan Raab in 2005, in the vein of the Eurovision Song Contest.[1] 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.[1] The contest was not held since, and in June 2019, ProSieben stated that it was not planning to produce further editions.[2]

Format

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The Bundesvision Song Contest followed a similar format as the Eurovision Song Contest: All sixteen states of Germany (German: Bundesländer) 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

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Year Date Host city Winner Artist Song Points
2005 12 February   Oberhausen   Hesse Juli "Geile Zeit" 159
2006 9 February   Wetzlar   Berlin Seeed "Ding" 151
2007 9 February   Berlin   Lower Saxony Oomph! feat. Marta Jandová "Träumst du?" 147
2008 14 February   Hanover   Brandenburg Subway to Sally "Auf Kiel"
2009 13 February   Potsdam   Berlin Peter Fox "Schwarz zu blau" 174
2010 1 October   Berlin   North Rhine-Westphalia Unheilig "Unter deiner Flagge" 164
2011 29 September   Cologne   Berlin Tim Bendzko "Wenn Worte meine Sprache wären" 141
2012 28 September   Berlin   Baden-Württemberg Xavas (Xavier Naidoo and Kool Savas) "Schau nicht mehr zurück" 172
2013 26 September   Mannheim   Lower Saxony Bosse "So oder so" 153
2014 20 September   Göttingen   Bremen Revolverheld "Lass uns gehen" 180
2015 29 August   Bremen   Rhineland-Palatinate Mark Forster "Bauch und Kopf" 170

Total ranking

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Each state's win record in the contest
 
States which have hosted the contest
  A single hosting   Multiple hostings
State Points Wins 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
  Berlin 1,035 3 23
(11)
016
(12)
105
(3)
050
(7)
141
(1)
100
(3)
174
(1)
066
(7)
096
(4)
151
(1)
113
(3)
  Lower Saxony 0864 2 84
(4)
015
(13)
153
(1)
109
(3)
102
(3)
004
(16)
012
(15)
094
(4)
147
(1)
059
(6)
085
(4)
  Baden-Württemberg 0789 1 82
(6)
058
(7)
051
(8)
172
(1)
091
(4)
039
(9)
103
(4)
046
(9)
023
(10)
047
(9)
077
(5)
  Thuringia 0761 0 114
(3)
025
(11)
013
(13)
033
(9)
013
(12)
079
(6)
053
(6)
146
(2)
088
(6)
134
(3)
063
(7)
  North Rhine-Westphalia 0759 1 117
(2)
046
(8)
020
(12)
097
(4)
076
(7)
164
(1)
112
(3)
016
(14)
095
(5)
006
(16)
010
(15)
  Schleswig-Holstein 0703 0 28
(10)
087
(5)
068
(6)
076
(6)
008
(16)
060
(7)
044
(8)
075
(6)
101
(3)
026
(11)
130
(2)
  Bremen 0668 1 46
(9)
180
(1)
061
(7)
018
(13)
111
(2)
020
(11)
025
(11)
020
(11)
020
(11)
136
(2)
031
(11)
  Hamburg 0665 0 14
(13)
028
(10)
145
(2)
028
(10)
066
(8)
040
(8)
073
(5)
019
(12)
138
(2)
070
(5)
044
(9)
  Hesse 0621 1 76
(7)
033
(9)
029
(11)
019
(11)
012
(13)
018
(13)
053
(6)
051
(8)
067
(7)
104
(4)
159
(1)
  Saxony 0617 0 84
(4)
010
(16)
035
(9)
142
(2)
089
(5)
020
(11)
131
(2)
012
(15)
013
(13)
010
(15)
071
(6)
  Brandenburg 0545 1 50
(8)
010
(015)
094
(4)
008
(16)
012
(13)
087
(5)
037
(9)
147
(1)
011
(15)
035
(10)
054
(8)
  Rhineland-Palatinate 0526 1 170
(1)
124
(2)
031
(10)
020
(11)
086
(6)
017
(14)
023
(12)
017
(13)
010
(16)
018
(12)
010
(15)
  Saxony-Anhalt 0490 0 13
(14)
102
(3)
012
(14)
010
(15)
012
(13)
152
(2)
010
(16)
096
(3)
056
(8)
012
(14)
015
(13)
  Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 0425 0 10
(15)
101
(4)
008
(16)
041
(8)
066
(8)
022
(10)
023
(12)
079
(5)
013
(13)
050
(8)
012
(14)
  Bavaria 0397 0 2
(16)
081
(6)
012
(14)
013
(14)
026
(10)
094
(4)
034
(10)
032
(10)
033
(9)
053
(7)
017
(12)
  Saarland 0328 0 15
(12)
012
(14)
091
(5)
092
(5)
017
(11)
012
(15)
021
(14)
012
(15)
017
(12)
017
(13)
037
(10)

Presenters

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Johanna Klum co-presented the show from 2007 to 2011.
Year Host Main presenter Green Room Fan block
2005 Stefan Raab Annette Frier Oliver Pocher
2006 Janin Reinhardt Elton
2007 Johanna Klum
2008
2009
2010
2011 Lena Meyer-Landrut Elton
2012 Sandra Rieß Elton
2013
2014
2015

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Granger, Anthony (9 July 2016). "Bundesvision: Will Not Take Place in 2016". Eurovoix World. Archived from the original on 2 June 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  2. ^ Granger, Anthony (2 June 2019). "ProSieben Has No Plans To Bring Back The Bundesvision Song Contest". Eurovoix World. Archived from the original on 2 June 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
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