Die Grand Prix Hitliste

Die Grand Prix Hitliste – Die schönsten Songs Europas ("The Grand Prix Hit Parade – The Best Songs of Europe")[1] was a one-off music competition, held by the German broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) on 20 May 2006 in Hamburg, Germany. Its aim was to determine the best song in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest by means of an opinion poll.

Die Grand Prix Hitliste
Dates
Grand final20 May 2006
Host
VenueNDR Studios, Hamburg, Germany
Presenter(s)
Host broadcasterNorddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)
Participants
Number of entries20
Vote
Voting systemCombination of televote, jury vote and an online poll (German public only)
Winning song "Wild Dances" by Ruslana
Thomas Hermanns, the presenter of the programme

Twenty songs were selected to participate in the competition through an online poll, which included all winners of the Eurovision Song Contest and all German Eurovision entries between 1956 and 2005 (103 in total).[2][3] During the live broadcast on the television channel Das Erste, "Wild Dances" by Ruslana was chosen as the winner, ahead of well-known Eurovision classics such as "Waterloo" and "Ein bißchen Frieden". The programme was viewed by a television audience of approximately six million people in Germany.[4]

Participants

The top twenty Eurovision acts voted for in an online poll participated in the live show. None of the acts were performed live; videos of their original performances in their respective years were shown to the viewers instead. After all twenty songs had been shown, the German public could vote for their favourite song through televoting or via the online poll. All votes were combined to determine the final results. At the end of the show, "Wild Dances" by Ruslana was announced as the winner, having received a total of 71,209 votes.

Year Country Artist Song Language Place Votes
1960 FranceJacqueline Boyer"Tom Pillibi"French196,208
1972 GermanyMary Roos"Nur die Liebe läßt uns leben"German118,423
1972 LuxembourgVicky Leandros"Après toi"French357,514
1973 LuxembourgAnne-Marie David"Tu te reconnaîtras"French176,278
1974 SwedenABBA"Waterloo"English621,659
1977 FranceMarie Myriam"L'oiseau et l'enfant"French166,287
1979 GermanyDschinghis Khan"Dschinghis Khan"German157,321
1981 GermanyLena Valaitis"Johnny Blue"German913,506
1981 United KingdomBucks Fizz"Making Your Mind Up"English815,011
1982 GermanyNicole"Ein bißchen Frieden"German128,092
1985 GermanyWind"Für alle"German137,821
1985 NorwayBobbysocks"La det swinge"Norwegian147,420
1986 BelgiumSandra Kim"J'aime la vie"French186,227
1993 GermanyMünchner Freiheit"Viel zu weit"German1010,225
1998 IsraelDana International"Diva"Hebrew20— [lower-alpha 1]
2003 TurkeySertab Erener"Every Way That I Can"English263,958
2004 GermanyMax"Can't Wait Until Tonight"English, Turkish524,084
2004 UkraineRuslana"Wild Dances"English, Ukrainian171,209
2005 GermanyGracia"Run & Hide"English719,157
2005 GreeceHelena Paparizou"My Number One"English451,960

See also

Notes
  1. The total number of votes cast for "Diva" by Dana International remains unknown to date.

References
  1. Böhme, Fabian (19 May 2006). "«Eurovision Song Contest»: Programm und Ablauf im Überblick". Quotenmeter (in German). Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  2. "NDR läutet Countdown zum Grand Prix mit Internet-Abstimmung ein". MusikWoche (in German). 15 February 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  3. "Die Grand-Prix Hitliste". Das Erste. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  4. Busa, Alexandru (24 May 2007). "Ruslana - The best of Eurovision". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 17 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
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