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Eurovision Song Contest 2001
Eurovision Song Contest 2001
Country	Germany
National selection
Selection process	Countdown Grand Prix 2001
Selection date(s)	2 March 2001
Selected entrant	Michelle
Selected song	"Wer Liebe lebt"
Selected songwriter(s)	Gino Trovatello; Matthias Stingl; Eva Richter;
Finals performance
Final result	8th, 66 points
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Germany participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with the song "Wer Liebe lebt" written by Gino Trovatello, Matthias Stingl and Eva Richter. The song was performed by Michelle. The German entry for the 2001 contest in Copenhagen, Denmark was selected through the national final Countdown Grand Prix Eurovision 2001, organised by the German broadcaster ARD in collaboration with Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR). The national final took place on 2 March 2001 and featured twelve competing acts with the winner being selected through two rounds of public televoting. "Wer Liebe lebt" performed by Michelle was selected as the German entry for Copenhagen after placing first in the top three during the first round of voting and ultimately gaining 36.6% of the votes in the second round.

As a member of the "Big Four", Germany automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing in position 19, Germany placed eighth out of the 23 participating countries with 66 points.

Background

Prior to the 2001 Contest, Germany had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty-four times since its debut as one of seven countries to take part in 1956.^[1] Germany has won the contest on one occasion: in 1982 with the song "Ein bißchen Frieden" performed by Nicole. Germany, to this point, has been noted for having competed in the contest more than any other country; they have competed in every contest since the first edition in 1956 except for the 1996 contest when the nation was eliminated in a pre-contest elimination round. In 2000, the German entry "Wadde hadde dudde da?" performed by Stefan Raab placed fifth out of twenty-four competing songs scoring 96 points.

The German national broadcaster, ARD, broadcasts the event within Germany and delegates the selection of the nation's entry to the regional broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR). Since 1996, NDR had set up national finals with several artists to choose both the song and performer to compete at Eurovision for Germany. The broadcaster organised a multi-artist national final in cooperation to select the German entry for the 2001 Eurovision Song Contest.^[2]

Before Eurovision

Countdown Grand Prix Eurovision 2001

Countdown Grand Prix Eurovision 2001 was the competition that selected Germany's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2001. The competition took place on 2 March 2001 at the Preussag Arena in Hanover, hosted by Axel Bulthaupt and broadcast on Das Erste. Twelve acts competed during the show with the winner being selected through a public televote. The national final was watched by 9.23 million viewers in Germany with a market share of 27.4%.^[3]

Competing entries

12 acts were selected by the German Phono Academy from proposals received from record companies, while an additional act, Lesley, Joy and Brigitte, was provided by the Swiss-German broadcaster SF DRS which organised an online casting round titled song2001. Joy Fleming represented Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975.^[4]^[5] The thirteen participating acts were announced on 9 January 2001 with one of the entries, "0190" written by Thomas Hubert Kopp and Edgar Fehse and to have been performed by Love Rocket, being disqualified prior to the competition due to NDR rejecting the group's intended stage performance.^[6]^[7]

Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)
Balloon	"Techno Rocker"	Markus Binapfl, Gordon Delay, Gerd Lehmkuhl, Oliver Goedicke, Oliver Lübbering
German Tenors	"A Song for Our Friends"	Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger
Illegal 2001	"Ich weiß es nicht"	Thomas Lötzsch, Fiete Schlüter, Fred Sonnenschein, Jewns Liebscher, Christian Warkocz
Kevin	"Playing On My Mind"	Lutz Fahrenkrog-Petersen, Mary Susan Applegate
Lesley, Joy and Brigitte	"Power of Trust"	Guido Craveiro, Jason Homan
Lou and Band	"Happy Birthday Party"	Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger
Michelle	"Wer Liebe lebt"	Gino Trovatello, Matthias Stingl, Eva Richter
Münchener Zwietracht feat. Rudolph Moshammer	"Teilt Freud und Leid"	Wolfgang Köbele, Hans Greiner
Soultans	"Set Me Free"	Tony Hendrik, Karin van Haaren
Tagträumer	"Träumen und hoffen"	Mike Pro, Andy Jonas, Susanne Kemmel
Wolf Maahn	"Better Life"	Wolf Maahn
Zlatko	"Einer für alle"	Bob Arnz, Christoph Siemons

Final

The televised final took place on 2 March 2001. The winner was selected through two rounds of public televoting. In the first round of voting, the top three entries were selected to proceed to the second round. The top three entries were. In the second round, the winner, "Wer Liebe lebt" performed by Michelle, was selected.^[8] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the interval acts featured the German group Ballhouse, the German duo Modern Talking performing their song "Win the Race" and the German duo Rosenstolz performing their song "Total Eclipse" together with English singer Marc Almond.^[9]^[10]

First Round – 2 March 2001
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place
1	German Tenors	"A Song for Our Friends"	—	4
2	Münchener Zwietracht feat. Rudolph Moshammer	"Teilt Freud und Leid"	2.3%	10
3	Soultans	"Set Me Free"	—	8
4	Michelle	"Wer Liebe lebt"	22.2%	1
5	Balloon	"Techno Rocker"	2.8%	9
6	Tagträumer	"Träumen und hoffen"	—	7
7	Illegal 2001	"Ich weiß es nicht"	—	5
8	Lesley, Joy and Brigitte	"Power of Trust"	22.1%	2
9	Zlatko	"Einer für alle"	3.7%	6
10	Wolf Maahn	"Better Life"	—	12
11	Kevin	"Playing On My Mind"	—	11
12	Lou and Band	"Happy Birthday Party"	18%	3

Second Round – 2 March 2001
Draw	Artist	Song	Televote	Place
1	Michelle	"Wer Liebe lebt"	36.6%	1
2	Lesley, Joy and Brigitte	"Power of Trust"	34.7%	2
3	Lou and Band	"Happy Birthday Party"	28.7%	3

At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 2001 took place at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 12 May 2001.^[11] The relegation rules introduced for the 1997 contest were again utilised ahead of the 2001 contest, based on each country's average points total in previous contests. The 23 participants were made up of the host country, the "Big Four" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom), and the 12 countries with the highest average scores between the 1996 and 2000 contests competed in the final.^[12] As a member of the "Big Four", Germany automatically qualified to compete in the contest. During the allocation draw on 9 November 2001, Germany was drawn to perform in position 19, following the entry from Poland and before the entry from Estonia.^[13] Germany finished in eighth place with 66 points.^[14] The 2001 contest marked the only occasion on which two performers participated under identical names: the singer from the Netherlands was also called Michelle.

In Germany, the show was broadcast on Das Erste which featured commentary by Peter Urban.^[15] The show was watched by 8.44 million viewers in Germany, which meant a market share of 36.9 per cent.^[16]^[17] The German spokesperson, who announced the top 12-point score awarded by the German televote, was Axel Bulthaupt.

Voting

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Germany and awarded by Germany in the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Denmark in the contest.

Points awarded to Germany^[18]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points	Portugal Spain
8 points	Russia
7 points
6 points	France Ireland
5 points	Malta
4 points	Denmark Poland
3 points	Norway Turkey
2 points	United Kingdom
1 point	Croatia Estonia Greece Latvia Netherlands

Points awarded by Germany^[18]
Score	Country
12 points	Denmark
10 points	Estonia
8 points	Greece
7 points	Turkey
6 points	France
5 points	Poland
4 points	Slovenia
3 points	Croatia
2 points	United Kingdom
1 point	Malta

References

^ "Germany Country Profile". EBU. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
^ "Countdown Grand Prix 2001". ecgermany.de (in German). Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ "Advent der liebsten Blogger-ESC-Momente (22): Michelle, Marcel und Fancy". ESC kompakt (in German). 22 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ "Die deutsche Vorausscheidung 2001". ndrtv.de (in German). 1 December 2000. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ "Song2001 - Interaktives Welt Projekt fuer den Eurovision Song Contest in Kopenhagen". song2001.ch (in German). Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ ""Countdown Grand Prix Eurovision" - die Teilnehmer stehen fest". presseportal.de (in German). 9 January 2001. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ "Countdown Grand Prix 2001". aufrechtgehn.de (in German). 2 March 2001. Retrieved 18 December 2023. {{cite web}}: soft hyphen character in |title= at position 6 (help)
^ "German National Final 2001".
^ ""Countdown Grand Prix Eurovision" in Hannover / Neues Abstimmungsverfahren für noch mehr Spannung / Sendetermin: Freitag, 2. März 2001, 20.15 Uhr, im Ersten". presseportal.de (in German). 19 February 2001. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ "Eurovision Song Contest 2001 - Grand Prix". ndrtv.de (in German). Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ "Copenhagen 2001–Eurovision Song Contest". European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
^ "Rules of the 2001 Eurovision Song Contest" (PDF). European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
^ "Rules of the Eurovision Song Contest 2001" (PDF). Myledbury.co.uk. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
^ "Final of Copenhagen 2001". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
^ "'Countdown Grand Prix Eurovision' - die Teilnehmer stehen fest" (Press release) (in German). Norddeutscher Rundfunk. 9 January 2001. Archived from the original on 28 November 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
^ Quotenmeter; AGF; GfK. "TV-Reichweite des Eurovision Song Contests in den Jahren 1976 bis 2023 nach der Anzahl der Zuschauer". Statista. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
^ Quotenmeter; AGF; GfK (14 May 2023). "Durchschnittlicher Zuschauermarktanteil der Übertragungen des Eurovision Song Contests in den Jahren 2001 bis 2023". Statista. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Copenhagen 2001". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

[history-1] "Germany Country Profile". EBU. Retrieved 21 September 2014.

[2] "Countdown Grand Prix 2001". ecgermany.de (in German). Retrieved 18 December 2023.

[3] "Advent der liebsten Blogger-ESC-Momente (22): Michelle, Marcel und Fancy". ESC kompakt (in German). 22 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

[4] "Die deutsche Vorausscheidung 2001". ndrtv.de (in German). 1 December 2000. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

[5] "Song2001 - Interaktives Welt Projekt fuer den Eurovision Song Contest in Kopenhagen". song2001.ch (in German). Retrieved 18 December 2023.

[6] ""Countdown Grand Prix Eurovision" - die Teilnehmer stehen fest". presseportal.de (in German). 9 January 2001. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

[7] "Countdown Grand Prix 2001". aufrechtgehn.de (in German). 2 March 2001. Retrieved 18 December 2023. {{cite web}}: soft hyphen character in |title= at position 6 (help)

[:0-8] "German National Final 2001".

[9] ""Countdown Grand Prix Eurovision" in Hannover / Neues Abstimmungsverfahren für noch mehr Spannung / Sendetermin: Freitag, 2. März 2001, 20.15 Uhr, im Ersten". presseportal.de (in German). 19 February 2001. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

[10] "Eurovision Song Contest 2001 - Grand Prix". ndrtv.de (in German). Retrieved 18 December 2023.

[Copenhagen_2001-11] "Copenhagen 2001–Eurovision Song Contest". European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

[2001_rules-12] "Rules of the 2001 Eurovision Song Contest" (PDF). European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

[13] "Rules of the Eurovision Song Contest 2001" (PDF). Myledbury.co.uk. Retrieved 19 March 2022.

[14] "Final of Copenhagen 2001". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

[15] "'Countdown Grand Prix Eurovision' - die Teilnehmer stehen fest" (Press release) (in German). Norddeutscher Rundfunk. 9 January 2001. Archived from the original on 28 November 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2023.

[16] Quotenmeter; AGF; GfK. "TV-Reichweite des Eurovision Song Contests in den Jahren 1976 bis 2023 nach der Anzahl der Zuschauer". Statista. Retrieved 18 August 2023.

[17] Quotenmeter; AGF; GfK (14 May 2023). "Durchschnittlicher Zuschauermarktanteil der Übertragungen des Eurovision Song Contests in den Jahren 2001 bis 2023". Statista. Retrieved 9 September 2023.

[2001detailed-18] "Results of the Final of Copenhagen 2001". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

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+[[Germany]] participated in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2001]] with the song "Wer Liebe lebt" written by Gino Trovatello, Matthias Stingl and Eva Richter. The song was performed by [[Michelle (German singer)|Michelle]]. The German entry for the 2001 contest in [[Copenhagen]], Denmark was selected through the national final ''Countdown Grand Prix Eurovision 2001'', organised by the German broadcaster [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]] in collaboration with [[Norddeutscher Rundfunk]] (NDR). The national final took place on 2 March 2001 and featured twelve competing acts with the winner being selected through two rounds of public televoting. "Wer Liebe lebt" performed by Michelle was selected as the German entry for Copenhagen after placing first in the top three during the first round of voting and ultimately gaining 36.6% of the votes in the second round.
-'''Germany''' was represented by [[Michelle (German singer)|Michelle]] in the '''Eurovision Song Contest 2001''' with the song "Wer Liebe lebt", composed by Gino Trovatello and Matthias Stingl with lyrics by Eva Richter, was chosen to represent Germany.
+As a member of the "[[Big Four (Eurovision)|Big Four]]", Germany automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing in position 19, Germany placed eighth out of the 23 participating countries with 66 points.
+== Background ==
+{{main|Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest}}
+Prior to the 2001 Contest, Germany had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty-four times since its debut as one of seven countries to take part in {{Escyr|1956|the inaugural contest}}.<ref name="history">{{cite web|title=Germany Country Profile|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-country/country?country=9|access-date=21 September 2014|publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union|EBU]]}}</ref> Germany has won the contest on one occasion: in [[Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982|1982]] with the song "[[Ein bißchen Frieden]]" performed by [[Nicole (German singer)|Nicole]]. Germany, to this point, has been noted for having competed in the contest more than any other country; they have competed in every contest since the first edition in 1956 except for the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1996|1996 contest]] when the nation was eliminated in a pre-contest elimination round. In [[Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000|2000]], the German entry "[[Wadde hadde dudde da?]]" performed by [[Stefan Raab]] placed fifth out of twenty-four competing songs scoring 96 points.
+The German national broadcaster, [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]], broadcasts the event within Germany and delegates the selection of the nation's entry to the regional broadcaster [[Norddeutscher Rundfunk]] (NDR). Since 1996, NDR had set up national finals with several artists to choose both the song and performer to compete at Eurovision for Germany. The broadcaster organised a multi-artist national final in cooperation to select the German entry for the 2001 Eurovision Song Contest.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Countdown Grand Prix 2001 |url=https://www.ecgermany.de/archiv/Dv2001.htm |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=ecgermany.de |language=de}}</ref>
 ==Before Eurovision==
-=== Countdown Grand Prix 2001 ===
+=== Countdown Grand Prix Eurovision 2001 ===
+[[File:TUI Arena, Januar 2012.jpg|thumb|The Preussag Arena in Hanover was the host venue of ''Countdown Grand Prix Eurovision 2001'']]
-The final took place on 2 March 2001 at the [[TUI Arena|Preussag Arena]] in [[Hanover]], hosted by Axel Bulthaupt. The winner was chosen in two rounds of televoting, the first round to select the top 3, and the second to decide the winner. Michelle got the highest number of votes from the audience in the second round of voting and was proclaimed winner and entrant for Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://natfinals.50webs.com/90s_00s/Germany2001.html|title = German National Final 2001}}</ref>
+''Countdown Grand Prix Eurovision 2001'' was the competition that selected Germany's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2001. The competition took place on 2 March 2001 at the [[TUI Arena|Preussag Arena]] in [[Hanover]], hosted by [[Axel Bulthaupt]] and broadcast on [[Das Erste]]. Twelve acts competed during the show with the winner being selected through a public televote. The national final was watched by 9.23 million viewers in Germany with a market share of 27.4%.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2021-12-22 |title=Advent der liebsten Blogger-ESC-Momente (22): Michelle, Marcel und Fancy |url=https://esc-kompakt.de/advent-der-liebsten-blogger-esc-momente-22-michelle-marcel-und-fancy/ |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=ESC kompakt |language=de-DE}}</ref>
+==== Competing entries ====
+acts were selected by the German Phono Academy from proposals received from record companies, while an additional act, Lesley, [[Joy Fleming|Joy]] and [[Brigitte Oelke|Brigitte]], was provided by the Swiss-German broadcaster [[Schweizer Fernsehen|SF DRS]] which organised an online casting round titled ''song2001''. Joy Fleming represented [[Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975|Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2000-12-01 |title=Die deutsche Vorausscheidung 2001 |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001201205900/http://www.ndrtv.de:80/grandprix/index.html |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=ndrtv.de |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Song2001 - Interaktives Welt Projekt fuer den Eurovision Song Contest in Kopenhagen |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010223213536/http://www.song2001.ch/ |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=song2001.ch |language=de}}</ref> The thirteen participating acts were announced on 9 January 2001 with one of the entries, "0190" written by Thomas Hubert Kopp and Edgar Fehse and to have been performed by Love Rocket, being disqualified prior to the competition due to NDR rejecting the group's intended stage performance.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-01-09 |title="Countdown Grand Prix Eurovision" - die Teilnehmer stehen fest |url=https://www.presseportal.de/pm/6561/209152 |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=presseportal.de |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2001-03-02 |title=Countdown Grand Prix 2001 |url=https://www.aufrechtgehn.de/2001/03/danke-ihr-fotzkoeppe-dve-2001/ |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=aufrechtgehn.de |language=de-DE}}</ref>
+{| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"
+|-
+!Artist
+!Song
+!Songwriter(s)
+|-
+|Balloon
+|"Techno Rocker"
+|Markus Binapfl, Gordon Delay, Gerd Lehmkuhl, [[Oliver Goedicke]], Oliver Lübbering
+|-
+|German Tenors
+|"A Song for Our Friends"
+|[[Ralph Siegel]], [[Bernd Meinunger]]
+|-
+|Illegal 2001
+|"Ich weiß es nicht"
+|Thomas Lötzsch, Fiete Schlüter, Fred Sonnenschein, Jewns Liebscher, Christian Warkocz
+|-
+|Kevin
+|"Playing On My Mind"
+|Lutz Fahrenkrog-Petersen, [[Mary Susan Applegate]]
+|-
+|Lesley, [[Joy Fleming|Joy]] and [[Brigitte Oelke|Brigitte]]
+|"Power of Trust"
+|Guido Craveiro, Jason Homan
+|-
+|[[Lou (German singer)|Lou]] and Band
+|"Happy Birthday Party"
+|Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger
+|-
+|[[Michelle (German singer)|Michelle]]
+|"Wer Liebe lebt"
+|Gino Trovatello, Matthias Stingl, Eva Richter
+|-
+|Münchener Zwietracht feat. [[Rudolph Moshammer]]
+|"Teilt Freud und Leid"
+|Wolfgang Köbele, Hans Greiner
+|-
+|[[Soultans]]
+|"Set Me Free"
+|[[Tony Hendrik]], Karin van Haaren
+|-
+|Tagträumer
+|"Träumen und hoffen"
+|Mike Pro, Andy Jonas, Susanne Kemmel
+|-
+|Wolf Maahn
+|"Better Life"
+|Wolf Maahn
+|-
+|Zlatko
+|"Einer für alle"
+|Bob Arnz, Christoph Siemons
+|}
+==== Final ====
+The televised final took place on 2 March 2001. The winner was selected through two rounds of public televoting. In the first round of voting, the top three entries were selected to proceed to the second round. The top three entries were. In the second round, the winner, "Wer Liebe lebt" performed by [[Michelle (German singer)|Michelle]], was selected.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=German National Final 2001 |url=http://natfinals.50webs.com/90s_00s/Germany2001.html}}</ref> In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the interval acts featured the German group Ballhouse, the German duo [[Modern Talking]] performing their song "[[Win the Race]]" and the German duo [[Rosenstolz]] performing their song "[[Total Eclipse/Die schwarze Witwe|Total Eclipse]]" together with English singer [[Marc Almond]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-02-19 |title="Countdown Grand Prix Eurovision" in Hannover / Neues Abstimmungsverfahren für noch mehr Spannung / Sendetermin: Freitag, 2. März 2001, 20.15 Uhr, im Ersten |url=https://www.presseportal.de/pm/6561/222492 |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=presseportal.de |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Eurovision Song Contest 2001 - Grand Prix |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010303214427/http://www.ndrtv.de/grandprix/index.html |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=ndrtv.de |language=de}}</ref>
 {| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align:center"
 |+ First Round – 2 March 2001
 |-
 ! Draw
-! Singer
+! Artist
 ! Song
-! Songwriter(s)
 ! Televote
 ! Place
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 | align="left" | "A Song for Our Friends"
-| align="left" | [[Ralph Siegel]], [[Bernd Meinunger]]
 | —
 | 4
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 | align="left" | Münchener Zwietracht feat. [[Rudolph Moshammer]]
 | align="left" | "Teilt Freud und Leid"
-| align="left" | Wolfgang Köbele, Hans Greiner
 | 2.3%
 | 10
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 | align="left" | [[Soultans]]
 | align="left" | "Set Me Free"
-| align="left" | [[Tony Hendrik]], Karin van Haaren
 | —
 | 8
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 | align="left" | [[Michelle (German singer)|Michelle]]
 | align="left" | "Wer Liebe lebt"
-| align="left" | Gino Trovatello, Matthias Stingl, Eva Richter
 | 22.2%
 | 1
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 | align="left" | Balloon
 | align="left" | "Techno Rocker"
-| align="left" | Markus Binapfl, Gordon Delay, Gerd Lehmkuhl, [[Oliver Goedicke]], Oliver Lübbering
 | 2.8%
 | 9
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 | align="left" | Tagträumer
 | align="left" | "Träumen und hoffen"
-| align="left" | Mike Pro, Andy Jonas, Susanne Kemmel
 | —
 | 7
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 | align="left" | Illegal 2001
 | align="left" | "Ich weiß es nicht"
-| align="left" | Illegal 2001
 | —
 | 5
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 | align="left" | Lesley, [[Joy Fleming|Joy]] and [[Brigitte Oelke|Brigitte]]
 | align="left" | "Power of Trust"
-| align="left" | Guido Craveiro, Jason Homan
 | 22.1%
 | 2
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 | align="left" | Zlatko
 | align="left" | "Einer für alle"
-| align="left" | Bob Arnz, Christoph Siemons
 | 3.7%
 | 6
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 | align="left" | Wolf Maahn
 | align="left" | "Better Life"
-| align="left" | Wolf Maahn
 | —
 | 12
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 | align="left" | Kevin
 | align="left" | "Playing On My Mind"
-| align="left" | Lutz Fahrenkrog-Petersen, [[Mary Susan Applegate]]
 | —
 | 11
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 | align="left" | [[Lou (German singer)|Lou]] and Band
 | align="left" |'''"Happy Birthday Party"'''
-| align="left" | [[Ralph Siegel]], [[Bernd Meinunger]]
 | 18%
 | 3
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 ==At Eurovision==
+The Eurovision Song Contest 2001 took place at [[Parken Stadium]] in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 12 May 2001.<ref name="Copenhagen 2001">{{cite web |title=Copenhagen 2001–Eurovision Song Contest |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/copenhagen-2001 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102233622/https://eurovision.tv/event/copenhagen-2001 |archive-date=2 January 2021 |access-date=14 March 2021 |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU)}}</ref> The relegation rules introduced for the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1997|1997 contest]] were again utilised ahead of the 2001 contest, based on each country's average points total in previous contests. The 23 participants were made up of the host country, the "[[Big Four (Eurovision)|Big Four]]" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom), and the 12 countries with the highest average scores between the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1996|1996]] and [[Eurovision Song Contest 2000|2000]] contests competed in the final.<ref name="2001 rules">{{cite web |title=Rules of the 2001 Eurovision Song Contest |url=http://www.myledbury.co.uk/eurovision/pdf/esc2001.pdf |access-date=10 April 2021 |publisher=European Broadcasting Union}}</ref> As a member of the "Big Four", Germany automatically qualified to compete in the contest. During the allocation draw on 9 November 2001, Germany was drawn to perform in position 19, following the entry from [[Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001|Poland]] and before the entry from [[Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001|Estonia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Rules of the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 |url=http://www.myledbury.co.uk/eurovision/pdf/esc2001.pdf |access-date=19 March 2022 |website=Myledbury.co.uk}}</ref> Germany finished in eighth place with 66 points.<ref>{{cite web |title=Final of Copenhagen 2001 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/copenhagen-2001/final |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410142841/https://eurovision.tv/event/copenhagen-2001/final |archive-date=10 April 2021 |access-date=10 April 2021 |publisher=European Broadcasting Union}}</ref> The 2001 contest marked the only occasion on which two performers participated under identical names: the singer from [[Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001|the Netherlands]] was also called [[Michelle Courtens|Michelle]].
-Michelle performed 19th on the night of the final, following Poland and preceding Estonia. At the close of voting, she had received 66 points, finishing in 8th place out of 23 contestants.<ref>{{cite web |title=Final of Copenhagen 2001 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/copenhagen-2001/final |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=10 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410142841/https://eurovision.tv/event/copenhagen-2001/final |archive-date=10 April 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
-The show was watched by 8.44 million viewers in Germany, which meant a market share of 36.9 per cent.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Quotenmeter |last2=AGF |last3=GfK |title=TV-Reichweite des Eurovision Song Contests in den Jahren 1976 bis 2023 nach der Anzahl der Zuschauer |url=https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/182955/umfrage/tv-reichweite-des-eurovision-song-contest-seit-1976/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2023 |website=Statista}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Quotenmeter |last2=AGF |last3=GfK |date=14 May 2023 |title=Durchschnittlicher Zuschauermarktanteil der Übertragungen des Eurovision Song Contests in den Jahren 2001 bis 2023 |url=https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/377307/umfrage/zuschauermarktanteil-des-eurovision-song-contests/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=9 September 2023 |website=Statista}}</ref>
+In Germany, the show was broadcast on [[Das Erste]] which featured commentary by [[Peter Urban (presenter)|Peter Urban]].<ref>{{cite press release |date=9 January 2001 |title='Countdown Grand Prix Eurovision' - die Teilnehmer stehen fest |url=https://www.presseportal.de/pm/6561/209152 |language=de |publisher=[[Norddeutscher Rundfunk]] |access-date=29 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128071139/https://www.presseportal.de/pm/6561/209152 |archive-date=28 November 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> The show was watched by 8.44 million viewers in Germany, which meant a market share of 36.9 per cent.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Quotenmeter |last2=AGF |last3=GfK |title=TV-Reichweite des Eurovision Song Contests in den Jahren 1976 bis 2023 nach der Anzahl der Zuschauer |url=https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/182955/umfrage/tv-reichweite-des-eurovision-song-contest-seit-1976/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2023 |website=Statista}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Quotenmeter |last2=AGF |last3=GfK |date=14 May 2023 |title=Durchschnittlicher Zuschauermarktanteil der Übertragungen des Eurovision Song Contests in den Jahren 2001 bis 2023 |url=https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/377307/umfrage/zuschauermarktanteil-des-eurovision-song-contests/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=9 September 2023 |website=Statista}}</ref> The German spokesperson, who announced the top 12-point score awarded by the German televote, was [[Axel Bulthaupt]].
 === Voting ===
+Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Germany and awarded by Germany in the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Denmark in the contest.{{col-begin}}
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v t e Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 ~~1996~~ 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024
Artists	Lale Andersen Nino de Angelo Ann Sophie Atlantis 2000 Inge Brück Heidi Brühl Cascada Alex Christensen Roger Cicero Cindy and Bert ~~Ben Dolic~~ Dschinghis Khan Katja Ebstein Elaiza Margot Eskens Joy Fleming Conny Froboess Maxi and Chris Garden Gitte Gracia Malik Harris Margot Hielscher Hoffmann and Hoffmann Wyn Hoop Guildo Horn Les Humphries Singers Isaak Jamie-Lee Jendrik Chris Kempers Alice and Ellen Kessler Daniel Kovac Lena ~~Leon~~ Levina Roman Lob Lord of the Lost Lou Oscar Loya Siw Malmkvist Max Corinna May Mekado Michelle Münchener Freiheit Wencke Myhre Nicole No Angels Nora Nova Ingrid Peters Freddy Quinn Stefan Raab Mary Roos Michael Schulte Walter Andreas Schwarz Ireen Sheer Bianca Shomburg Silver Convention Sisters Stone and Stone Sürpriz Texas Lightning Lena Valaitis Ulla Wiesner Wind
Songs	"Always on the Run" "Anouschka" "Aufrecht geh'n" "Ein bißchen Frieden" "Black Smoke" "Blood & Glitter" "Bonne nuit ma chérie" "Can't Wait Until Tonight" "Diese Welt" "Dieser Traum darf niemals sterben" "Disappear" "Dschinghis Khan" "Einmal sehen wir uns wieder" "Feuer" "Flieger" "Frauen regier'n die Welt" "Frei zu leben" "Für alle" "Für zwei Groschen Musik" "Ghost" "Glorious" "Guildo hat euch lieb!" "Heute Abend wollen wir tanzen geh'n" "Ein Hoch der Liebe" "I Can't Live Without Music" "I Don't Feel Hate" "Im Wartesaal zum großen Glück" "Is It Right" "Johnny Blue" "Junger Tag" "Lass die Sonne in dein Herz" "Let's Get Happy" "Lied für einen Freund" "Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein" "Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne" "Marcel" "Miss Kiss Kiss Bang" "No No Never" "Nur die Liebe läßt uns leben" "Paradies, wo bist du?" "Perfect Life" ~~"Planet of Blue"~~ "Primaballerina" "Reise nach Jerusalem – Kudüs'e Seyahat" "Rockstars" "Rücksicht" "Run & Hide" "Satellite" "Sing Sang Song" "Sister" "So geht das jede Nacht" "Die Sommermelodie" "Standing Still" "Taken by a Stranger" "Telefon, Telefon" "Telegram" "Theater" "Träume sind für alle da" "Über die Brücke geh'n" "Verliebt in Dich" "Viel zu weit" ~~"Violent Thing"~~ "Wadde hadde dudde da?" "Wer Liebe lebt" "Wir geben 'ne Party" "Wunder gibt es immer wieder" "You Let Me Walk Alone" "Die Zeiger der Uhr" "Zeit" "Zwei kleine Italiener"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Germany did not compete

v t e Eurovision Song Contest 2001
Countries	Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Denmark Estonia France Germany Greece Iceland Ireland Israel Latvia Lithuania Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Russia Slovenia Spain Sweden Turkey United Kingdom
Artists	Antique David Civera Nuša Derenda Lindsay Dracass Fabrizio Faniello Friends Haldor Lægreid Arnis Mednis Michelle (Germany) Michelle (Netherlands) MTM Mumiy Troll Nino Gary O'Shaughnessy Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL Piasek Rollo and King Skamp Tal Sondak Natasha St-Pier Two Tricky Vanna Sedat Yüce
Songs	"2 Long" "Angel" "Another Summer Night" "Die for You" "Dile que la quiero" "Ein Davar" "Energy" "Everybody" "Hano" "Je n'ai que mon âme" "Lady Alpine Blue" "Listen to Your Heartbeat" "Never Ever Let You Go" "No Dream Impossible" "On My Own" "Out on My Own" "Sevgiliye Son" "Só sei ser feliz assim" "Strings of My Heart" "Too Much" "Wer Liebe lebt" "Without Your Love" "You Got Style"