In the 55th year of the Eurovision Song Contest, Germany has claimed the prize for the second time. The last time Germany had won was 28 years ago with Nicole contributing her song Ein bisschen Frieden.
Back then it was still called the Grand Prix d’Eurovision de la Chanson. We just used to call it the Grand Prix for short.
Lena, the 19-year-old artist, had gotten herself well prepared with an English tutor. A bit of credit should also go to him/her as I found her pronunciation to be excellent, at least to my ears.
On a slightly different note, Lena’s hometown of Hannover, is supposed to be the home of the High German language (but often disputed).
Click here to see the list of participating countries and their ranking along with a series of photos on web.de