Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975

Eurovision Song Contest 1975
Eurovision Song Contest 1975
Country	Germany
National selection
Selection process	Ein Lied für Stockholm
Selection date(s)	3 February 1975
Selected entrant	Joy Fleming
Selected song	"Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein"
Selected songwriter(s)	Rainer Pietsch; Michael Holm;
Finals performance
Final result	17th, 15 points
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest

Germany was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975, held in Stockholm, Sweden.

The German national final to select their entry, Vorentscheid 1975: Ein Lied für Stockholm, was held on 3 February at the Hessischer Rundfunk Studio 1 in Frankfurt am Main, and was hosted by journalist Karin Tietze-Ludwig, already well known for hosting the international preview "Auftakt für Brighton" a year before.

Fifteen songs made it to the national final, which was broadcast by Hessischer Rundfunk to ARD broadcasters across West Germany. The winner was decided by nine regional juries with four members each. Each jury member would assign points 1 to 5 for their five favorite songs. The highest score a song could receive (with every jury member from every region voting 5 on one song) was 180.

The winning entry was "Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein", performed by Joy Fleming and composed by Reiner Pietsch with lyrics by Michael Holm. Other notable competitors included 1971 Contest winner Séverine, two-time German representative Katja Ebstein, past German representative Mary Roos, and Peggy March, well known in Germany and briefly in the U.S. for the song "I Will Follow Him".