Fan stuff
Support your country! Check out the exclusive and official
gifts with the flag of
Germany on it!
:: Coffee mug
:: Button set
:: T-shirt (white)
:: T-shirt (black)
Germany in 2005
Gracia
Song
Run & hide
John O'Flynn
Composer(s)
David Brandes, Jane Tempest
More information
Germany 12 points!
Germany 12 Points! the German national final takes place on 12th March in the Treptow Arena in Berlin. The winner will be selected through televoting and SMS in two rounds.
Biography
On November 18th, 1982, Gracia Arabella Baur (who, like her twin sister, owes her name to the actress Gracia Patricia von Monaco, a.k.a. Grace Kelly) was born in Munich. She discovered her love for music early on, with her first ‘performance’ at her grandfather’s 65th birthday in front of friends and family. She founded her first band in her fourth year at school. At the age of 14 Gracia started taking singing lessons in Munich and soon took part in talent contests all over Germany, where she usually made it into the finals.
In the talent show ‘Deutschland sucht den Superstar’ (Pop Idol) she became the Queen of Hearts. Once the TV show was over, the (platinum) single ‘We Have A Dream’ came out, and then the three-times platinum album ‘United’, on which all the ‘Deutschland sucht den Superstar’ colleagues performed under the name of United Superstars. After that, United Superstars went on an extended tour across Germany.
During that time, workaholic Gracia starting to make progress in her solo career. Her first single ‘I don’t think so’ reached number 3. A follow-up single, ‘I believe in miracles’, climbed to number 15, and finally in November 2003 her debut album ‘Intoxicated’ went to number 10.
In 2004 she met producer David Brandes in his Bros-Music studios in Weil am Rhein. They got to know each other, sparks flew, and they immediately agreed to work together.
The innovative work of Gracia and David was a success from the start. At the end of January this year the brand new single ‘Run & Hide’ was released along with the accompanying video, which was shot in Miami. It’s a wonderful, enthralling song with a truly catchy tune, a memorable chorus, a rocking base, and of course the voice of Gracia, which is as strong as it is beguiling. Unsurprisingly, the album entered the German charts at number 20.
But an interesting situation has emerged, because producer David Brandes is also responsible for the success of women’s quartet Vanilla Ninja, who will represent Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest finals in Kiev.
However the two acts don’t regard each other as competition. On the contrary, they are firm friends. They sing background vocals for each other and even go on tour together in Germany, Switzerland and Luxembourg. Gracia will open the Vanilla Ninja shows as special guest.
22-year-old Gracia is more fascinating, energetic and powerful than ever! She continues to work hard on new songs. Plans for the new album are in full swing. It will be rocking, multi-facetted, and have a very broad range of styles. And of course it will be dominated by this utterly unique voice.
Country profile
Do you want to learn more about Germany ? At worldatlas.com you can read a detailed country profile, including maps, flags and you can even listen to the national anthem!
History
We are currently updating our country history pages and therefore, they are temporarily unavailable! How many times they won? Who represented the country in 1960? This and a lot more is available in the history section soon!
All Participations for Germany
| Year | Artist | Song | Points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | No Angels | Disappear | 0 | 4 |
| 2007 | Roger Cicero | Frauen regieren die Welt | 49 | 19 |
| 2006 | Texas Lightning | No, no, never | 36 | 14 |
| 2005 | Gracia | Run & hide | 4 | 24 |
| 2004 | Max (Maximilian Mutzke) | Can't wait until tonight | 93 | 8 |
| 2003 | Lou | Let’s get happy | 53 | 11 |
| 2002 | Corinna May | I can't live without music | 17 | 21 |
| 2001 | Michelle | Wer Liebe lebt | 66 | 8 |
| 2000 | Stefan Raab | Wadde hadde dudde da | 96 | 5 |
| 1999 | Sürpriz | Reise nach Jerusalem - Kudüs'e seyahat | 140 | 3 |
| 1998 | Guildo Horn | Guildo hat euch lieb | 86 | 7 |
| 1997 | Bianca Shomburg | Zeit | 22 | 18 |
| 1995 | Stone and Stone | Verliebt in Dich | 1 | 23 |
| 1994 | MeKaDo | Wir geben 'ne Party | 128 | 3 |
| 1993 | Münchener Freiheit | Viel zu weit | 18 | 18 |
| 1992 | Wind | Träume sind für alle da | 27 | 15 |
| 1991 | Atlantis 2000 | Dieser Traum darf niemals sterben | 10 | 18 |
| 1990 | Chris Kempers and Daniel Kovac | Frei zu leben | 60 | 9 |
| 1989 | Nino de Angelo | Flieger | 46 | 14 |
| 1988 | Maxi and Chris Garden | Lied für einen Freund | 48 | 14 |
| 1987 | Wind | Laß die Sonne in dein Herz | 141 | 2 |
| 1986 | Ingrid Peters | Über die Brücke geh'n | 62 | 8 |
| 1985 | Wind | Für alle | 105 | 2 |
| 1984 | Mary Roos | Aufrecht geh'n | 34 | 13 |
| 1983 | Hoffmann und Hoffmann | Rücksicht | 94 | 5 |
| 1982 | Nicole | Ein bißchen Frieden | 161 | 1 |
| 1981 | Lena Valaitis | Johnny Blue | 132 | 2 |
| 1980 | Katja Ebstein | Theater | 128 | 2 |
| 1979 | Dschinghis Khan | Dschinghis Khan | 86 | 4 |
| 1978 | Ireen Sheer | Feuer | 84 | 6 |
| 1977 | Silver Convention | Telegram | 55 | 8 |
| 1976 | Les Humphries Singers | Sing, sang, song | 12 | 15 |
| 1975 | Joy Fleming | Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein | 15 | 17 |
| 1974 | Cindy und Bert | Die Sommermelodie | 3 | 14 |
| 1973 | Gitte | Junger Tag | 85 | 8 |
| 1972 | Mary Roos | Nur die Liebe läßt uns leben | 107 | 3 |
| 1971 | Katja Ebstein | Diese Welt | 100 | 3 |
| 1970 | Katja Ebstein | Wunder gibt es immer wieder | 12 | 3 |
| 1969 | Siw Malmkvist | Primaballerina | 8 | 9 |
| 1968 | Wencke Myhre | Ein Hoch der Liebe | 11 | 6 |
| 1967 | Inge Brück | Anouschka | 7 | 9 |
| 1966 | Margot Eskens | Die Zeiger der Uhr | 7 | 10 |
| 1965 | Ulla Wiesner | Paradies, wo bist du? | 0 | 15 |
| 1964 | Nora Nova | Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne | 0 | 13 |
| 1963 | Heidi Brühl | Marcel | 5 | 9 |
| 1962 | Conny Froboess | Zwei kleine Italiener | 9 | 6 |
| 1961 | Lale Andersen | Einmal sehen wir uns wieder | 3 | 13 |
| 1960 | Wyn Hoop | Bonne nuit, ma chérie! | 11 | 4 |
| 1959 | Alice and Ellen Kessler | Heut' woll'n wir tanzen geh'n | 5 | 8 |
| 1958 | Margot Hielscher | Für zwei Groschen Musik | 5 | 7 |
| 1957 | Margot Hielscher | Telefon, Telefon | 8 | 4 |
| 1956 | Walter Andreas Schwarz | Im Wartesaal zum großen Glück | 0 | 2 |
| 1956 | Freddy Quinn | So geht das jede Nacht | 0 | 2 |
