Germany 1989

The German national final to select their entry, Vorentscheid 1989, was held on March 23 at the Deutsches Theater in Munich, and was hosted by actor and comedian Hape Kerkeling. The winning song was chosen by televoting.

The winning entry was Flieger, performed by Nino de Angelo and composed by Dieter Bohlen with lyrics by Joachim Horn-Bernges.

During the televoting the German broadcaster showed the wrong telephone number for song number ten so it isn't strange that song number ten came last…..

Results:

01. Flieger - Nino de Angelo, 14625 votes
02. Einen Traum für diese Welt - Xanadu, 10891 votes
03. Ich hab' Angst - Dorkas, 7973 votes
04. Herz an Herz - Andreas Martin, 3855 votes
05. Winderland - Canan Braun, 2570 votes
06. Ich such' dich - ZouZou, 1941 votes
07. Bitte, nicht nochmal - Die Erben, 1799 votes
08. Viva l'amore - Francesco Napoli, 1659 votes
09. Heut' nacht sind sie allein - Clou, 1156 votes
10. Diese Zeit - Caren Faust, 841 votes

Nino de Angelo performed twenty-first on the night of the contest. At the close of the voting the song had received 46 points, placing 14th in a field of 22 competing countries. It marked the second appearance in a row in which Germany took the 14th place slot at the end of the night.

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Nino De Angelo, born as Domenico Gerhard Gorgoglione, December 18 1963, is a German singer of Italian descent. His biggest hit in Germany was Jenseits Von Eden.

After that big success Nino released several singles which couldn't reach the success of Jenseits Von Eden. In 1989 he was asked by Dieter Bohlen to sing his song Flieger in the German national final which won but came only 14th at the ESC in Lausanne.

In 2002 Nino tried to make a comeback and participated again in the German pre-selection, this time he sang Und Wenn Du Lachst which came 9th.