Germany 2003

Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 by Lou with the song Let's Get Happy, written by Ralph Siegel and Bernd Meinunger. Germany's representative was chosen during a national final called Countdown Grand Prix Eurovision which was held at the Ostseehalle in Kiel on March 7th, hosted by Axel Bulthaupt. The winner was chosen in two rounds of televoting/SMS voting - after the first round, the top 3 songs were voted on again.

01. Let's Get Happy - Lou, round 1: 85984 votes, round 2: 139600 votes
02. Woran Glaubst Du - Beatbetrieb, round 1: 66418 votes, round 2: 116214 votes
03. Alles Wird Gut - Die Gerd Show, round 1: 98455 votes, round 2, 111601 votes
04. Herz Aus Eis - Senait
05. Living in a perfect world (Mükemmel Dünya Icin) - Tagträumer feat. Aynur
06. Liebe Macht Spaß - Troje
07. Golden Key - Isgaard
08. Für Immer - VIBE
09. Somehow-Somewhere - Elija
10. Wenn Grenzen Fallen - Sascha Pierro
11. Hörst Du Meine Lieder - Freistil
12. Life - Charlemaine
13. Die Seite, Wo Die Sonne Scheint - Der Junge mit der Gitarre (DJMDG)
14. Love Is Life - Lovecrush

Marie - Joachim Deutschland (DQ)

In the Eurovision Song Contest, Germany finished joint 11th with 53 points. The highest vote came from Sweden - 10 points.

In an interview at the aftershow party of the Eurovision Song Contest, Lou was asked why she did not reach a better position. She answered that she was too old, too fat and too ugly. That quote made it to the front page of BILD the Monday after the contest. Previously, Lou had made it to front page of that newspaper stating that she lost weight for Riga and reduced her wrinkles with Botox.

Lou is the stage name of Louise Hoffner (born October 27, 1963 in Waghäusel), a German pop singer. She was the sixth child of her parents and was immediately surrounded by her elder brothers and sisters. The happy-go-lucky, orange-haired singer has toured with her band for over 15 years, in Germany as well as abroad.