Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was represented by singer Lena Mayer-Landrut with the song Satellite . Germany won first place in the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest. [one]
| Eurovision Song Contest 2010 | ||
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| National selection | ||
| A country |  Germany | |
| Selected Artist | Lena Mayer-Landrut | |
| Selected song | Satellite | |
| Song language | English | |
| results | ||
| Final result | 1st place, 246 points. | |
| Other participation | ||
Conduct: 1957 • 1983 • 2011 | ||
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Final
Being a representative of one of the countries of the Big Four, Lena automatically ended up in the final of the competition, which was held on May 29, 2010 , where, according to the draw, the representative of Germany performed under the 22nd serial number out of 25 possible. [2] In total, Lena scored 246 points.
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Interesting Facts
- A week after winning the national selection, the video with the song “ Satellite ” was viewed on the popular YouTube video hosting site more than 2.5 million times (by the first semi-final - already 9.7 million), thereby overtaking many participants and winners of the competition long before the competition itself previous years. Three songs by Lena Mayer-Landrut took first three places on the German iTunes Store.
- According to the rates at William Hill, the largest betting company in Great Britain, Germany for a long time occupied the first place, immediately a few weeks before the competition, giving way to Azerbaijan [4] .
- Earlier, instead of Lena Mayer, Bob Donner, who won the election campaign, was to represent Germany. However, the singer lost consciousness while swimming in the pool, after which he spent a week in a coma and on March 8, Bob Donner died. After his death, it was decided to conduct a re-selection during which Lena Mayer won.
Notes
- ↑ Winner of Eurovision 2010 became Germany
- ↑ Germany at Eurovision 2010
- ↑ 1 2 Results table on the official website
- ↑ Eurovision Betting at William Hill