Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000
Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with the song "Wadde hadde dudde da?" written and performed by Stefan Raab. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, organised the national final Countdown Grand Prix Eurovision 2000 in order to select their entry for the contest. The national final took place on 18 February 2000 and featured eleven competing acts with the winner being selected through public televoting. "Wadde hadde dudde da?" performed by Stefan Raab was selected as the German entry for Stockholm after gaining 882,569 of the votes.
As a member of the "Big Four", Germany automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing in position 15, Germany placed fifth out of the 24 participating countries with 96 points.
Background
Prior to the 2000 Contest, ARD had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Germany forty-three times since its debut in. It has won the contest on one occasion: with the song "Ein bißchen Frieden" performed by Nicole. Germany, to this point, has been noted for having appeared in the contest more than any other country; they have competed in every contest since the first edition in 1956 except for when it was eliminated in a pre-contest elimination round. In, the German entry "Reise nach Jerusalem – Kudüs'e Seyahat" performed by Sürpriz placed third out of twenty-three competing songs scoring 140 points.As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, ARD organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. Since 1996, ARD had delegated the participation in the contest to its member Norddeutscher Rundfunk. NDR had set up national finals with several artists to choose both the song and performer to compete at Eurovision for Germany. The broadcaster organised a multi-artist national final in cooperation to select its entry for the 2000 contest.
Before Eurovision
''Countdown Grand Prix Eurovision 2000''
Countdown Grand Prix Eurovision 2000 was the competition organised by NDR to select its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000. The competition took place on 18 February 2000 at the Stadthalle in Bremen, hosted by Axel Bulthaupt and broadcast on Das Erste. Eleven acts competed during the show with the winner being selected through a public televote. The national final was watched by 7.87 million viewers in Germany with a market share of 24.2%.Competing entries
11 acts were selected by a panel consisting of representatives of the German Phono Academy from proposals received from record companies and announced on 6 January 2000. Among the competing artists was Corinna May who was due to represent before being disqualified when it was discovered that her song had already been released by another singer.| Artist | Song | Songwriter |
| Claudia Cane and Mother Bone | "Free" | Andrew Cane, Claudia Cane |
| Corinna May | "I Believe in God" | Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger |
| David Kisitu | "Du mußt kein Model sein" | David Kisitu |
| E-Rotic | "Queen of Light" | David Brandes, Tom Fairchild |
| Fancy | "We Can Move a Mountain" | Charlie Glass, Hamid Varzi, Manfred Alois Segieth |
| Goldrausch | "Alles wird gut" | Goldrausch, Frank Ramond |
| Kind of Blue | "Bitter Blue" | Bernd Klimpel |
| Knorkator | "Ick wer zun Schwein" | Alf Ator |
| Lotto King Karl and Die Barmbek Dream Boys fischering ROH | "Fliegen" | Carsten Pape, Karl König |
| Marcel | "Adios" | Marcus Wolter |
| Stefan Raab | "Wadde hadde dudde da?" | Stefan Raab |
Final
The televised final took place on 18 February 2000. The winner, "Wadde hadde dudde da?" performed by Stefan Raab, was selected solely through public televoting. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the interval acts featured cover versions of songs by ABBA: the Australian group Björn Again performed "Waterloo" and "Dancing Queen", Mexican singer Filippa Giordano performed "The Winner Takes it All" and all the competing artists together performed "Thank You for the Music". 1.536 million votes were cast in the final.| Draw | Artist | Song | Televote | Place |
| 1 | E-Rotic | "Queen of Light" | 6 | |
| 2 | Lotto King Karl and Die Barmbek Dream Boys fischering ROH | "Fliegen" | 7 | |
| 3 | Marcel | "Adios" | 11 | |
| 4 | Claudia Cane and Mother Bone | "Free" | 10 | |
| 5 | David Kisitu | "Du mußt kein Model sein" | 8 | |
| 6 | Corinna May | "I Believe in God" | 216,027 | 2 |
| 7 | Knorkator | "Ick wer zun Schwein" | 108,911 | 4 |
| 8 | Kind of Blue | "Bitter Blue" | 117,044 | 3 |
| 9 | Stefan Raab | "Wadde hadde dudde da?" | 882,569 | 1 |
| 10 | Goldrausch | "Alles wird gut" | 9 | |
| 11 | Fancy | "We Can Move a Mountain" | 5 |
At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, the 24-country participant list for the contest was composed of: the previous year's winning country and host nation, "Big Four" countries, the thirteen countries, which had obtained the highest average points total over the preceding five contests, and any eligible countries which did not compete in the 1999 contest. As a member of the "Big Four", Germany automatically qualified to compete in the contest. During the allocation draw on 21 November 1999, Germany was drawn to perform in position 15, following the entry from and before the entry from. Germany finished in fifth place with 96 points.In Germany, the show was broadcast on Das Erste which featured commentary by Peter Urban. The show was watched by 10.03 million viewers in Germany.
Voting
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Germany and awarded by Germany in the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Denmark in the contest.NDR appointed Axel Bulthaupt as its spokesperson to announce the top 12-point score awarded by the German televote.
| Score | Country |
| 12 points | |
| 10 points | |
| 8 points | |
| 7 points | |
| 6 points | |
| 5 points | |
| 4 points | |
| 3 points | |
| 2 points | |
| 1 point |
| Score | Country |
| 12 points | |
| 10 points | |
| 8 points | |
| 7 points | |
| 6 points | |
| 5 points | |
| 4 points | |
| 3 points | |
| 2 points | |
| 1 point |