Bundesvision Song Contest 2012
Draw State Artist Song English translation Place Points
01 North Rhine-Westphalia Luxuslärm Liebt sie dich wie ich ? Does she love you like I do ? 4 97
02 Hesse Cris Cosmo [ de ] Herzschlag Heartbeat 12 19
03 Thuringia Maras April [ de ] Himmel aus Eis Heaven of ice 9 33
04 Rhineland-Palatinate Pickers [ de ] 1000 Meilen 1000 miles 11 20
05 Bavaria Fiva [ de ] & the Phantom Orchester ( with Linhof and Weber [ de ] from Sportfreunde Stiller ) Die Stadt gehört wieder mir The city belongs to me again 14 13
06 Brandenburg Mellow Mark feat . Nina Maleika [ de ] Bleib bei mir Stay with me 16 8
07 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern The Love Bülow Nie mehr Never again 8 41
08 Schleswig-Holstein Vierkanttretlager [ de ] Fotoalbum Photo album 6 76
09 Saarland Die Orsons [ de ] feat . Cro Horst & Monika - 5 92
10 Saxony-Anhalt Johanna Zeul Sandmann Sandman 15 10
11 Lower Saxony Ich kann fliegen [ de ] Mich kann nur Liebe retten Only love can save me 3 109
12 Berlin B-Tight Drinne Inside 7 50
13 Bremen Schné [ de ] Alles aus Liebe All out of love 13 18
14 Hamburg Der König tanzt [ de ] Häuserwand Exterior wall 10 28
15 Saxony Laing Morgens immer müde Always tired in the morning 2 142
16 Baden-Württemberg Xavas ( Xavier Naidoo and Kool Savas ) Schau nicht mehr zurück And I do n't look back anymore 1 172
Results
The Bundesvision Song Contest 2012 was the eighth edition of the annual Bundesvision Song Contest musical event. The contest was held on 28 September 2012 at the Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, following Tim Bendzko's win in the 2011 contest in North Rhine-Westphalia with the song Wenn Worte meine Sprache wären. This was the second time that the Max-Schmeling-Halle arena had hosted the contest after previously hosting in 2010, and Berlin's third time of hosting the contest, after previously hosting in 2007, and 2010. The contest was hosted by Stefan Raab, Sandra Rieß, and Elton in the green room. The winner of the Bundesvision Song Contest 2012 was Xavas (Xavier Naidoo and Kool Savas) with the song Schau nicht mehr zurück, representing Baden-Württemberg, the song also reached number 2 in the German singles chart. In second place was Laing (band) representing Saxony, and third place to representing Lower Saxony. Rüdiger Linhof, and , members from Sportfreunde Stiller from 2008, return to the contest as part of Phantom Orchester singing with Fiva, representing Bavaria for a second time. Boris Lauterbach from Fettes Brot who represented Schleswig-Holstein in 2005, returns under the name Der König tanzt representing Hamburg. Berlin's 2006 winning band Seeed, performed as the opening act, singing Augenbling and Beautiful. Tim Bendzko performed as the interval act singing his winning song from 2011, Wenn Worte meine Sprache wären. 10 of the 16 states awarded themselves the maximum of 12 points, with Bavaria, Berlin, Brandenburg, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, and Saxony-Anhalt awarding themselves 10, 8, 8, 8, 10, and 8 points respectively.