Theater (song)
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 Theater |
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1980 entry | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| Artist(s) | Katja Ebstein | |
| Composer(s) | Ralph Siegel | |
| Lyricist(s) | Bernd Meinunger | |
| Conductor(s) | Wolfgang Rödelberger | |
| Place | 2nd | |
| Points | 128 | |
| Lyrics | from Diggiloo Thrush | |
Theater was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980, performed in German by Katja Ebstein.
The song was performed twelfth on the night (following Norway's Sverre Kjelsberg & Mattis Hætta with Sámiid Ædnan and preceding the United Kingdom's Prima Donna with Love Enough For Two). At the close of voting, it had received 128 points, placing 2nd in a field of 19.
The song is another Ralph Siegel-Bernd Meinunger collaboration, with Ebstein singing about the manner in which clowns have to mask their true feelings when performing on stage - a situation which is said to be true of all performers.
The performance is memorable for being the only occasion on which Siegel (traditionally a behind-the-scenes maestro) actually appeared on stage playing the piano. It was succeeded as German representative at the 1981 Contest by Lena Valaitis with Johnny Blue.
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