The first esctoday TOP TEN list started yesterday with the places 10, 9 and 8. Today, will will continue with the places 7 and 6. As announced earlier, the first topic will be the Top Ten Eurovision hits from Germany in dedication to German's victory in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010.

The following criteria were considered when the ranking was made:

1. High sales figures
2. High chart positions
3. Satus of a song as a classic
4. Heavy airplay
5. Importance of a song for an act's career

Both national final entries and Eurovision Song Contest entries could qualify for the list.

You can find the places 10, 9 and 8 here.

So we continue…

Number 7 – Wunder gibt es immer wieder by Katja Ebstein

Wunder gibt es immer wieder is one of those songs that became a classic without ever being a major hit on the charts. In 1970, Katja Ebstein competed with the song, which was written by Christian Bruhn and Günter Loose, in the German national final, which she won by a landslide. At the Eurovision Song Contest in Amsterdam, she finished third, which was Germany's best placing at that time. The song itself was highly popular, but it only managed to chart at number 16 on homeground. Nevertheless, it received heavy airplay and remains a classic until today. In fact, the song has been so famous that its title, which roughly means "Miracles always happen", has become a common saying likely to be heard when something unexpected happens – most recently, when Satellite won the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo. Katja Ebstein has also recorded the song in English, Italian, French, Spanish and even Japanese. The singer can also be considered the most successful German Eurovision Song Contest entrant ever as she returned to the contest twice and finished third in 1971 with Diese Welt and second in 1980 with Theater.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPI1wyizGL0

Number 6 – Er gehört zu mir by Marianne Rosenberg

Er gehört zu mir is probably one of the most famous German Schlager songs not only of the 1970s, but ever. It was the first song to be performed in the German national final in 1975 and it finished 10th only at the end of the night. Nevertheless, it was the biggest commercial success that year reaching number seven on the German single charts. Although other songs with a Eurovision Song Contest connection can show higher sales figures, Er gehört zu mir is a classic in Germany and a song that most people can sing along – even today. Many parodies and cover versions of that song exist, among them one by Jeanette Biedermann, who took part in the 1999 German national final. The song is also considered a German gay hymn and it is one of the reasons for Marianne Rosenberg's status as a gay icon. The singer would also take part in the German national finals in 1980 and 1982, but none of those two songs became a hit. However, in 1976, she competed in Luxembourg's national final with the song Tout peut arriver au cinéma, whose German version Lieder der Nacht became one of her biggest hits.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOhQNSCGl4U

Tomorrow, number 5 and 4 on the list will be revealed.