Folkloristic Schlager band De Randfichten (Dr Holzmichl) is one of the 16 participants of Stefan Raab's Bundesvision Song Contest, a miniature version of the European competition with German contestants only, to be held 12 February 2005. Other names include Juli, Deichkind and rap artist Sido.
TV show host Stefan Raab, who participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2000 and composed the German entries of 1998 and 2004 is organising a small version of the contest in Germany, where artists from each of the country's 16 states compete against each other. Here you can find the complete participant's list:
Baden-Wurttemberg: Apocalyptica feat. Marta
Bavaria: Slut
Berlin: Sido with DJ Tomekk
Brandenburg: Virgina Jetzt
Bremen: Lukas Hilbert
Hamburg: Samy Deluxe
Hesse: Juli
Mecklenburg-West Pomerania: Deichkind
Lower Saxony: Mousse T. with Emma Landford
North Rhine-Westfalia: Mamadee feat. Gentleman
Rhineland-Palatinate: Sandy (former member of girlgroup No Angels)
Saarland: Klee
Saxony: De Randfichten
Saxony-Anhalt: Jansen & Kowalski
Schleswig-Holstein: Fettes Brot
Thuringia: Cluseo
Starting 17 January 2005, the contestants are going to present their songs – all to be sung in German – in Raab's daily comedy show TV Total.The final will take place 12 February 2005 in the Arena Oberhausen. The winner will be found through televoting, split into the 16 states of Germany.
The Bundesvision Song Contest is not to be mixed up with the official German preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest, Germany 12 Points!, which will take place 12 March 2005 in Berlin. No lineup is given yet for Germany 12 Points!.
