BUNDESVISION SONG CONTEST

The Bundesvision Song Contest is the brainchild of Stefan Raab, who three times participated for Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest: conductor in 1998, singer in 2000 and songwriter in 2004. He has a daily entertainment show on channel 'ProSieben'.

All 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany are invited to participate. It is an annual event, not in competition with the Eurovision, even though its influence is obvious.
Voting in all 16 states is by telephone and SMS only. All songs are sung at least 50% in German.

2008
2007
2006
2005

The states of the Federal Republic of Germany and their capitals:

Ranking after 4 contests
Rank	State	Points
1 (4)	Thüringen	431
2 (1)	Berlin	426
3 (=)	Niedersachsen	385
4 (2)	Hessen	381
5 (=)	Schleswig Holstein	332
6 (=)	Hamburg	271
7 (11)	Brandenburg	247
8 (7)	Bremen	207
9 (8)	Baden-Württemberg	193
10 (13)	Sachsen-Anhalt	179
11 (14)	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	154
12 (10)	Bayern	135
13 (9)	Nordrhein-Westfalen	127
14 (12)	Sachsen	106
15 (=)	Saarland	83
16 (=)	Rheinland-Pfalz	55

SH - Schleswig-Holstein (Kiel)
HH - Hansestadt Hamburg (Hamburg)
MV - Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Schwerin)
HB - Hansestadt Bremen (Bremen)
NS - Niedersachen (Hannover)
SA - Sachsen-Anhalt (Magdeburg)
BE - Berlin (Berlin)
BB - Brandenburg (Potsdam)

NW - Nordrhein-Westfalen (Düsseldorf)
HE - Hessen (Wiesbaden)
TH - Thüringen (Erfurt)
SX - Sachsen (Dresden)
RP - Rheinland-Pfalz (Mainz)
SL - Saarland (Saarbrücken)
BW - Baden-Württemberg (Stuttgart)
BY - Bayern (München / Munich)