"Kinder dieser Welt" was the Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985

Eurovision Song Contest 1985

The Eurovision Song Contest 1985 was the 30th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 4 May 1985 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The presenter was Lill Lindfors, and Norwegian duo Bobbysocks! was the winner of this Eurovision with the song "La det swinge"....

, performed in German

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

 by Gary Lux

Gary Lux

Gerhard "Gary" Lux is an Austrian singer, most famous for having represented his country in the Eurovision Song Contest on six occasions. He was born in Ontario Canada but returned to live in Austria with his parents as a young boy. He is married to Marianne and has 2 sons, Benny and Dennis...

. The song was written by Englishman Mick Jackson

Mick Jackson (singer)

Mick Jackson is an English singer-songwriter and the co-writer of the song, "Blame It on the Boogie"...

, better known for penning the disco hit "Blame It on the Boogie

Blame It on the Boogie

"Blame It on the Boogie" is a disco song, originally released in 1978 both by English singer-songwriter Mick Jackson as well as by The Jacksons , and was later also covered by numerous other artists.-Background:...

" in 1978. Lyricist Michael Kunze had previously co-written Silver Convention

Silver Convention

Silver Convention was a German euro disco recording act of the 1970s. The group was originally named Silver Bird Convention, or Silver Bird.-Career:...

's 1977 entry for Germany, "Telegram

Telegram (song)

"Telegram" was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977, performed in English by Silver Convention, a trio at the time consisting of Austrian Penny McLean , German-American Ramona Wulf and American Rhonda Heath.When Silver Convention...

", and in the late 70s both Kunze and co-writer Geoff Bastow had also worked as session musicians and composers for other successful Germany-based disco acts like Boney M. and Amanda Lear

Amanda Lear

Amanda Lear is a French singer, lyricist, composer, painter, TV presenter, actress and novelist....

.

The song was performed seventeenth on the night (following Sweden

Sweden

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's Kikki Danielsson

Kikki Danielsson

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 with "Bra vibrationer

Bra vibrationer (song)

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" and preceding Luxembourg

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's Margo

Annemieke Verdoorn

Annemieke Verdoorn is a Dutch actress.Verdoorn was born in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. In 1985 she represented Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest when, under the name Margo along with 5 other well-known singers, she sang Children, Kinder, Enfants and was placed 13th.She then started her...

, Franck Olivier, Diane Solomon

Diane Solomon

Diane Solomon is an American singer, songwriter and nutritionist, who was part of the group who represented Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985, in which they sang "Children, Kinder, Enfants"...

, Ireen Sheer

Ireen Sheer

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, Malcolm

Malcolm Roberts

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 and Chris Roberts

Chris Roberts

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 with "Children, Kinder, Enfants

Children, Kinder, Enfants

"Children, Kinder, Enfants" was the Luxembourgish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985, performed in French by Margo, Franck Olivier, Diane Solomon, Ireen Sheer, Malcolm and Chris Roberts.This group is for obvious reasons sometimes referred to as "The Internationals"; Margo is Dutch,...

"). At the close of voting, it had received 60 points, placing 8th in a field of 19.

The song is a ballad about the innocence and power of children.

It was succeeded as Austrian representative

Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest

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 in the 1986 Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1986

The Eurovision Song Contest 1986 was the 31st Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 3 May 1986 in the Grieg Hall in Bergen, Norway. It was the first occasion on which Norway played host to the contest...

 by Timna Brauer

Timna Brauer

Timna Brauer is an Austrian singer-songwriter, and the daughter of painter, writer and singer Arik Brauer. She is married to Israeli pianist Elias Meiri with whom she collaborates...

 singing "Die Zeit Ist Einsam

Die Zeit Ist Einsam

"Die Zeit ist einsam" was the Austrian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, performed in German by Timna Brauer....

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