"Reise nach Jerusalem – Kudüs'e seyahat" ("Journey to Jerusalem" in both languages, while the expression also is the German name for the game Musical Chairs

Musical chairs

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) was the German

Germany

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 entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Eurovision Song Contest 1999

The Eurovision Song Contest 1999 was the 44th Eurovision Song Contest, held on 29 May 1999 in Jerusalem, Israel after Dana International won the contest the previous year in the United Kingdom. The venue for the contest was the International Convention Center...

, 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....

, Turkish

Turkish language

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 and English (the live version also added lyrics in Hebrew

Hebrew language

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) by Sürpriz

Sürpriz

Sürpriz were a short-lived six-member German-Turkish musical group, consisting of Cihan Özden, Deniz Filizmen, Yasemin Akkar, Filiz Zeyno, Savaş Uçar and Bülent Ural, known for their participation in the 1999 Eurovision Song Contest....

.

The song was performed twenty-first on the night, following Malta

Malta

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's Times Three

Times Three

Times Three were a short-lived Maltese girl group, consisting of lead singer Philippa Farrugia Randon with Diane Stafrace and Francesca Tabone, and known for their participation in the 1999 Eurovision Song Contest....

 with "Believe 'n Peace

Believe 'n Peace

"Believe 'n Peace" was the Maltese entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, performed in English by the girl band Times Three.The song is an up-tempo number, about the need to take life by the horns and accept that setbacks will occur - all the while believing that a brighter day will come.The...

" and preceding Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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's Dino

Dino Merlin

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 and Béatrice

Béatrice Poulot

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 with "Putnici

Putnici

"Putnici" was the Bosnian and Herzegovinian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, performed in Bosnian and French by Dino and Béatrice....

". At the close of voting, it had received 140 points, placing 3rd in a field of 23.

The song is remarkable for being the first appearance by members of the Turkish-German minority in a major role for their home country. The song was written by prolific writer-composer duo Ralph Siegel and Bernd Meinunger

Bernd Meinunger

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. It is also the first occasion on which the German entry contained lyrics in Hebrew and Turkish (although the live version of Max

Maximilian Mutzke

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's "Can't Wait Until Tonight

Can't Wait Until Tonight

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" in 2004

Eurovision Song Contest 2004

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 contained Turkish lyrics).


It was succeeded as German representative

Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest

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 at the 2000 Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 2000

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 by Stefan Raab

Stefan Raab

Stefan Konrad Raab is a German entertainer, television host, comedian and musician. Raab began his television career hosting the comedy show Vivasion in 1993 and has been hosting the late-night comedy show TV total since 1999. He became well-known in 1994 after composing a hit single spoofing...

 with "Wadde hadde dudde da?

Wadde Hadde Dudde Da?

"Wadde hadde dudde da?" was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000, performed in an invented dialect of German by comedian Stefan Raab...

".