"Theater" was the German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980

Eurovision Song Contest 1980

The Eurovision Song Contest 1980 was the 25th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 19 April 1980 in The Hague. The presenter was Marlous Fluitsma, although each song was introduced by a presenter from the nation represented...

, 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 Katja Ebstein

Katja Ebstein

Karin Witkiewicz, also known as Katja Ebstein, is a German singer. She was born in Girlachsdorf . She achieved success with songs such as Theater or Es war einmal ein Jäger. She was married to Christian Bruhn, who wrote many of her songs. She represented Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest...

. This was Ebstein's third Eurovision entry, she had represented Germany in 1970

Eurovision Song Contest 1970

The Eurovision Song Contest 1970 was the 15th Eurovision Song Contest, held on 21 March 1970 at the RAI Congrescentrum in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Amsterdam contest is regarded as one of the most significant in Eurovision history for a number of reasons....

 and 1971

Eurovision Song Contest 1971

The Eurovision Song Contest 1971 was the sixteenth Eurovision Song Contest and the first held in Dublin, Ireland. The new voting system that was introduced in this Eurovision did have one big problem: some juries gave fewer points out than others...

, with "Wunder gibt es immer wieder

Wunder Gibt Es Immer Wieder

Wunder gibt es immer wieder was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970, performed in German by Katja Ebstein....

" and "Diese Welt

Diese Welt

"Diese Welt" was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1971, performed in German by Katja Ebstein. This was Ebstein's second, consecutive Eurovision entry; she had represented Germany at the 1970 contest with "Wunder gibt es immer wieder", which finished 3rd in a field of 12."Diese Welt"...

" respectively, both times finishing in 3rd position.

The song was performed twelfth on the night (following Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

's Sverre Kjelsberg

Sverre Kjelsberg

Sverre Kjelsberg in Tromsø) is a Norwegian singer, musician , composer and lyricist. He was a member of the band The Pussycats from 1964...

 & Mattis Hætta

Mattis Hætta

Mattis Hætta is a Norwegian singer of the region of Lapland and he is a Sami.In 1980, he and Sverre Kjelsberg won the Melodi Grand Prix 1980 with the entry Sámiid Ædnan and went on to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980.He has worked in pantomimes and yoiks in Alta, Kautokeino and...

 with "Sámiid Ædnan

Sámiid Ædnan

"Sámiid Ædnan" was the Norwegian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980, performed by Sverre Kjelsberg and Mattis Hætta. The song is sometimes described as being in the Sami language, however this is not correct...

" and preceding the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

's Prima Donna

Prima donna

Originally used in opera or Commedia dell'arte companies, "prima donna" is Italian for "first lady." The term was used to designate the leading female singer in the opera company, the person to whom the prime roles would be given. The prima donna was normally, but not necessarily, a soprano...

 with "Love Enough For Two

Love Enough for Two

"Love Enough for Two" was the British entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980, performed in English by Prima Donna.The song is uptempo and about the love between two people....

"). At the close of voting, it had received 128 points, placing 2nd in a field of 19.

The song is a Ralph Siegel-Bernd Meinunger

Bernd Meinunger

Bernd Meinunger is a German lyricist and record producer who frequently works with Ralph Siegel and David Brandes...

 collaboration, with Ebstein singing about the manner in which clown

Clown

Clowns are comic performers stereotypically characterized by the grotesque image of the circus clown's colored wigs, stylistic makeup, outlandish costumes, unusually large footwear, and red nose, which evolved to project their actions to large audiences. Other less grotesque styles have also...

s have to mask their true feelings when performing on stage - a situation which is said to be true of all performers. The performance is memorable for being the only occasion on which Siegel (traditionally a behind-the-scenes maestro) actually appeared on stage playing the piano. Ebstein also recorded the song in English (as "It's Showtime"), French ("Theatre") and Italian ("Teatro").

The song was succeeded as German representative

Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest

Germany has participated in every Eurovision Song Contest since its beginning in 1956, although its entry in 1996 did not qualify past the pre‐selection round, and therefore was not seen in the broadcast final. No other country has been represented as often. France and the United Kingdom come in a...

 at the 1981 Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1981

The Eurovision Song Contest 1981 was the 26th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 4 April 1981 at the Simmonscourt Pavilion of the Royal Dublin Society in Dublin. The presenter was Doireann Ní Bhriain...

 by Lena Valaitis

Lena Valaitis

Lena Valaitis is a Lithuanian-German Schlager singer. She had her greatest success during the 1970s and 1980s and competed in three Eurovision Song Contests.- Personal life:...

 with "Johnny Blue

Johnny Blue

Johnny Blue was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981, performed in German by Lena Valaitis.The song was performed third on the night...

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