In 2008, the German entry "Disappear" performed by No Angels placed twenty-third out of twenty-five competing songs scoring 14 points.

[2] Since 1996, NDR had set up national finals with several artists to choose both the song and performer to compete at Eurovision for Germany.

[3] NDR announced on 16 December 2008 that the German entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 would be selected internally.

A submission period was opened on the same day where composers and lyricists that hold membership of GEMA or a music society in their home country since 1 December 2007 and have achieved chart success were able to submit their entries until 22 January 2009.

[6][8] The song was written by Alex Christensen together with Steffen Häfelinger, and was selected by a five-member panel consisting of Heinz Canibol (105music managing director), Guildo Horn (singer, 1998 German Eurovision entrant), Sylvia Kollek (music consultant), Ralf Quibeldey (head of the talk and entertainment department for NDR) and Peter Urban (musician and radio host, 12-times German commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest).

[11] On 5 May, the duo performed in Spain during the La 1 programme Los mejores años de nuestra vida.

[13] According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Four" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from the semi-final in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from the semi-final progress to the final.

At the end of the performance, the lips moved revealing American burlesque model Dita von Teese sitting on them.

[22][23] The German performance was created by Florian Wieder and Volker Weicker, while the artistic director was Jane Comerford who previously represented Germany at the 2006 contest as part of the band Texas Lightning.

This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.

In addition, no member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.