The contest was held on 13 February 2009 at the Metropolis-Halle [de] in Potsdam, Brandenburg, following Subway to Sally's win in the 2008 contest in Lower Saxony with the song "Auf Kiel".

[1] The contest was hosted by Stefan Raab, Johanna Klum, and Elton in the green room.

The participants and their states were announced between 19 January and 12 February 2009 on TV total.

[5][6] Fox had already participated in the Bundesvision Song Contest 2006 as part of winning band Seeed which also represented Berlin.

10 of the 16 states awarded themselves the maximum of 12 points, with Brandenburg, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saxony-Anhalt, and Schleswig-Holstein awarding themselves 10 points each.