The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), selected their entry through a national final.

[1] Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) held the German national final, Ein Lied für Harrogate, on 20 March at its Studio 4 in Unterföhring, hosted by Carolin Reiber and Rudolf Rohlinger.

The winner was decided by a sampling of 507 viewers who were meant to symbolize a fair representation of the country's population.

The winning entry was "Ein bißchen Frieden," performed by Nicole and composed by Ralph Siegel with lyrics by Bernd Meinunger.

"Ein bißchen Frieden" was one of fourteen Eurovision songs chosen by fans and the EBU to participate in Congratulations, the fiftieth-anniversary contest.

[9] Notably, in spite of it being a major international hit and their only winning entry at the time (they would later win again five years later with Lena's "Satellite" at the 2010 contest), Germany only awarded "Ein bißchen Frieden" three points in the first round, with their twelve going instead to ABBA's "Waterloo."