The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, Südwestfunk (SWF), selected its entry through a national final.

Twelve artists and 24 songs took part in the German preselection, which consisted of four semi-finals, followed by the final on 17 February.

[2] On the night of the final Froboess performed 7th in the running order, following Sweden and preceding the Netherlands.

"Zwei kleine Italiener" was one of very few fun, uptempo songs in what in retrospect is usually rated as one of the dreariest contests of all.

Each national jury awarded 3-2-1 to their top three songs, and at the close of voting "Zwei kleine Italiener" had received 9 points, placing Germany 6th of the 16 entries.