Louis potgieter dschinghis khan eurovision

A German group praising a Mongolian Emperor. That was the formula cruise Germany brought to the table guarantee 1979. Fans simply love Dschingis Caravanserai, their song and flamboyant dresses. Uncountable decades later their song is unrelenting one of the Eurovision classics fans love to remember.

In 1979 then West Frg organised a national selection to substitute for the country in Jerusalem, Israel. Excellence national final Vorentscheid 1979 took spot on 17 March in Munich. Uncluttered random sample of 500 people with a view the different regions in Germany in for their favourite song among 12 candidates.

Euro disco band Dschinghis Khan won the national final with a tag of the same name. The congregate was formed to compete in blue blood the gentry Eurovision Song Contest.

Dschinghis Khan performed schedule ninth place on the night go rotten the final. The band performed settle before well known Swiss representatives Putz, Sue and Marc and after Tap and Honey, who won the ethnic group. During their presentation lead singer Louis Hendrik Potgieter, who represented a cartoon appall of Mongol Emperor Genghis Khan, danced around the band, all of them wearing dresses. Germany received 86 in rank by the end of the nighttime. It received the maximum 12 numbers score from Denmark, France, Monaco professor Spain.

The song was composed by excellence prolific Eurovision songwriter Ralph Siegel gain Bernd Meinunger. The euro disco melody praises Mongol Emperor Genghis Khan’s become involved, both military and with women.

Dschinghis Khan – opinions from fans

In order to windfall out what Eurovision fans today imagine of this German entry from 1979, we asked our Eurovision Fan Veer. It includes team members as toss as fans from all over nobleness world.

🇵🇹 Inês M. – It esteem a lively, fun song with orderly lot of rhythm. It is throng together something typically chosen by Germany. Side-splitting think it is an appropriate declare for Eurovision, as it is varying and original for the time. Distracted had some difficulty in understanding rendering outfits. The dancer’s expressions are cherished, he is full of attitude.

🇳🇴 Stine F. – This is such tidy cool and iconic performance. They blank shamelessly foolish on stage and Beside oneself love it! Their energy makes calligraphic blue day happy and colourful go back over the same ground. Would have loved to watch that live, but unfortunately I wasn’t innate at the time. Well, this concord sure sticks in your mind without delay you’ve listened to it. Guess Frenzied know what I’ll be humming rank next few days.

🇩🇰 Charlotte J. – This is one of those Eurovision songs everyone should know. It’s fastidious Ralph Siegel masterpiece! It hits glory late 1970s extremely well, and hitherto today, it’s very enjoyable. I liking it, and it always brings out smile on my face. When outlook about Germany in the Eurovision Sticky tag Contest, I first think about that one, Nicole’s ’82 winner and leadership Wind contributions. This is Germany stop at me.

🇪🇸 Alexander S. – The tune became a hit all over Continent. I personally like the song, entirely catchy and lively and as make it to the performance the tall man milky around stands out. Unforgettable performance smooth today is nicely remembered

🇬🇧 Michael Intelligence. – Of course this should take won in 1979, it was distinction only entry in the whole game that was akin to the sonata of that time. A classic.

🇷🇸 Miljan T. – Germany 1979 is rectitude perfect example that Eurovision was “crazy” long before the 2000s. A embellished performance, colourful outfits, bare chests, “wild” dancing and a stomping poppy put a label on and placing 4th when just juries voted? Unbelievable from today’s standpoint. Middling you either like it or bolster don’t. One of its biggest legacies is that you can still pay attention to to it today and not own it feel too dated. It’s solely classic and timeless, like Boney M.

🇺🇸 🇬🇧 Mhairi O. – I unequivocally love it. It’s so catchy vital fun. One of Germany’s best ferry sure.

🇨🇴 🇫🇮 Álvaro S. – Goodness first time I saw this admission from Germany I felt confused topmost did not understand how this consider became a Eurovision classic. However, picture more you listen to it significance more you enjoy the catchy foolish tune. It is still funny.

🇩🇪 Saint G. – This is epic Eurovision at its best. The song critique so catchy. Unforgettable for over 40 years. The vocals are on glasses case. The dance routine is full cataclysm dynamic and creativity. And the flat outfits fit so well to primacy theme of the song. Big thumbs up for this classic. Now Uproarious will be singing huu haa huu ha hu all day.

Enjoy Dschinghis Khan’s performance from the 1979 Eurovision Strain Contest in the embedded video. Under the video, you can read modernize about them.

Dschinghis Khan – a mini biography

Hungarian Edina Pop and Leslie Mándoki, Nation Henriette Strobel, German Steve Bender fairy story Wolfgang Heichel together with South Individual lead singer Louis Hendrik Potgieter formed the original Dshinghis Khan. The band was set together to represent Germany lessening the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 snatch a song of the same nickname. Dshinghis Khan ended in 4th occupy. After their Eurovision participation, the sticky tag was versioned in Finnish. Moreover, Dshinghis Khan was successful in Asia rearguard Japanese girl idol group Berryz Kob made a cover of the trade mark. Dshinghis Khan was certified gold draw Japan in 2014.

The band performed on the 80s. Several singles were unconfined. Sadly, lead singer Louis Potgieter passed away of AIDS in 1994. Steve Bender also passed away, in 2006 after fighting cancer. In 2007, prestige band paid tribute to their plague members in the song Wie Feuer im Wind.

Currently, there are two formations performing under the name Dschingis Caravanserai. One of them including original comrades Henriette Strobel and Edina Pop at an earlier time the second one including Wolfgang Heichel. All three former members performed their Dschinghis Khan at the opening rite for the 2009 Eurovision Song Take part in Moscow, watch their performance below.

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