The Bundesvision Song Contest 2009 was the fifth edition of the annual Bundesvision Song Contest musical event. The contest was held on 13 February 2009 at the Metropolis-Halle in Potsdam, Brandenburg, following Subway to Sally's win in the 2008 contest in Lower Saxony with the song "Auf Kiel". The contest was hosted by Stefan Raab, Johanna Klum, and Elton in the green room. This was the first contest in which a public service broadcaster, Bayern 3, supported the contest.
Contest overview
The participants and their states were announced between 19 January and 12 February 2009 on TV total.
The winner of the Bundesvision Song Contest 2009 was Peter Fox with the song "Schwarz zu blau", representing Berlin, the state's second win. In second place was Polarkreis 18 representing Saxony, and third place to Rage representing North Rhine-Westphalia. Fox had already participated in the Bundesvision Song Contest 2006 as part of winning band Seeed which also represented Berlin. Chapeau Claque had also represented Thuringia in 2007 along with Northern Lite.Sven van Thom competed in 2007 also for Brandenburg as part of Beatplanet.
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.