1 Germany - Satellite - Lena Meyer-Landrut

1 - 246 pts / not in semi

Lena Meyer Landrut won the 55th Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo with Satellite. Congratulations Lena and Congratulations Germany. 

Germany selected their Eurovision winner in a talent show Unser Star für Oslo . The Stefan Raab masterminded selection was a co-operation between ARD and Pro7.

In the final 18 year old Lena Meyer-Landrut won with the song Satellite.

Watch the video of Satelite and the other finalists here at ARD.

The German cdsingle is out since March 16. It includes all three tracks Lena sung in the German final.

Love Me, the winner Satellite and Bee.Universal (7 360 584)
Buy Lena at BeaRecords

Satellite is released in Sweden digitally 18/4 (Lionheart) and in most territories after the victory.

A new cdsingle is released in several European countries. it has two tracks: Satellite and Love Me. (Universal 2744726)
Lena at BeaRecords

Lena's debut album is out now.

It's titled My Cassette Player, and features Satellite, Bee and Love Me and 10 other tracks.
A deluxe editio has a DVD with the Satellite video and a documentary Unser Star In Oslo.
Digital releases through Amazon.de and iTunes feature a different bonus track each.
The album is a #1 in Germany and #3 in both Austria and Switzerland.
For promotion in Oslo the album in a press folder was used.

August 18 is the release date of a Lena DVD tracking her road to Eurovision stardom. The 36 minute documentary is called Lena - Das Geheimnis Ihres Erfolges (HHE International)

Platinum Edition
Lena's album My Cassette Player is re-issued with a bonus DVD including a documentary and videoclips of Satellite and Touch A New Day.
The CD also features two extra tracks: We Çan't Go On and New Shoes.

Recordbreaking charts
Lena's songs top all kind of download charts already and her Satellite is said to be the most downloaded song in Europe in the weekend after her national victory.
Satellite by Lena enters the official German charts at #1, the version by Jennifer Braun opens at #32. The other national final songs also enter the top 100, with Lena being at 1, 3 and 4 in the first week on charts. She also enters the top 10 of the Swiss and Austrian charts.

Lena enters the Swedish top 60 at 41 in the week just before the Eurovision final.
In week 1 2010 Satellite re-enters the German top 100.

2011
The opening act of the Düsseldorf contest is a Rockabilly version of Satellite by Stefan Raab (host and Lena's mentor) with an appearance by Lena herself. The track is for sale at the usual digital sources.
In the German charts: 24, 66, -

A live version of Satellite is released in September 2011 on the Platinum Edition of Lena's Good News album. It also includes live and studio versions of her 2011 entry Taken By A Stranger. More info here.

Germany top 100: 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 5, 7, 1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 17, 17, 19, 20, 20, 23, 37, 43, 56, 64, 62, 63, 67, 81, 79, 83, 90, 98, - re-entry january 2011: 91, 67, 59, 91, - re-entry february 2011: 82, -, 86, - May: 93
Switzerland top 75: 10, 9, 8, 5, 2, 4, 4, 4, 8, 6, 7, 1, 4, 8, 15, 20, 22, 30, 32, 49, -
Austria top 75: 9, 8, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 5, 4, 4, 3, 2, 3, 8, 9, 16, 19, 23, 31, 38, 43, 62, 59, -
Sweden top 60: 41, 1, 1, 1, 5, 4, 4, 10, 13, 12, 10, 12, 20, 25, 32, 30, 36, -, 50, -
Before the contest Satellite also charts in various radio charts in Turkey, Hungary, Lithuania and the Czech Republic and is a #1 on the Luxembourg download charts.
Norway top 20: 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 5, 6, 7, 5, 5, 12, 15, 18, -
Belgium FL top 50: 4, 4, 5, 6, 11, 11, 16, 17, 21, 29, 31, 49, -
Belgium WA top 40: 12, 6, 24, 22, 38, -
Finland top 20: 1, 1, 5, 7, 10, 14, 15, -
Denmark top 40: 2, 1, 8, 8, 19, 23, 24, -, 24, 19, 23, -
Ireland top 50: 2, 8, 27, 35, 45, -
Spain top 50: 35, 23, -
Netherlands top 100: 5, 32, 62, 62, 84, 78, 80, 95, 100, -
U.K. top 100: 40, 59, 95, -
Australia top 50: 37, -
Post Eurovision Lena's Satellite also hits various airplay charts in Estonia, Latvia and Poland

- Special Thanks to Nico Gössel and Universal music.

Satellite is also recorded by Jennifer Braun, the other contestant in the USFO final.

Jennifers slower version of Satellite is out on cdsingle (Universal 7 384 610). Leadtrack is I Care For You, one of Jennifers songs in the final, followed by Bee and Satellite.

Satellite is written by Julie Frost and John Gordon. Songwriting credits include tracks for Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Rihanna, Beyoncé and Estonian Eestilaul/goth superstar Kerli.
John Gordon has also worked with Eurovision artists Katrina and The Waves (U.K. 1997) and Simon Matthew (Denmark 2008)

Coverversions

update A finnish version of Satellite is recorded by Charlotte Kero. It's her debut release and in Finnish it's called Kiertokuu. If you want to listen before you buy, check out the IVK Music Youtube Channel,
The digital release is available at netAntilla (Finland only), hopefully more release info later.
Charlotte Kero info at IVK Music.

Schland
Student band Uwu Lena have recorded a World Cup version Schland O Schland. After initial objections the version is released on the USFO label (Universal). The cdsingle has one version plus the videoclip.
Uwu Lena's version is already copied by the likes of Lena Total, Sieger Der Herzen, Die Ballzauberer, Schmand and Vuvuzela. Some are just the same version under a different guise. See below Health Warning for more info.
Schland O Schland enters the German top 100 at #4, to 5, 5, 14

A coverversion for the kids is released on the CD Kids Party Shake vol. 2. The Countdown Kids do Lena's song alongside songs about Pippi, Smurfs and Sesame street and a very familiar track about Pinguins: Le Papa Pingouin from the 1980 Eurovision (Luxembourg, Sophie and Magaly).

Medlz (pic right) are a German a-capella group who have inculded quite a nice version of Satellite on their album Unsere Zeit.
Medlz website 

A techno version of Satellite is recorded by Katja. A digital release includes 7 mixes of the song and is at least a bit different from most xerox copies. It's out through Mega Anthems and available at most digital outlets.

Casanovas
Update 2012: Swedish dansband Casanovas have recorded a jazzy schlager version of Satellite for their 2012 CD Livet Börjar Nu! The albums also includes a more rock-schlager coverversion of the Hungarian 2011 entry What About My Dreams.
In 2011 they released a live album which includes a coverversion of Danish entry In A Moment Like This. This album is only available through their website and at concerts.
Special thanks to Dominique.

Health Warning
An even more anonymous copy by the Eurosingers* can be found on Grand Prix - Greatest hits, a digital collection that features useless covers of 33 Eurovision hits incl. Fairytale, Waterloo, Diva, Nocturne, I Wanna and A Ba Ni Bi (to name a few) (CHV Music factory).
This lame copy of Satellite appears on many digital compilations under various names (Star Of Oslo to name just one)*. Mostly Football hits and Work-out albums. .
It is a very crappy attempt of picking peoples pockets and a good example of how sick the music industry is. There, I said it. This version is available at Amazon digital.
Then there's Ruth Lena Landgraf, which, judging by the name, should be a parody, but it isn't. It's another digitally sold shameless copy.
An equally aaaargh version is by Tiffany. It is a different recording from above, but it appears on various compilations ranging from Mallorca Giganten, Spring Break Hits and Halli Galli Vollgas Ekstase Party (who makes this up?). Avoid.

German Eurovision #1 hits
Satellite may be breaking all kind of records, but some have gone before Lena in the German charts. Here's a list of the German entries that went #1 in the home charts.
1962 - Zwei kleine Italiener - Conny - 28 weeks on chart

1979 - Dschinghis Khan - Dschinghis Khan - 29 w.o.c.

1982 - Ein bisschen Frieden - Nicole - 26 w.o.c.

2004 - Can't wait until tonight - Max - 18 w.o.c.

2006 - No no never - Texas Lightning - 34 w.o.c.

Lena's website
USFO pages with loads of videos
Germany in 2009 - Alex Swings, Oscar Sings