Commentators
Over the years ARD commentary has been provided by several experienced radio and television presenters, including Ado Schlier, Thomas Gottschalk, Jan Hofer, Wolf Mittler, Fritz Egner and Werner Veigel. However Peter Urban provided ARD TV commentary every year since 1997, however due to his health issues in 2009 he was forced to step down as role as German commentator with HR disc jockey Tim Frühling filling in to commentate at Moscow. Urban returned to commentate for Germany in 2010.
| Year(s) | Commentator | Spokesperson |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Wolf Mittler | No Spokesperson |
| 1957 | Joachim Fuchsberger | |
| 1958 | Claudia Doren | |
| 1959 | Elena Gerhard | Walter Andreas Schwarz |
| 1960 | Wolf Mittler | |
| 1961 | Unknown | |
| 1962 | Ruth Kappelsberger | |
| 1963 | Hanns-Joachim Friedrichs | |
| 1964 | Hermann Rockmann | Lia Wöhr |
| 1965 | ||
| 1966 | Hans-Joachim Rauschenbach | Werner Veigel |
| 1967 | Karin Tietze-Ludwig | |
| 1968 | Hans-Otto Grünefeldt | |
| 1969 | ||
| 1970 | Marie-Louise Steinbauer | |
| 1971 | Hanns Verres | No Spokesperson |
| 1972 | ||
| 1973 | ||
| 1974 | Werner Veigel | Unknown |
| 1975 | ||
| 1976 | ||
| 1977 | ||
| 1978 | Ute Verhoolen | |
| 1979 | Ado Schlier and Gabi Schnelle | Lotti Ohnesorge |
| 1980 | Ado Schlier | |
| 1981 | ||
| 1982 | ||
| 1983 | Carolin Reiber | |
| 1984 | Kerstin Schweighöfer | |
| 1985 | Christoph Deumling | |
| 1986 | ||
| 1987 | Christoph Deumling and Lotti Ohnesorge | Sandra Maischberger |
| 1988 | Nicole and Claus-Erich Boetzkes | Lotti Ohnesorge |
| 1989 | Thomas Gottschalk | Sandra Maischberger |
| 1990 | Fritz Egner | |
| 1991 | Max Schautzer | Christian Eckhardt |
| 1992 | Jan Hofer | Carmen Nebel |
| 1993 | ||
| 1994 | ||
| 1995 | Horst Senker | |
| 1996 | Ulf Ansorge | Germany did not participate |
| 1997 | Peter Urban | Christina Mänz |
| 1998 | Nena | |
| 1999 | Renan Demirkan | |
| 2000 | Axel Bulthaupt | |
| 2001 | ||
| 2002 | ||
| 2003 | ||
| 2004 | Thomas Anders | |
| 2005 | Thomas Hermanns | |
| 2006 | ||
| 2007 | ||
| 2008 | ||
| 2009 | Tim Frühling | Thomas Anders |
| 2010 | Peter Urban | Hape Kerkeling |
| 2011 | Ina Müller | |
| 2012 | Anke Engelke |
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