Seelitzer Song Contest 1

The Seelitzer Song Contest 01 was the 1st weekly Seelitzer Song Contest. The contest took place in Seelitz, Germany - the hometown of the Seelitzer Song Contest. The contest took place in the Seelitz Arena, Seelitz and the hosts were Bruce Darnell and Demet Akalin. Twenty-four cities participated, the slogan was "You can be the first!".

The winner for the SSC 01 was Kiel with the song "Higher" sung by Harry Triton & Nicole Meyer, which scored 132 points, beating Frankfurt an der Oder with a margin of 21 points. Stuttgart finished in third place and Potsdam in fourth, while Wuppertal finished in fifth place. Only german cities participated, with Seelitz being the only imaginary city to participate. Countries were introduced later.

Running Order
The running order was decided randomly by a draw. The winning song performed as 18th, while the last place performed as 8th.

Participants
In the first editions of SSC, only german cities could participate. So 24 cities confirmed their participation. These were Aachen, Attendorn, Berlin, Bochum, Bremen, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Erfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt an der Oder, Hagen, Hamburg, Kiel, Kirchhundem, Köln, Lennestadt, München, Neustadt, Oberwesel, Potsdam, Seelitz, Siegen, Stuttgart and Wuppertal.

Final
1 includes a few phrases in South African.