Germany: The Wild Card announcement and further details regarding Unser Lied für Liverpool!

Yesterday during Alles Eurovision show, the Wild Card finalist of the Unser Lied für Liverpool, the show which will determine the next German representative in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, was announced.

The selection process took place through TikTok and Ikke Hüftgold was the winner of the Wild Card selection with the song “Lied mit gutem Text”. The Wild Card selection included the below artists:

• Ikke Hüftgold – “Lied mit gutem Text” – 52% – Wildcard
• From Fall To Spring – “Draw The Line” – 28%
• JONA – “10/10” – 14%
• Betül – “Heaven” – 3%
• Mitchy & André Katawazi,  NashUp – “Summertime” – 2%
• Leslie Clio- “Free Again” – 1%

After the end of the aforementioned process, the line up of Unser Lied für Liverpool consists of the below artists:

• Will Church – “Hold On”
• Patty Gurdy – “Melodies of Hope”
• TRONG – “Dare to Be Different”
• Lonely Spring – “Misfit”
• Anica Russo – “Once Upon a Dream”
• Lord Of The Lost – “Blood and Glitter”
• Frida Gold – “Alle Frauen in mir sind müde”
• René Miller – “Concrete Heart”
• Ikke Hüftgold – “Lied mit gutem Text”

After the Wild Card announcement NDR revealed more details regarding the voting procedure. After 2019, an international jury is going to determine the 50% of the final result. It is going to consist of 8 countries, five people from each country. The names of the 8 countries of the international jury are yet to be announced.

Additionally, the public, who is going to determine the other 50% of the result, is going to have three voting options: 1) online voting, 2) SMS voting, 3) telephone call. The online voting process is going to open ahead of the live broadcast.

Tickets for Unser Lied für Liverpool are going to be available later today at 20:00 CET here.

Unser Lied für Liverpool is going to take place on the 3rd of March at 22:20 CET in the MMC Studios in Cologne. The host of the show is going to be Barbara Schöneberger and it is going to be broadcast live on Das Erste, ARD Mediathek and eurovision.de.

Last year Malik Harris with the song “Rockstars” represented Germany in the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest in Turin but once again they ended up in the last place, 26th with only 6 points.

Who do you think is going to be the next German representative? Let us know your thought in the comments below.

Stay tuned on Eurovision Fun for all the updates around Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023!

Source: Eurovoix