Germany: Marvin Dietmann will be the director of “Rockstars”!

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The Australian choreographer Marvin Dietmann, will choreograph Germany’s song “Rockstars” from Malik Harris in Turin. Dietmann rose to fame as the choreographer of the winning performance of Conchita Wurst in Copenhagen in 2014. Last year he directed 7 participations of Eurovision 2021 (Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic and Estonia) while he is already the director of Cyprus and Israel for this year as well.

Friday night, Malik Harris, performed first and won Germany’s national final, Germany 12 Points. Although he was second in the online vote, he managed to convince the public, so that he could have the most points in total.

Listen to “Rockstars”, Malik Hariss’ song for Eurovision 2022:

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Source: esc-kompakt.de

Germany: Malik Harris will represent the Big 5 country in Eurovision!

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The German national selection for Eurovision 2022 took place in March 4.  German broadcaster ARD returned to a national selection for Eurovision after two years.  Six acts competed in Germany 12 points.  In the end it was Malik Harris who won the competition and will represent Germany in Turin.

The national final started at 21.00 CET.  Eurovision winners Conchita Wurst, Jane Comerford and Jamala performed during the final.  A combined radio voting and televote decided the winner.

The Contestants

The six candidates competing in Germany 12 points were:

  1. Malik Harris – “Rockstars“
  2. Maël & Jonas – “I Swear To God“
  3. Eros Atomus – “Alive“
  4. Emily Roberts – “Soap“
  5. Felicia Lu – “Anxiety“
  6. Nico Suave & Team Liebe – “Hallo Welt“

During their performances, Malik Harris and Eros Atomus expressed support for Ukraine.

The results are based 100% on the vote of the public.  Since February 28, listeners of the 9 ARD radio stations voted for their favorite song online.  TV viewers voted during the show.  The vote of the radio listeners and tv viewers represented 50% of the final result each.

The Results

Artist Online Voting Televoting Total Place
Malik Harris 90 118 208 1st
Maël & Jonas 106 79 185 2nd
Eros Atomus 53 70 123 5th
Emily Roberts 46 7 53 6th
Felicia Lu 74 65 139 4th
Nico Suave & Team Liebe 63 94 157 3rd

Malik Harris won Germany 12 points with the song Rockstars.  You can watch Malik Harris performance at Germany 12 points in the video embedded below

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Germany: Grand Final of Germany 12 Points tonight!

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Its representative in Eurovision 2022 is chosen by Germany tonight, with the conduct of Germany 12 Points.

The leaders of the German state radio and television have decided to return this year to the form of a national final, through which the German representative will be selected in the 66th Eurovision Song Contest. So, after months of preparation, it is time for the German national final.

Contestants

Six artists are taking part in the Germany 12 Points final, with the winner of tonight’s show representing Germany in Turin in May.

The six finalists are:

  1. Malik Harris – “Rockstars“
  2. Maël & Jonas – “I Swear To God”
  3. Eros Atomus – “Alive“
  4. Emily Roberts – “Soap“
  5. Felicia Lu – “Anxiety“
  6. Nico Suave & Team Liebe – “Hallo Welt“

The winner of the Germany 12 Points will be chosen exclusively by the German public, through an online voting, which started on February 28, but also a voting via SMS and telephone, with the telephone lines being open today from the beginning of the final onwards.

Germany 12 Points will be presented by Barbara Schöneberger.

The German national final starts at 21:00 CET and will last one and a half hours. You can watch it through the ARD Das Erste website by clicking HERE.

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Germany: Interview with Felicia Lu From Germany 12 Points! (Video)

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Following the announcement of her participation in this year’s national final of Germany, Germany 12 Points, Felicia Lu speaks exclusively to EurovisionFun and Apostolos Bogiannos and Apostolis Matamis.

Felicia is one of the six finalists in the German national final for Eurovision 2022, and will try for the second time to represent her country with the song “Anxiety”.

In 2017 the situation was completely different. I was younger, the whole process was different. We were given all 5 ready songs and we had to make them our own. This year I come up with a song of my own that suits me perfectly. And it is a different experience because this year I will be able to be myself as an artist on stage. I was excited when the applications opened and realized that I could try again, so I sent the video and as a surprise I was selected once again. “Anxiety” is a personal song about all the social stress I went through in the last two years like everyone else. For me it was very important to have a song with a deep meaning and to help the people who will listen to it and not to take part with a song that will convey that everything around us is happy, something that is not true. And with “Anxiety” I want to convey the message that despite our stress we have to fight to overcome them, with a happier and dancing sound. Although it was not written directly for the contest, I’m glad it was selected from a total of five songs I submitted on public television.

Regarding her stage appearance in the national final, she stated that:

I work very hard for my live show which will be very different from the studio. Vocals will be better and more intense while there will be some moments of surprises. The whole look will be fun. There will be no resemblance to the videoclip. Although this was filmed in a toilet with a dose of humor, my stage appearance will be more serious and enjoyable.

Although she likes all the fellow songs, she can not single out one since she does not see the final in a competition but as a fun meeting between friends.

Her favorite German entries are those of Michael Schulte (2018), Lena (2010) and Stefan Raab (2000) while from the competition in general she stands out the entries of Måneskin (Italy 2021), Daði og Gagnamagnið (Iceland 2021) and Lake Malawi (Czech Republic 2019).

If he chose a Eurostar to work with, it would be Måneskin (Italy 2021).

Following her effort for Eurovision 2017, Felicia took part in Rising Star Germany 2018.

Shortly before the end of the interview, Felicia gave us a part of her participation.

Watch the full exclusive interview of Felicia Lu in the video below:

Listen to “Anxiety“, Felicia Lu entry in Germany 12 Points!

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Germany: Interview with Malik Harris | With “Rockstars” in Germany 12 Points! (Video)

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Following the announcement of his participation in this year’s German national final, Germany 12 Points, Malik Harris speaks exclusively to EurovisionFun and Apostolos Bogiannos and Apostolis Matamis.

Malik is one of the six finalists in the German national final for Eurovision 2022, and will try to represent his country with the song “Rockstars”.

I wrote “Rockstars” last year and a few weeks ago a friend asked me if I would ever consider being at Eurovision and I said “I do not know, but I have the song that works for this purpose”. This is because it is quite personal and something different than what Germany usually does. Why not? It all starts with the right song after all. We grow up and initially live with a childish and carefree sense of life because when we are children everything around us is so simple. And growing up the thoughts and worries come and so have I been in recent years, especially now with Covid, and I recall how happy I was when I was little and how much that changes over time. Thus, the deeper meaning of “Rockstars” is not to live by constantly recalling the past. To keep the good moments from it but to see the good moments of today and to walk according to them.

Regarding his stage appearance in the national final, he stated that:

The staging will be very emotional. It’s the first song I wrote and it made me cry. And I will try to convey its meaning on stage.

Although he likes all the fellow songs, he singles out those of Felicia Lu and Maël & Jonas.

His favorite German participation is that of Lena (2010) ,while from the competition he generally distinguishes the participations of Måneskin (Italy 2021) and Duncan Laurence (Netherlands 2019).

If he chose a Eurostar to work with, it would be Måneskin (Italy 2021).

Malik is half American in origin and thinks it would be a great honor for him if he could present a song live in so many people, representing his country, Germany.

Shortly before the end of the interview, Malik gave us a part of his participation.

Watch the full exclusive interview of Malik Harris in the video below:

Listen to Maliks’ entry “Rockstars“ for Germany 12 Points!

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Germany: The participants and songs of “Germany 12 Points” have been revealed!

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Germany‘s national broadcaster, NDR, has just revealed the artists and songs that will compete in Germany 12 Points, the country’s national final for Eurovision 2022.

A panel of experts selected the 6 best proposals from 944 submitted songs, to compete in the final. This panel consists of executives from Bayern3, Antenne Brandenburg, Bremen 4, HR 3, MDR Jump, NDR 2, SR 1, SWR 3 and WDR 2. All of them belong to the regional broadcasting network of the German radio and television. The panel also includes Alexandra Wolfslast, head of the German delegation in the competition.

The entries of Germany 12 Points are as follows :

You can listen to each song by clicking on the title

  1. Eros Atomus – Alive
  2. Felicia Lu – Anxiety
  3. Emily Roberts – Soap
  4. Maël & Jonas – I Swear To God
  5. Nico Suave & Team Liebe – Hallo Welt
  6. Malik Harris – Rockstars

The winner of Germany 12 Points, who will go on to represent the country in Turin, will be decided exclusively by the public, through an online voting, commencing on February 28, and on the night of the final (Friday, March 4) , via SMS and telephone.

The final, where the candidates will perform their songs live, will be presented by Barbara Schöneberger.

Germany finished in 25th place last year, with Jendrik performing the song “I Don’t Feel Hate“. The German participation received 3 points from the juries and zero from the audience.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m0VEAfLV4E

Source: Eurovision.de

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Germany: “ESC vor acht” to promote National Final!

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ARD, the Germany broadcaster, announced the beggining of eight short length shows for the promotion of their national final this year.

The name of those shows is “ESC vor acht”, which means Eurovision before eight, and they will be broadcasted for eight days at 20:15. The show will promote “Germany 12 points” and will also show the history of Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest.

“ESC vor acht” will be on the German TV those dates:

  • Monday 21 February 2022
  • Tuesday 22 February 2022
  • Wednesday 23 February 2022
  • Thursday 24 February 2022
  • Tuesday 1 March 2022
  • Wednesdasy 2 March 2022
  • Thursday 3 March 2022

The main goals that the channel wants to achieve with those shows is to promote online voting, which will start at February 28 until March 4, and also make Eurovision more appealing to older people, that’s why the shows will be broadcasted before the news.

The German National Final, “Germany 12 points”, will happen at the 10th of March and the participants would have already been revealed at the 10th of February.

In 2021, the country was represented by Jendrik and the song “I don’t feel hate” which achieved the 25th place with only 3 points.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m0VEAfLV4E

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Source: Eurovoix

Eurovision 2022: Here are the results of the allocation draw!

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The Semi-Final Allocation Draw for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 took place in Palazzo Madama in Turin. Find out below in which of the 2 Semi-Finals your country will perform and vote in. The annual event was hosted by Carolina di Domenico and Mario Acampa.

The Semi-Final Allocation Draw and Host City Insignia Exchange are key milestones on the path to the Eurovision Song Contest each year.

During the ceremony, Ahmed Aboutaleb, Mayor of Rotterdam, passed on the Host City Insignia to Stefano Lo Russo, Mayor of Turin. The insignia key chain, weighing over 30 kilograms with the new addition of Rotterdam’s insignia, was handed over to Turin. The Italian city is now officially the Host City of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.

Draw Procedure

The 36 countries competing in the semifinals were divided into six pots, based on the points they have exchanged in recent years. This is done in order to avoid, as much as possible, the alliances and bloc voting that appear every year in the voting.

Allocation Pots

Big 5

With the host Italy, directly in the final, along with the rest of the Big 5 (UK, France, Germany, Spain), the first part of the draw determined the semifinal that the direct finalists will vote.

Will vote in the 1st Semi-Final:

  • France
  • Italy

Will vote in the 2nd Semi-Final:

  • Spain
  • Germany
  • United Kingdom

Their performance in the dress rehearsal will be shown in the semifinals where the six aforementioned countries were drawn to broadcast and vote. This was done at Eurovision 2016 for the first time, for reasons of equal visibility of the countries that are directly in the final and the countries that compete in the semifinals. Essentially, viewers watch each entry twice during the shows.

Allocation Draw

The draw of the countries for the two semifinals had two parts. In the first part, the 36 countries that participate in the semifinals, were drawn in which of the two will compete. 18 countries will compete in both the first and the second semifinal.

In the second part each country found out if it will appear in the first or in the second half of the semifinal that will compete. The exact order of appearance will be determined by the EBU and the producers of the show at a later time.

First Semi-Final (10 May):

1st Half

  • Albania
  • Switzerland
  • Latvia
  • Slovenia
  • Moldova
  • Bulgaria
  • Ukraine
  • Lithuania
  • Netherlands

2nd Half

  • Norway
  • Russia
  • Portugal
  • Denmark
  • Armenia
  • Austria
  • Croatia
  • Iceland
  • Greece

Second Semi-Final (12 May):

1st Half

  • Australia
  • Georgia
  • Cyprus
  • Serbia
  • Finland
  • Azerbaijan
  • San Marino
  • Israel
  • Malta

2nd Half

  • Montenegro
  • Romania
  • Czech Republic
  • Poland
  • Belgium
  • North Macedonia
  • Sweden
  • Estonia
  • Ireland

Turin will host the 66th Eurovision Song Contest from May 10th to 14th at the Pala Alpitour. The motto of this year’s event, as chosen by the organizers, is “The Sound of Beauty”.

You can see the draw again through the following link:

 

 

 

Germany: Further insight regarding “Germany 12 points”

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After two consecutive last placing and three placings in the 25th position in the last six contests, the German national broadcaster decided to host a national final for the selection of the German representative at the upcoming 66th Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, Italy.

The national final is not going to be “Unser Lied für Turin”, as expected, but a new show under the name “Germany 12 points” which is scheduled to take place on the 4th of  March. Additionally, on 10th of February the six artists who are going to compete at the show in Berlin as well as the members of the jury are going to be revealed.

The jury panel consists of members from Bayern3, Antenne Brandenburg, Bremen 4, HR 3, MDR Jump, NDR 2, SR 1, SWR 3 and WDR 2. The only already known name of this jury is Alexandra Wolfslast, the head of delegation of Germany at the contest. The task of this jury was to select the artists of the German national final among almost 1000 candidates. The final six artists emerged among 25 shortlisted candidates, who performed live before the jury on 14th and 15th of January.

After the artists and the jury members revelation the public is going to choose who will fly the German flag in Turin through an online voting which starts on 28th of February and is going to continue on the day of the final too, through SMS and telephone calls.

The hostess of Germany 12 points is going to be Barbara Schöneberger.

Last year Germany was represented by Jendrik and his song “I Don’t Feel Hate” which finished on 25th place receiving three points from the jury and zero from the televoting.

Sources: Eurovision.de / esc-kompakt.de

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Germany: The national final will be broadcasted on March 4!

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After ending up five times on 25th place or lower in the last six Eurovision editions, the German national broadcaster decided on organizing a national final to decide Germany’s representative for the 66th Eurovision Song Contest, which will take place in Turin, Italy.

The national final’s name won’t be “Unser lied für Turin“, as expected, but “Germany 12 Points” and will take place on March 4th, while the competitors will be revealed, starting February 10.

An expert jury will pick the best proposals from the 944 songs that were submitted in total, so that they can compete in the final. The jury consists of members of Bayern3, Antenne Brandenburg, Bremen 4, HR 3, MDR Jump, NDR 2, SR 1, SWR 3 and WDR 2. All of them belong to the regional broadcasting network of the German broadcasters. One of the jury members is also Alexandra Wolfslast the Head of the German Delegation in the contest.

After the announcement of the competitors from the jury, the public will have to decide who will end up being the representative of Germany, through an online voting, which will start on February 28, until the day of the final (Friday March 4th), with SMS or calling-in.

The night of the final, where the competitors will sing their songs live, will be hosted by Barbara Schöneberger

Last year, Germany was represented by Jendrik and the song “I Don’t Feel Hate” and ended up in 25th place with 3 points from the juries and none from the public.

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