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Germany: The viewers of the First Semi-Final of Eurovision 2024!

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With the first semi-final already completed, the television ratings for Germany have been released to the public.

Overall, 680 thousand viewers watched the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest live yesterday evening on the German channel ARD One, with a total share of 3.6%. Television viewership in Germany continues to increase for another year, with an increase from the previous first semi-final, which was watched by 590 thousand people.

The viewership percentage for the 14-49 age group increased significantly to 7.7%, following last year’s percentage of 6.3% for the same group. The viewership rate in 2023 nearly doubled compared to 2022 when the contest received a total percentage of only 3.4% for the same age group.

ISAAK represents Germany at the 68th Eurovision Song Contest, with the song “Always on the Run” in the grand final on May 11th.

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Eurovision 2024: The draw for the performance order of the Big 5 in the Final!

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Today, the Big 5 had their second rehearsals, and immediately after the press conference, the draw for their performance order in the Grand Final on Saturday (May 11th) took place. United Kingdom was first in the lineup, and the draws concluded with Italy’s.

The article is being updated.

  • We remind you that the host country, Sweden, opens the Grand Final on Saturday, as it is in the number one position.
  • The United Kingdom with Olly Alexander and ‘Dizzy‘ will perform in the first half of the Grand Final.

credit Corinne Cumming/EBU

  • Additionally, Germany will also appear in the first half with ISAAK and ‘Always On The Run.

credit Corinne Cumming/EBU

  • Slimane, representing France with ‘Mon Amour,’ was drawn to perform in the second half of Saturday’s final.

credit Corinne Cumming/EBU

  • Spain, represented by Nebulossa with the song ‘Zorra,’ was drawn for the producer’s choice, the new selection option for this year’s contest.

credit Corinne Cumming/EBU

  • The last country from the Big 5 to be drawn is Italy. Angelina Mango with ‘La Noia‘ was also drawn for the producer’s choice, the new selection option for this year’s contest.

credit Corinne Cumming/EBU

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Eurovision 2024: Which rehearsal had the most views on the sixth day?

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Yesterday, the first rehearsals were officially concluded, with the Big 5 and the host country Sweden taking the stage at the Malmö Arena for the first time! Regarding what we liked and what we would like to see again, you can read our new editorial. Also, you can read our article from the day before yesterday about the rehearsals of the eight countries from the second semifinal who completed their rehearsals on Tuesday.

However, as we know on TikTok, all the first rehearsals are uploaded. Apart from their performances, we’ll also get a sneak peek backstage before they take the stage for the first time in a video of about one minute.

One of the many features of TikTok is the ability to add songs to each user’s video creation. However, the TikTok algorithm is usually able to detect the song used in the video, assign it to the correct track, and then include it in the total number of videos where that sound has been used. Based on this capability, the most popular songs before rehearsals were from the Netherlands and Italy. Will they receive the same promotion as before?

In less than 24 hours (May 3, 2024, time 15:35 CET), since the first clip from the rehearsals was uploaded, we have a indicative sample of which rehearsal was favored by the audience (here it should be noted that the videos were uploaded one after the other with a one and a half hour interval and there was a significant delay in their publication).

The rehearsals that had the most views are:

  1. Sweden: Marcus & Martinus – Unforgettable – 344.1 thousand views
  2. United Kingdom: Olly Alexander – Dizzy – 328.9 thousand views
  3. Spain: Nebulossa – Zorra – 264.1 thousand views
  4. France: Slimane – Mon Amour – 247.4 thousand views
  5. Germany: Isaak – Always On The Run – 152.9 thousand views
  6. Italy: Angelina Mango – La Noia – 136.1 thousand views

With this small sample, we can infer that:

  • Sweden and the United Kingdom impressed the fans, capturing the first and second positions respectively in views on their first rehearsal. Will they have the same response tomorrow when they take the stage for their second rehearsal?
  • Surprisingly, the favorite to win, Italy, and Angelina Mango are in the last position in views from their first rehearsal.
  • Since it has only been 20 hours since the first video was posted on TikTok, there is a possibility that countries will recover in views very soon.”

Stay tuned because tomorrow the overall ranking of all 37 entries based on their views on TikTok before the semi-finals will be revealed.

TikTok has played a significant role in the success of Eurovision songs in recent years. For example, Duncan Laurence’s winning entry “Arcade” became a global hit a year after winning the competition when it was used in over a million videos on TikTok. One of the earliest TikTok successes from Eurovision was Getter Jaani’s “Rockefeller Street”, which went viral on the platform in 2018 and has since been used in over two million videos. Let’s not forget that Armenia’s entry in 2022 by Rosa Linn with “Snap” gained over a billion views on the platform. Finally, Norway’s entry last year gained significant worldwide publicity months before the competition week, where it secured fifth place.

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Eurovision 2024: Germany’s First Rehearsal!

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Next up on the stage of Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is Germany. ISAAK with his song “Always On The Run” is ready for his first rehearsal on the stage of Malmö Arena!

Who is ISAAK?

ISAAK embarked on his musical journey as a street musician at the age of 12.

Fueled by a deep passion for music, he honed his skills in playing the guitar, piano, ukulele and drums. It was during this formative period that he not only cultivated his unmistakable voice, which has resonated deeply with his audiences, but also developed a captivating stage presence.

A devoted family man and husband, music has always been at the heart of ISAAK’s life. A big break for the singer arrived in 2021, when he won the talent show Show Your Talent.

His early experiences as a street performer have shaped his artistry today, instilling in him a deep connection to both his craft and his audience.

ISAAK won “Eurovision Song Contest – Das deutsche Finale 2024”, Germany’s national selection for Eurovision 2024 and the ticket for Malmö!

The Rehearsal

It’s time for Germany’s ISAAK now, with his power ballad Always On The Run. Like lots of singer/songwriters, ISAAK honed his craft as a street musician – he put on an impromptu street performance before the Pre-Party in Madrid, so hopefully we’ll see him out and about on the streets of Malmö over the coming week too.

This staging has had a major overhaul since Das Deutsche Finale back in February – ISAAK is also in a room, but rather than a filthy gym it looks like a very stylish living room, made from a black metal framework that means he can still be seen from all sides. It also has an open fire – and from the first chorus, all three sides of the room burst into flames, like the house is burning down. Hard to capture the atmosphere in words, but it’s really impressive.

The set sits under the middle cube, which has descended from the heavens to create a ceiling, but during the middle eight the whole set is wheeled away and it’s just ISAAK in the middle of the stage, wearing a black suit and flanked by four backing singers.

Watching both on screen and on the stage, it’s a really impactful three minutes – ISAAK’s interaction with parts of the room, the flames, and the dynamic change of set halfway through really elevates what is already a powerhouse vocal.

We’ve see SO much great staging over the past week – still four more performances to go, but it’s shaping to be a VERY good year.

Germany First Rehearsal Eurovision 2024. Credits: Corinne Cumming

 

Germany’s second rehearsal is scheduled for Saturday, 4/5. A TV snippet of ISAAK’s performance will provide a clearer picture of what to expect on the Eurovision stage.

You can watch a small clip from Germany’s first rehearsal from TikTok:

@eurovision @ISAAK sets the stage alight at his very first rehearsal for Germany #Eurovision2024 ♬ original sound – Eurovision

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Germany: “Always On The Run” by ISAAK to Be Presented Differently at ESC in Malmö

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We already know a bit about how the team behind the German ESC delegation plans to bring “Always On The Run” by “The German Final 2024” winner ISAAK to the stage in Malmö: For example, it’s clear that the word “Shit” in the song lyrics will be replaced by a hissing sound. It is also known that the creative agency Black Skull Creative has been engaged to bring the German entry to the ESC stage in collaboration with Austrian Marvin Dietmann. ISAAK himself has also expressed that there is still intensive work to be done on the staging.

This is certainly necessary because it has also been noticed internationally that there was basically no staging during ISAAK‘s performance in the German final (as stated by wiwibloggs chief William Lee Adams: “There’s really not any staging“). Dan Shipton, managing director of Black Skull Creative, who will be responsible for the German staging in Malmö, also emphasizes this point in the current episode of “The Euro Trip Podcast“.

Dan expresses himself in the conversation with his colleagues as follows:

“The final performance in the preliminary was not right; For him as a great street artist, that was not authentic. I didn’t feel that the overall package represented the man he is.”

At the same time, Dan praises “Always On The Run” and emphasizes that, in his view, the song has greater potential than the (international) fan reactions and betting odds suggest. He firmly believes that Germany does not have to finish last and that with a good staging (“It’s up to us”), Germany can move much further up in the result table.

However, Dan’s comparison between Germany in the current situation and the United Kingdom about 5 years ago seems a bit unfortunate, because it is well known that Dan and his team have not really succeeded in improving the placements of Electro Velvet, Joe & Jake, or SuRie through suitable staging, just as they did not with James Newman (whom Dan compares to ISAAK) or Michael Rice.

Nevertheless, German ESC fans can draw hope from the fact that the responsible creative team is aware that “Always On The Run” at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö must be presented very differently than in the Berlin live show of “The German Final 2024” and that the considerations and planning for this are already beginning.

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Germany: A lyric of “Always On The Run” has to be modified!

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Isaak, the winner of the German national selection for Eurovision 2024, shall change a lyric on his entry “Always On The Run“, in order for it to be eligible for the contest.

Specifically, the organizers have already warned Isaak that the following lyrics in the first verse need to be changed:

No one gives a shit about what’s soon to come.

The word “shit” is where the problem arises and what must change. That’s why it is against the competition rules to include cursing or offensive words in an entry. When it comes to Eurovision, peace, joy and unity come first, the organizers say. Hence, Isaak is aware of this and has decided to omit the specific word from “Always On The Run“, mentioning:

We thought about it and we censored it. It was no problem at all.

We remind you that Isaak will represent Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with his entry “Always On The Run“. Germany, as a member of the big-five, will automatically qualify to the Grand Final of May 11 and the German audience will cast their votes on the first semi-final.

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Eurovision 2024: Dan Shipton to Direct Germany, Austria, and Cyprus!

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Dan Shipton will be directing three countries in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Specifically, Black Scull Creative, owned by Dan, his husband Ross Nicholson, and their collaborators Jay Revell and Paul Gardner, will be responsible for the television production of the entries from Austria, Germany, and Cyprus.

Speaking to The Euro Trip, Dan Shipton revealed:

We have Austria, Germany, and Cyprus.

We are very excited about these countries and we are very close to them.

We turned down several collaborations this year to dedicate more time to family, but we couldn’t miss out on Eurovision because it’s our passion.

Shipton has been the creative director of many entries in the past decade and was the main creative director of Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool. Also, in 2022, he worked with four countries, while in 2021, he collaborated with seven. Shipton and Nicholson had to reduce their collaborations for this year’s Eurovision as they are expecting their first child. Marvin Dietmann will also be collaborating with them on the three entries in Malmo this year.

Kaleen, this year’s representative of Austria at Eurovision, is married to Dietmann and is a close friend of Shipton.

Kaleen and I have been friends for years.

The song is a banger and has very nice elements. It’s wonderful, her vocals are amazing, the choreography is fantastic, and the song is perfect.

It has something different from what you would expect from a typical Eurovision song. What we have prepared will excite.

17-year-old Silia Kapsis, who will represent Cyprus with “Liar,” has already started working with Shipton and his team to prepare her performance for Malmo.

The song is fantastic. When her team sent it to me, I listened to it, listened to it again, listened to it for a third time, and I really liked it.

As an artist, she is amazing. Vocally, she is great. The choreography is wonderful. She definitely has the potential to stand out.

The Eurovision stage has been designed by German designer Florian Wieder, who has designed seven stages at Eurovision since 2011, including last year’s in Liverpool.

Whatever Florian designs is amazing.

It’s wonderful to have the audience around you. The cross-shaped stage will compel people to rally around it.

It’s up to us, as creative directors, to find a way to capture something different and guess what the result will look like to do something that will stand out. The stage has many possibilities.

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Source: The Euro Trip Podcast

Germany: Tonight marks the final of Das Deutsche Finale 2024!

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Today, Germany, the two-time winner of the contest, selects its representative for the 68th Eurovision Song Contest. In just a few hours, we will know the artist who will represent the mighty Western European nation in Malmo, aiming to end its dismal streak of the past nine years, where it has landed in the bottom two positions in seven out of eight competitions.

Participants

Nine artists will take part in tonight’s grand final of Das Deutsche Finale 2024. These artists will perform in the following order:

  1. NinetyNine – “Love on a budget”
  2. Leona – “Undream you”
  3. Isaak Guderian – “Always on the run”
  4. GALANT – “Katze”
  5. Floryan – “Scars”
  6. Bodine Monet – “Tears like rain”
  7. RYK – “Oh boy”
  8. Marie Reim – “Naiv”
  9. Max Mutzke – “Forever strong”

Final Outcome

The selection process for Germany‘s representative in Eurovision 2024 is straightforward. Following the Eurovision Song Contest standards, the grand winner of Das Deutsche Finale 2024 will emerge from a combination of 50% German public vote and 50% vote from an international jury.

The international jury comprises eight experts from the following countries:

  • Austria
  • Croatia
  • Iceland
  • Lithuania
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • United Kingdom

In case of a tie, the artist with more votes from the public will prevail.

The Show

Once again, the hostess of the German national final will be Barbara Schöneberger.

A plethora of guests is expected to grace the grand final of Das Deutsche Finale 2024. Notable among them are the winner of Eurovision 2014, Conchita Wurst, and Germany’s representatives in Eurovision 1972 & 1984, Mary Roos. Additionally, performances are slated from Rea Garvey, Riccardo Simonetti, Florian Silbereisen, and Alli Neumann.

The final of Das Deutsche Finale 2024 will commence at 22:05 CET, and you can watch it through the official website of German public television by clicking HERE.

Last year, Germany was represented by Lord Of The Lost with the song “Blood & Glitter”, securing the 26th position with 18 points.

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Germany: Listen to the songs of the finalists of “Ich will zum ESC”!

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As we have already informed you in our previous articles, the five episodes of “Ich will zum ESC” have wrapped up. It is a six-episode competition show and its winner will ultimately secure a place on “Deutsche Finale”, Germany’s national selection, through which the country will select its representative for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest.

As the process takes place, the contestants will be supported by their two coaches, Rea Garvey and the winner of Eurovision 2014, Conchita Wurst. During those five episodes, the artists chose to sing either covers or songs they wrote themselves, whereas, on the final episode on February 8th they will perform the song with which, if they win “Ich will zum ESC”, they will participate on “Deutsche Finale” on February 16th.

Today, the songs of the finalists were published and we will see them on stage on the last episode of ‘Ich will zum ESC”.

Listen to the songs here:
  1. Anne – “Yellow Brick Road”
  2. Luca – “Farben neuer Tage”
  3. Bibiane – Walk You Home Safe”
  4. Florian – “Scars”

Last year, unfortunately, Lord of the Lost did not manage to overturn Germany’s unlucky past on the Contest, especially during the last ten editions. It is noted that as for the last ten editions of Eurovision, Germany has ended up on the last place of the scoreboard four times and second-to-last three times.

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Germany: The first preview of the songs of the Eurovision Song Contest – Das Deutsche Finale 2024!

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As we previously informed you in one of our articles, the revelation of the artists participating in the Eurovision Song Contest – Das Deutsche Finale 2024 will take place on January 19. Just before the announcement of the hopefuls heading to Malmö, Germany’s public broadcaster, NDR, has provided initial information about the songs that will be part of the national final, thanks to a first preview by German citizens.

 

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Listening to the songs, the German audience commented:

  • “Sounds like Elvis”

  • “A face like Helge Mark”

  • “Leather jacket”

  • “Bon Jovi vibes”

  • “James Dean”

  • “A mix of very gay and very heterosexual”

  • “Pop Rock”

  • “Guitar, drums, bass”

  • “Lively, captivating, fast”

  • “Lovely, but indistinct English song singing about an ’empty bank account'”

Details about the next stages of evaluation and the final selection of songs for the Eurovision Song Contest – Das Deutsche Finale 2024 will be announced in the coming days.

Out of the 693 submitted songs, artists participating in the German national final were selected during the Christmas period. Among them are 475 solo acts, 71 duets, and 127 bands.

The Eurovision Song Contest – Das deutsche Finale 2024 is scheduled for February 16, 2024, at 21:00 CET. It will be broadcast live from Berlin on Das Erste, eurovision.de, and the ARD Mediathek. The winner will earn the opportunity to fly to Malmö and represent Germany in the 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in May.

Germany finished in the last position in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with Lord of the Lost and the song “Blood and Glitter.”

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