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Germany: Frida Gold withdrew from Unser Lied für Liverpool!

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Eight songs will compete tonight to represent Germany in the national final Unser Lied für Liverpool, after Frida Gold withdrew due to the illness of their lead singer Alina Süggeler.

Frida Gold, with the song ‘Alle Frauen in mir sind müde‘ (‘All women in me are tired’), did not take part in the second rehearsal yesterday, nor in the rehearsal scored by the jury, who judged them based on the video of the first rehearsal. The singer’s health does not seem to have improved, making it impossible for her to participate in today’s show.

Frida Gold stated the following:

“Already on the second day of the rehearsals it was obvious to all involved that Alina Süggeler was very ill and suffering from fever. She was only able to do two run-throughs, during which she could only partially sing. She then immediately left for home in the hope that rest and medication could stabilize her for the next day.

Unfortunately, the opposite happened; in addition to fever, chills and a sharp sore throat, she had completely lost her voice. The doctor pointed out that she needed to rest in bed for a week.

The available medication did not lead to any improvement to enable her to meet the requirements of the competition. For Alina and everyone involved, after weeks of work and preparation, this is a shock and a huge disappointment.

It was Frida Gold’s idea and desire to present the message of the song “Alle Frauen In Mir Sind Müde” in front of a large audience, as it is an important topic.

The possibility of possibly singing it in Liverpool as the German entry was also a big motivation.

Frida Gold would like to thank all the organisers and of course their fans.”

In terms of the scoring for tonight’s show, this means that the eight international juries will now only award 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 points each.

Listen to Frida Gold‘s “Alle Frauen in mir sind müde“, which unfortunately will not appear in tonight’s national final:

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments regarding Germany’s participation in Eurovision 2023, in Liverpool!

Source: ESCKompakt

Germany: online voting for “Unser Lied für Liverpool” starts on Friday!

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The voting process for the German final “Unser Lied für Liverpool” starts on Friday, February 24, 2023.  The online voting will extend until March 03, 2023 at 10 pm.

The voting system will work as follows:

  • During the evening of Unser Lied für Liverpool people can vote through SMS or phone.  The online vote will be joined with the live voting.  The televote will weigh 50% of the total result.
  • The jury vote will decide the other 50% of the result.  During the show, the international jury will award 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 12 points to the acts.

Eight international jurors from different countries will make the international jury from the music and entertaining industry.  The international jurors come from Switzerland, the Netherlands, Finland, Spain, Lithuania, Ukraine, Austria and Great Britain.

The competing acts in Unser Lied für Liverpool are:

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” (All the women in me are tired)
René Miller – “Concrete Heart”
Ikke Hüftgold – “Lied mit gutem Text” (Song with good lyrics)

Unser Lied für Liverpool will air on March 03, 2023 at 22:20 CET on Das Erste, ARD Mediathek, and eurovision.de.

Interval Acts

The band “The BossHoss” and Ilse DeLange will be the interval acts of the German national final.  Ilse DeLange came second in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 as part of The Common Linnets.  This year, The BossHoss and Ilse DeLange will sing their new single “YOU”.

The BossHoss and The Common Linnets had already performed as an interval act during Unser Lied für Stockholm in 2016 covering the song “Jolene” by Dolly Parton.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BYIou-oWXA&ab_channel=EurovisionSongContest

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