It is now official that despite the discussions that took place during the season, NDR will remain the responsible broadcaster of Germany’s participation in Eurovision, within the ARD network. Read more
Earlier today, NDR, the public broadcaster of Germany, announced that “Alles Eurovision”, a show about Eurovision, will return on screen, but slightly changed!
“Ich Will Zum ESC!” was a contest conducted by the German public broadcaster, in order to select an artist to take part in their national final, Das Deutsche Finale!
The public broadcaster, received a total of 20.000 votes for “Ich Will Zum ESC!”, with Floryan winning the ticket for the National Final. Below you can see the detailed results of the three finalists:
NDR recorded a viewership of 370,000 viewers, and a percentage of 1.9% across Germany.
In the end, the winner of the national final, was Isaak, with the song “Always on the Run”, and he will take part directly in the Grand Final of Eurovision 2024, in May 11:
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Das Deutsche Finale 2024 is officially over and Germany now has its own artist, for the 68th Eurovision Song Contest, in May in Malmö, Sweden! The winner of the Grand Final of Das Deutsche Finale 2024 was Isaak with the song “Always On The Run” and will wave the German flag, as successor of Lord of the Lost!
Eight artists, who were selected by the German public broadcaster, as well as one more artist selected through the TV show “Ich Will Zum ESC!”, claimed the win in Das Deutsche Finale 2024, and at the same time the country’s representation in Eurovision 2024. In the end after the jury and the televote, the long-awaited representative of the country in this year’s contest was finally selected!
Barbara Schöneberger was once again the host of the German national final.
The show started with a beautiful opening act by Barbara Schöneberger, pretending to be Loreen, and stepping on stage under the music of “Tattoo”. Αfter that, the nine contestants walked on the stage, in the style of a “Flag Parade”.
After that, the competition part of the national final started:
NinetyNine – “Love on a budget”
A very radio-friendly, mid-tempo song, that really doesn’t seem to be the one that will break the negative streak of Germany, but a great start for the show overall.
Leona – “Undream you”
A very beautiful ballad, written by Elsie Bay (MGP 2022, 2023), that the crowd in the studio seemed to have liked a lot, as the applauses didn’t stop for the whole performance.
Isaak Guderian – “Always on the run”
Great vocals, on a song that could give germany a result, much better than the previous years, under conditions.
GALANT – “Katze”
A very clever staging, on a somewhat weird song, that could very much be a joke entry.
Floryan – “Scars”
The wildcard of this year’s national final. Floryan performed a moving ballad that the crowd loved, and could easily be tonight’s surprise.
Bodine Monet – “Tears like rain”
Bodine is the second favourite for tonight’s win. A very beautiful performance, with vocals on point, that the crowd loved
RYK – “Oh boy”
The favourite to win the national final, gives a majestic performance with great vocals, but is that enough to give him the ticket to Malmö?
Marie Reim – “Naiv”
An amazing performance by Marie, that could easily get Germany out of the last places, and at the same time, being the first song they select in German after 2007.
Max Mutzke – “Forever strong”
The last performance of the night. Max Mutzke returns after 20 years and hopes to give Germany a result as good as the one he got back in Istanbul 2004.
The final result, was determined by 50% by the voting of the German public, and 50% by a series of international jury. In detail, the result of the international jury are:
The Jury votes for the German national final!
During the counting of the public votes, we watched a tribute to ABBA, by Barbara Schöneberger and the contestants of the national final.
The voting of the public gave the maximum 12 points to Isaak, giving him the ticket to Eurovision 2024!
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Below, you can watch the winning performance of “Always On The Run” by Isaak once again:
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Just a few hours ago, the national broadcaster of Germany, NDR, revealed on Eurovoix where the eight (8) different international juries that are going to vote during the National Final of Germany will come from. Thus, the international juries are going to consist of members from:
NDR also confirmed that an experienced group of guest artists that had already preveously participated in Eurovision Song Contest, will also be present so as to share their own experience, information and advice regarding their participation. This guest list includes of course Conchita Wurst and Mary Roos but also Rea Garvey, Riccardo Simonetti, Florian Silbereisen and Alli Neumann as well.
Remember that “Eurovision Song Contest – Das Deutsche Finale 2024” is set to be aired live on Friday the 16th of February, while the nine (9) entarnts that are going to compete for a possible representation of their country in Eurovision Song Contest 2024, in Malmö, are:
Until we find out who is going to be Germany’s next representative, take a look at last year’s participation, with Lord of The Lost singing “Blood and Glitter”:
Source: Eurovoix
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A few minutes ago Germany’s national broadcaster NDR announced the line-up of artists who will compete for the ticket to Malmo and Germany’s representation at Eurovision 2024.
The running order of the nine artists who will compete in the Eurovision Song Contest – Das deutsche Finale 2024 final is as follows:
Das Deutsche Finale 2024 will take place on February 16.
Last year, Germany was represented in Liverpool by Lord of the Lost with their song “Blood & Glitter”, unfortunately finishing last on the scoreboard.
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Year after year, Germany fails at the Eurovision Song Contest – not least the fault of NDR, which is responsible for the German preliminary round of the Eurovision Song Contest. Now, apparently, consequences are being drawn: As reported by Rolling Stone, the MDR will host it from 2025.
Those responsible at NDR have to admit to themselves that even with new concepts, everything remained the same every year, the Eurovision Eurovision participants could hardly convince anyone of themselves on the Eurovision stages, because the Eurovision noticeably lacked courage and creativity. The ARD executives are now said to have made the decision to entrust the more music-oriented broadcaster MDR with the organization of the Eurovision preliminary decision. MDR‘s head of entertainment, Peter Dreckmann, also acts as ARD‘s music coordinator. The change was allegedly even received with relief at NDR.
The fact that NDR will continue to be responsible for hosting the Eurovision preliminary round in 2024 is said to be due to the fact that funding from the MDR was not initially secured. Although there are possibilities of special financing for certain broadcast formats, this would first have to be approved by the program directors of the MDR, which probably did not happen in time. Costs of two million euros are expected for the preliminary round and the MDR already has to pay attention to its expenses anyway. Florian Silbereisen has already felt this, the red pencil was also applied to his schlager shows.
Neither spokespersons for NDR nor MDR wanted to deny this at this time. Those responsible said:
“Statements about the future belong in the realm of speculation, this is currently not an issue for the MDR.”
This leaves it open on how and where the preliminary round of the Eurovision Song Contest will take place in the future, but it does not dispel the rumours either.
It is also unclear whether Barbara Schöneberger will continue to be booked as a presenter for the preliminary show in 2025. At MDR, Florian Silbereisen is considered the best, at least when it comes to the station’s music shows.
Unfortunately, Lord Of The Lost did not succeed in overturning the tables for Germany, a country that struggles a lot in its Eurovision course for the past ten editions. Indicatively, in the last ten editions, Germany has finished last four times and second-last three times.
Source: Rolling Stone
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The speculated fan favorite Grossstadtgeflüster will not take part in the German preliminary round Das deutsche Finale 2024 for the selection of the German representative at Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö. The reason for this is quite simple: the band hadn’t even applied to NDR for it. The group made this clear today in a statement on social media.
It all fit! The title of the song “Ich kündige” is concise, unique and catchy. It was released after 1 September 2023 and could have simply been limited to the usual three minutes which is a requirement for a Eurovision Song Contest entry. And the song had already triggered a hype in the Eurovision bubble and on TikTok in advance. Nevertheless, Grossstadtgeflüster will not take part in the German Eurovision preliminaries in 2024 and thus will not get a chance to represent Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Malmö, Sweden.
You can listen to their song “Ich kündige” at the video down below:
Specifically, the band responded to the rumours with a statement on an Instagram post, which can be seen below:
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“Because of the many people asking us if we would participate in the ESC:
Certainly, it would have been an honor for us to secure the last place for Germany.
However, we didn’t apply because we’re pretty terrible at meeting deadlines, and on top of that, we tend to develop a mysterious skin irritation whenever we walk too close to a German flag.”
As early as October 12, there have been reports about a possible application of Grossstadtgeflüster with “Ich kündige” on ESCKompakt, noting that the band had not confirmed that they were involved in the application process.
Lots of hype had been developed around the song “Ich kündige” and its video. A Tiktok with the song had reached almost 3 million views within two days. A hint from the X fan account Songfestival Azerbaijan did the rest to spark the hopes in the Eurovision bubble.
So now, two days before the official announcement of the actual participants in the Eurovision preliminary decision Das deutsche Finale 2024, comes the clarifying cancellation. With this, the band is probably doing NDR a favor, because the possible disappointment of the fans about the non-participation of Grossstadtgeflüster should have evaporated by then.
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Will Church seemed to be among the 32 entries still in the run for a place in the German national final, Das Deutsche Finale 2024, and it now seems that his song has been rejected. Read more
A few hours after the end of the 67th Eurovision Song Contest and despite its low ranking, Germany confirms its participation in Eurovision 2024!
This news was made known by a member of NDR, the German broadcaster, speaking to Spiegel. In particular, they said:
“We are very happy to be there every year. And it will stay that way. Germany is such a diverse, exciting and innovative music market that there is absolutely no reason not to compete again. Eurovision is not only the biggest music show in Europe, but also one of the most successful shows on German television”
This year Germany was represented by Lord of the Lost with the song “Blood & Glitter”. The country could once again not escape from the last places, taking the 26th (last) place.
Source: Spiegel
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