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Germany: The first artists who have expressed interest in representing the nation in Malmö!

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Will “The German Finale 2024” the national final for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest, in Malmö feature a significant reunion of the “Our Song for Liverpool” contestants from the previous year? The chance is real, as five (out of 14) participants who ran for German representation last year intend to run again in 2024. The first new names are already being circulated.

Melissa Mantzoukis

Melissa was not able to represent Greece this year in Eurovision, but she hopes to achieve it in 2024 with Germany. This time and according to our exclusive information, she has registered for “Das Deutsche Finale 2024“,  the national final which will be held by the country’s public television to select the artist and song that will represent the nation in Malmö. More exclusive Eurovisionfun information can be read here .

Betül

Betül intended to represent Germany in Liverpool with her song “Heaven”, she made it all the way to the TikTok vote and ended up in the 4th place. The singer and her team have already expressed interest in applying again. Except “Heaven”, Betül has so far created a stir in Germany, mostly because of her Turkish sound. Since Turkey is no longer participating in Eurovision, a Turkish sound or the choice of singing in Turkish will cause a sensation and might upset people.

From Fall To Spring

The group was defeated last year in the TikTok vote by Ikke Hipgold. This year, however, with “Draw the Line” they gained a lot of new fans in the Eurovision community. They even claimed in February that they were still interested in competing in Eurovision. The band has confirmed it once again and has already released the song with which they want to take part in “The German Finale 2024” next year. FFTS is likely to be among the favorites if selected for the national selection.

 

Ikke Hüftgold

ULFL runner-up Ikke Hipgold has already expressed his interest in re-entering the national selection, announcing last month that he would prefer to go to Eurovision representing Germany. His song is considered to be ready. He is currently storming the German charts with Vanessa Mai and their song “Igel”.

Mitchy and André Katawazi

Mitchy and André Katawazi have confirmed that they want to take part in the German National Selection again next year and are already working on new music.

Will Church

It has been known for some time that the runner-up and jury winner in “Our Song for Liverpool” Will Church , also wants to try again. He shared it on his YouTube account in May. Therefore, we can assume that he will apply for “The German Finale 2024”.

Basti Schmidt

“FameMaker” winner and “The Voice of Germany” finalist Basti’s interest for Eurovision is yet to be confirmed. There seems to be some interest for the upcoming contest, as he attended a songwriting camp in Norway along with JOWST, EMMY and the Norwegian head of delegation Stig Karlsen. Basti also recently released a new single, “Forevermore”.

These are the first names, which are most likely to set an official participation for the representation of Germany. We now have to wait for the official announcements so we can see who will be the successor of Lord of the Lost!

Stay tuned on EurovisionFun for all news!

Source: esc-kompakt.de

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.

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