German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest

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In the German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest of the European Broadcasting Union , the German contribution will be chosen or presented. After the Eurovision competition was founded in 1956, a preliminary decision took place almost every year in Germany from 1960 onwards, and it was broadcast on television. With the exception of 1976 , 1996 , 1999 and 2015 , the selected entry also took part in the international finals of the competition.

Responsible broadcasters

One of the state broadcasting corporations of the ARD is usually responsible for the organization and implementation of the German preliminary decision , in a few years the preliminary decisions were organized jointly by several broadcasters. From 1964 to 1992 the German preliminary rounds carried the title Ein Lied für ... , supplemented by the name of the city in which the Eurovision Song Contest took place that year. The audience ratings have been considerably high for many years. In the 1980s, around 15 million viewers were counted at the preliminary decision; that was partly more than in the European competition.

In the 1950s to 1970s, the Hessischer Rundfunk hosted the German preliminary decision. In 1979 the Bayerischer Rundfunk was the organizer for the first time , and up to and including 1991 it held the preliminary decision. The Mitteldeutsche Rundfunk was responsible for the German preliminary decision from 1992 to 1995, although a competition was only held in 1992 and in the remaining years the candidates were determined by jury decision.

Since 1996, the North German Broadcasting Corporation has hosted the German preliminary round. In 2004 and 2005 the broadcast title in Germany was 12 Points! changed; each with the subtitle of the German preliminary decision . In 2009, the winning title was not determined by a competition under the direction of NDR, but by an internal jury decision.

Due to the poor performance in recent years, the concept was changed again for 2010. Stefan Raab , who himself had three single-digit placements at the ESC in various functions, was won as co-organizer . Since Raab is contractually bound to the private broadcaster ProSieben , the ARD cooperated with a private television broadcaster for the first time. The result was a season with a total of eight casting shows under the title Our Star for Oslo . For the preliminary decision on the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 , ARD and ProSieben once again produced a joint series of shows entitled Our Song for Germany . This cooperation was also continued for the preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 under the title Our Star for Baku .

In November 2015, the ARD decided that Xavier Naidoo should represent Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest without the usual preliminary decisions . On February 18, 2016, viewers were only allowed to vote on the song. The decision was heavily criticized in view of Naidoo's politically controversial statements, including by the Süddeutsche Zeitung , Zeit , Spiegel and also in social networks. On November 21, 2015, the NDR withdrew its decision to let Xavier Naidoo perform at the ESC 2016 due to the violent protests.

Final round participation

After the Eastern European countries were admitted to the EBU at the beginning of the 1990s , the number of countries eligible to participate had become too large to present their songs to viewers all on a television evening. In the pre-selection by a jury in 1996, the German entry failed. Since then the interest of the large EBU contributors (Germany, France, Great Britain and Spain) in the program was jeopardized, the rules were modified in such a way that the large EBU countries can always take part in the final round of the competition.

Moderators

List of preliminary decisions

The following list gives an overview of all the preliminary decisions broadcast on television. The number of contributions relates to the songs sung in the television preliminary round (not necessarily the interpreters, as in some years one interpreter sang all the contributions or several participants two each). “No preliminary decision” means that the preliminary decision did not take place on television. For 1976 and 1999, in addition to the later disqualified winner of the preliminary decision, the subsequent entry is listed, as well as for 2015, when the winner did not want to take part in the international competition.

There was no German preliminary decision for 2009. A direct candidate represented Germany in the final in Moscow. Until January 22nd, 2009 musicians, composers and lyricists had the opportunity to apply in order to be allowed to compete there. With this measure it was hoped that international artists would be more willing to participate in order to be able to take the direct route to the final. The decision for the German participant ultimately lay with a jury. For 2020, a jury of 100 viewers and a 20-person jury of experts have determined the winning title and interpreter, who will be presented in the program Our Song for Rotterdam .

year Surname Number of contributions place Lead
broadcaster 		Winner or selected artist song
1956 a - 12 Cologne Northwest German Broadcasting (NWDR) Freddy Quinn It goes like this every night
Walter Andreas Schwarz In the waiting room, luckily
1957 Two on one horse 04th Frankfurt am Main Hessischer Rundfunk (hr) Margot Hielscher Phone, phone
1958 - 12 Dortmund West German Radio Cologne (WDR) Margot Hielscher For two groschen of music
1959 - no preliminary decision Hessischer Rundfunk (hr) Alice and Ellen Kessler Tonight we want to go dancing
1960 Hit parade 10 Wiesbaden Wyn Hoop Bonne nuit, ma chérie
1961 The hit parade 13 Bad Homburg vor der Höhe Lale Andersen I'll see you again sometime
1962 German Schlager Festival 1962 12 Baden-Baden Südwestfunk (SWF) Connie Froboess Two little Italians
1963 - 05 b Frankfurt am Main Hessischer Rundfunk (hr) Heidi Brühl b Marcel
1964 A song for Copenhagen 06th Frankfurt am Main Nora Nova You get used to the beautiful so quickly
1965 A song for Naples 06th Hamburg North German Broadcasting (NDR) Ulla Wiesner Paradise where are you
1966 - no preliminary decision Hessischer Rundfunk (hr) Margot Eskens The hands of the clock
1967 no preliminary decision Inge Brück Anouschka
1968 no preliminary decision Wencke Myhre A high of love
1969 A song for Madrid 09 Frankfurt am Main Siw Malmkvist Prima ballerina
1970 A song for Amsterdam 06th Frankfurt am Main Katja Ebstein Miracles are happening from time to time
1971 A song for Dublin 06 b Frankfurt am Main Katja Ebstein b This world
1972 A song for Edinburgh 12 Berlin Sender Free Berlin (SFB) Mary Roos Only love makes us live
1973 A song for Luxembourg 12 Frankfurt am Main Hessischer Rundfunk (hr) Gitte Young day
1974 - no preliminary decision Cindy & Bert The summer melody
1975 A song for Stockholm 15th Frankfurt am Main Joy Fleming A song can be a bridge
1976 A song for The Hague 12 (no live broadcast) Tony Marshall The star
Tony Marshall was subsequently disqualified, for him the Les Humphries Singers took part in the ESC with Sing Sang Song .
1977 - no preliminary decision Silver Convention Telegram
1978 - 15th (Preliminary decision on the radio) Südwestfunk (SWF) Ireen Sheer Fire
1979 A song for Jerusalem 12 Munich Bavarian Broadcasting (BR) Genghis Khan Genghis Khan
1980 A song for The Hague 12 Unterföhring Katja Ebstein theatre
1981 A song for Dublin 12 Unterföhring Lena Valaitis Johnny Blue
1982 A song for Harrogate 12 Unterföhring Nicole A bit of peace
1983 A song for Munich 12 Unterföhring Hoffmann & Hoffmann consideration
1984 A song for Luxembourg 12 Munich Mary Roos Walk upright
1985 A song for Gothenburg 12 Munich wind For all
1986 A song for mountains 12 Munich Ingrid Peters Go over the bridge
1987 A song for Brussels 12 Nuremberg wind Let the sun into your heart
1988 A song for Dublin 12 Nuremberg Maxi & Chris Garden Song for a friend
1989 A song for Lausanne 10 Munich Nino de Angelo Aviator
1990 A song for Zagreb 10 Munich Chris Kempers & Daniel Kovac To live free
1991 A song for Rome 10 Berlin Sender Free Berlin (SFB) in cooperation with German Television (DFF) Atlantis 2000 This dream must never die
1992 A song for Malmö 06th Magdeburg Central German Broadcasting (MDR) wind Dreams are for everyone
1993 - no preliminary decision Münchener Freiheit Way too far
1994 - no preliminary decision MeKaDo We're having a party
1995 - no preliminary decision Stone & Stone In love with you
1996 A bit of luck 10 Hamburg North German Broadcasting (NDR) Leon Planet of Blue
1997 The countdown is running 09 Lübeck Bianca Shomburg time
1998 Countdown Grand Prix 1998 10 Bremen Guildo Horn & the orthopedic stockings Guildo loves you!
1999 Countdown Grand Prix 1999 11 Bremen Corinna May Just listen to the kids
Corinna May was subsequently disqualified, Sürpriz took part in the ESC with a trip to Jerusalem - Kudüs'e seyahat .
2000 Countdown Grand Prix 2000 11 Bremen Stefan Raab Wadde hadde dudde there?
2001 Countdown Grand Prix 2001 12 Hanover Michelle Who lives love
2002 Countdown Grand Prix 2002 15th Kiel Corinna May I Can't Live Without Music
2003 Countdown Grand Prix 2003 14th Kiel Lou Let's get happy
2004 Germany 12 Points! 10 Berlin Max Can't Wait Until Tonight
2005 Germany 12 Points! 10 Berlin Gracia Run & Hide
2006 The German preliminary decision 2006 - 50 years of the Grand Prix 03 Hamburg Texas Lightning No no never
2007 Who sings for Germany? 03 Hamburg Roger Cicero Women rule the world
2008 Who sings for Germany? 05 Hamburg No Angels Disappear
2009 - no preliminary decision Alex Swings Oscar Sings! Miss Kiss Kiss Bang
2010 Our star for Oslo 20th Cologne Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) in cooperation with ProSieben Lena Meyer-Landrut Satellite
2011 Our song for Germany 12 b Cologne Lena Meyer-Landrut b Taken by a stranger
2012 Our star for Baku 20th Cologne Roman praise Standing still
2013 Our song for Malmö 12 Hanover North German Broadcasting (NDR) Cascada Glorious
2014 Our song for Denmark 08th Cologne Elaiza Is It Right
2015 Our song for Austria 08th Hanover Andreas cares Heart of Stone
Andreas Kümmert refused to participate in the ESC, for him the runner-up Ann Sophie took part.
Ann Sophie Black smoke
2016 - 06 c Xavier Naidoo c
The decision to have Xavier Naidoo perform at the ESC 2016 was withdrawn on November 21, 2015.
Our song for Stockholm 10 Cologne Jamie-Lee Kriewitz Ghost
2017 Our song 2017 05 Cologne Levina Perfect Life
2018 Our song for Lisbon 06th Berlin Michael Schulte You Let Me Walk Alone
2019 Our song for Israel 07th Berlin S! Sters Sister
2020 - no preliminary decision Ben Dolic Violent Thing
a In 1956, each country competed at the ESC with two pieces.
b There were several titles from the same artist to choose from.
c In a preliminary decision a song for Xavier Naidoo should be found.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ eurovision.ndr.de
  2. ↑ Carolin Gasteiger: Xavier Naidoo at ESC is a bad joke . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , November 19, 2015
  3. ↑ Twitter reactions to Naidoo at ESC: "Hair-raising mistake" . Spiegel Online , November 19, 2015
  4. ^ Matthias Breitinger: German Empire - twelve points . Zeit Online , November 19, 2015
  5. ↑ Xavier Naidoo does not go to the ESC in Stockholm . NDR.de, press, releases
  6. ↑ a b Cooperation with ARD: Raab should save the song contest. FOCUS Online, accessed on July 21, 2009 .
  7. ↑ No preliminary decision at the “Grand Prix 2009” - NDR prefers to look for candidates for the finals in Moscow itself . wunschliste.de
  8. ↑ DER SPIEGEL: ESC 2020: NDR determines German contribution 2020 without audience vote - DER SPIEGEL - Kultur. Retrieved February 10, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Information on the preliminary decision 1976. eurovision.ndr.de
  10. ↑ Information on the preliminary round 1978. eurovision.ndr.de
  11. ↑ Grand Prix: no-name group for Germany - “Alex swings, Oscar sings” should score points in Moscow . wunschliste.de
  12. ↑ Xavier Naidoo does not go to the ESC in Stockholm . NDR.de, press, releases