Our song for Stockholm

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Television broadcast
Original title Eurovision Song Contest 2016 - Our song for Stockholm
Country of production Germany
year 2016
Production
company		 NDR , Brainpool TV GmbH
length 129 minutes
genre music
production Adrian Strumpf, Jörg Grabosch
Moderation Barbara Schöneberger
First broadcast February 25, 2016 on Das Erste , Einsfestival
Eurovision Song Contest 2016 - Our song for Stockholm
Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest
Preliminary decision data
country GermanyGermany Germany
place Studio Cologne-Mülheim
date February 25, 2016
Time 8:15 pm
Duration approx. 129 minutes
Number of participants 10
poll Televoting (100%) and Eurovision Song Contest app
Pause filler Barbara Schöneberger : Medley of well-known ESC songs
The Common Linnets & The BossHoss
Moderation
BarbaraSchöneberger.JPG
Barbara Schöneberger

Eurovision Song Contest 2016 - Our song for Stockholm , the German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, took place on February 25, 2016 and was used to select a song for participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 . On January 5, 2016, the program title, date and concept of the preliminary decision were published by the NDR . As in the previous year, the show was moderated by Barbara Schöneberger and commented by Peter Urban .

Originally, a song for the participant Xavier Naidoo, who was announced on November 19, 2015, was to be found under the title Our Song for Xavier . However, the NDR withdrew the decision two days later. Jamie-Lee Kriewitz was able to prevail among ten candidates with the song Ghost . She represented Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest in May 2016 and came last.

Our song for Xavier

On November 19, 2015, after an internal decision, Norddeutscher Rundfunk announced that Xavier Naidoo would take part as a German participant in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in the Swedish capital Stockholm . Several composers and producers were asked for song suggestions. On December 15, 2015, a jury with the participation of Naidoo was supposed to select the six songs that should have been voted on in the preliminary decision under the title Our Song for Xavier . On February 18, 2016, the preliminary decision was to be broadcast live on Das Erste . The decision for one of the six songs performed by Naidoo should only be made by the television audience, who should be supported in the assessment by Lena Meyer-Landrut and two experts. Thomas Schreiber , entertainment coordinator on ARD, explained Naidoo's selection by saying that he was one of the best singers in Germany who, unlike most of the others, could also sing live. He was also ready to experiment with a song chosen by the audience.

The decision by ARD / NDR to reduce audience participation to the selection of the song to be sung was controversially discussed in various media against the background of improved chances of winning. The decision in favor of Naidoo as a singer, however, met with strong media criticism. An appearance by the singer in the Reich Citizens' Movement and various statements made by the singer that suggested a homophobic , anti-Semitic and conspiracy-theoretical worldview were seen as problematic . The former federal chairman of the Greens, Claudia Roth , rated Naidoo's potential participation as “completely wrong”. In the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Michael Hanfeld described Naidoo's statements in the past as "all in all nonsense to the power of seven". On Twitter was reacted with malice and mockery of the election Naidoo.

ARD entertainment coordinator Schreiber emphasized that Naidoo stands for tolerance towards all life plans and is neither homophobic nor anti-Semitic. He asked whether all "expressions of hate" in social networks had a factual basis. As a consequence, the NDR withdrew Naidoo's nomination. Naidoo responded on the evening of November 19th with the following statement: “With my whole being I stand for a cosmopolitan and hospitable Germany and a respectful and peaceful dealings with one another. I have also always emphasized that I do not share the opinion of the so-called Reichsbürger, from whom I have clearly distanced myself in public. ”In a press conference on November 25, 2015, ARD chairman and NDR director Lutz Marmor commented on Naidoo's withdrawal as ESC candidate and the further procedure where in all likelihood the audience will again be able to choose the candidate in a preliminary decision.

format

concept

On January 4, 2016, the Focus reported that the preliminary decision was entitled Eurovision Song Contest 2016 - Our song for Stockholm and should take place on February 25, 2016 at 8:15 p.m. It was also reported that the production company Brainpool is responsible for the show. Brainpool has been involved in shaping the German preliminary round since 2010.

The ARD announced that ten artists with one song each will compete in the preliminary decision. This time only the audience was supposed to vote for the representative of Germany via televoting and, for the first time, via the Eurovision Song Contest app in two voting rounds. NDR and ARD received a total of 150 applications from German radio stations, music labels, producers, artists and their managers. A ten-member jury consisting of representatives from the young ARD radio stations (Aditya Sharma / Fritz , Andreas Zagelow / Sputnik ), the NDR (Carola Conze / Thomas Schreiber), the music labels (Tom Bohne / Universal Music, Nico Gössel-Hain / Sony Music , Steffen Müller / Warner Music) and Independents (Konrad von Löhneysen / Embassy of Music ) as well as the production company Brainpool (Claudia Gliedt / Jörg Grabosch ) selected the ten performers and their songs.

Attendees

The following ten candidates took part in the preliminary decision:

Interpreter Song
Music (M) and Text (T) 		language image
Alex Diehl Just one song
M / T: Alex Diehl 		German , English , French 20160224 Cologne ESC Our song for Stockholm Alex Diehl 0114.jpg
Avantasia Mystery of a Blood Red Rose
M / T: Tobias Sammet 		English 20160224 Cologne ESC Our song for Stockholm Avantasia 0211.jpg
Ella Finally Adrenalin
M / T: Erik Macholl, Andreas John, Bahar Henschel 		German 20160225 Cologne ESC Our song for Stockholm Ella Endlich 0038.jpg
Gregorian Masters of Chant
M: Toni Pintos, Basti Inselmann, Frank Peterson; T: Amelia Brightman, Frank Peterson, Toni Pintos 		English 20160224 Cologne ESC Our song for Stockholm Gregorian 0067.jpg
Jamie-Lee Kriewitz Ghost
M: Anna Leyne, Thomas Burchia , Conrad Hensel; T: Anna Leyne 		English 20160225 Cologne ESC Our song for Stockholm Jamie-Lee Kriewitz 0053.jpg
Joco Full Moon
M: Cosima Carl, Josepha Carl; T: Cosima Carl, Josepha Carl, Anya Weihe 		English 20160225 Cologne ESC Our song for Stockholm Joco 0016.jpg
KEØMA Protected
M / T: Chris Klopfer, Kat Frankie 		English 20160225 Cologne ESC Our song for Stockholm Keøma 0034.jpg
Laura Pinski Under the Sun We are One
M: Ralph Siegel ; T: Ralph Siegel, John O'Flynn 		English 20160224 Cologne ESC Our song for Stockholm Laura Pinski 0332.jpg
Luxury noise As long as love lives in me
M / T: Philippe Heithier , Götz von Sydow 		German 20160224 Cologne ESC Our song for Stockholm luxury noise 0238.jpg
Woods of Birnam Lift Me Up (From the Underground)
M: Christian Friedel, Philipp Makolies; T: Duncan Townsend, Christian Friedel 		English 20160225 Cologne ESC Our song for Stockholm Woods of Birnam 0053.jpg

Result of the preliminary decision

Preliminary round

In the first round, the ten candidates presented their song. The three candidates with the highest voting results qualified for the second round. A total of 770,809 audience votes were counted in the first round.

space Start number Interpreter song spectator
Votes
(televoting & SMS) 		percent
01. 09 Jamie-Lee Kriewitz Ghost 221,846 28.78%
02. 07th Avantasia Mystery of a Blood Red Rose 124,845 16.19%
03. 08th Alex Diehl Just a song 124.268 16.12%
04th 10 Laura Pinski Under the Sun We are One 085,642 11.11%
05. 03 Gregorian Masters of Chant 069,874 09.06%
06th 05 Luxury noise As long as love lives in me 042,576 05.52%
07th 01 Ella Finally adrenaline 041,172 05.34%
08th. 06th KEØMA Protected 025,609 03.32%
09. 02 Joco Full moon 022,645 02.93%
10. 04th Woods of Birnam Lift Me Up (From the Underground) 012,332 01.63%
 Candidate has qualified for the final.

final

The winner of the German preliminary decision: Jamie-Lee Kriewitz

In the second and final round, the finalists presented their contribution a second time. Jamie-Lee Kriewitz prevailed with 498,293 audience votes. In the final round, 1,120,159 audience votes were cast.

space Start number Interpreter song spectator
Votes
(televoting & SMS) 		percent
1. 3 Jamie-Lee Kriewitz Ghost 498.293 44.5%
2. 2 Alex Diehl Just a song 380.293 33.9%
3. 1 Avantasia Mystery of a Blood Red Rose 241,573 21.6%

Show acts

At the beginning of the show, the presenter Barbara Schöneberger presented a medley of well-known German pop songs , including mostly former German ESC contributions. With partially modified text she sang the following songs: This way (original artist: Xavier Naidoo ), Dschinghis Khan (original artist : Dschinghis Khan ), A bit of peace (original artist: Nicole ), Satellite (original artist: Lena Meyer-Landrut ), Can't Wait Until Tonight (original artist: Max Mutzke). Schöneberger was accompanied by a pianist.

In the final voting phase, the Dutch band The Common Linnets presented their most successful track Calm After the Storm , before they performed their joint cover of the song Jolene , which was originally written by Dolly Parton , with the German country band The BossHoss .

transmission

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Afterglow from the ESC preliminary decision 2016 February 25, 2016 10:25 p.m. Einsfestival 2009.svg
The press conference for the ESC preliminary decision February 25, 2016 10:42 pm

The preliminary decision was also broadcast live on eurovision.de and eurovision.tv.

Odds

Our song for Stockholm was the most successful German preliminary decision since our star for Oslo in 2010. Around 4.47 million viewers watched the live broadcast, with 5.85 million viewers at the top.

broadcast spectator Market share
total 14 to 49 years total 14 to 49 years
Our song for Stockholm 4.47 million 1.46 million 13.8% 12.3%

Web links

Commons : Our song for Stockholm  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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