Sister (song)
| Sister | |
|---|---|
| S! Sters | |
| publication | February 22, 2019 |
| length | 3:00 |
| Genre (s) | pop |
| Author (s) | Laurell Barker , Tom Oehler, Marine Kaltenbacher, Thomas Stengaard |
| Label | Universal Music GmbH |
Sister (English for "sister") is an English-language pop song with which the duo S! Sters represented Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv . The piece took penultimate place.
background
The song was originally written by Laurell Barker , Tom Oehler, Marine Kaltenbacher's and Thomas Steengard's team of authors for the Swiss preliminary decision, but no suitable interpreters could be found. After six artists had already been selected for the German preliminary decision , the Sister contribution was subsequently submitted.
At the Eurovision Song Contest
In the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, Sister was assigned start number 4. In the subsequent scoring, the song received no points from the telephone vote and 24 points from the juries. This resulted in the penultimate of 26 places.
Distribution of points
- Jury points
- 2 points - Ireland
- 3 points - Australia
- 5 points - Lithuania
- 8 points - Denmark
- 6 points - Switzerland
Content
The song is about women who make life difficult for one another. Sister is a duet , the verses are sung alternately and the chorus together. The musical box-like instrumentation before and after the chorus is striking .
reception
Anja Rützel from Spiegel Online describes the song as "drawing board occasion work". Tonspion is of the opinion that it was a terrifyingly weak song in a terrifyingly weak preliminary decision.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Track on iTunes. In: iTunes. Retrieved March 25, 2019 .
- ↑ ESC song is old cheese! “Sisters” was written for Switzerland. In: BILD . February 24, 2019, accessed March 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Grand Final of Tel Aviv 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2019 .
- ↑ Results of the Grand Final of Tel Aviv 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Anja Rützel : ESC preliminary decision 2019: Sisters sing "Sister" - more story would be nice too. In: Spiegel Online . February 23, 2019, accessed March 31, 2019 .
- ↑ Eurovision Song Contest 2019: Sisters go to Israel with "Sister". In: Sound spy . February 22, 2019, accessed March 31, 2019 .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
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You Let Me Walk Alone ( Michael Schulte ) |
 Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 |
Violent Thing ( Ben Dolic ) |