Our song for Israel

Television broadcast
Original title	Our song for Israel
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
year	2019
Production company	NDR , Kimmig Entertainment , Lodge of Levity, digame mobileMBTV
length	145 minutes
genre	music
Director	Ladislaus Kiraly
production	Matthias Alberti, Florian Wieder , Jens Bujar, Ladislaus Kiraly
Moderation	Barbara Schöneberger and Linda Zervakis
First broadcast	February 22, 2019 on Das Erste , One , Deutsche Welle

Our song for Israel
Preliminary decision data
country	Germany
Broadcasting station	, ,
Producing broadcaster
place	Studio Berlin Adlershof , Berlin
date	February 22, 2019
Time	8:15 pm ( CET )
Duration	approx. 145 minutes
Number of participants	7th
poll	33% international jury voting, 33% Eurovision panel, 33% televoting
Opening act	Michael Schulte : You Let Me Walk Alone
Pause filler	Michael Schulte: Back to the Start ; Gunslinger : Like now ; Lena : Thank you ; Udo Lindenberg & Andreas Bourani : Radio Song ; Udo Lindenberg: The King of Scheißegalien
Moderation
Barbara Schöneberger & Linda Zervakis

Under the title Our Song for Israel , the German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 took place on February 22, 2019 , in which the artist and the song for the competition on May 18, 2019 in Tel Aviv ( Israel ) were sought. The concept from 2018 was to be retained after Michael Schulte had achieved fourth place in the finals of the 63rd Eurovision Song Contest with the song You Let Me Walk Alone and thus the best placement since 2010.

The duo S! Sters , consisting of Laura Kästel and Carlotta Truman , prevailed over the competition during the course of the show and represented Germany at the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. There they only reached the penultimate place, with the song being the only entry in the competition that did not receive any points from the audience vote.

format

In an interview with Norddeutscher Rundfunk , ARD entertainment coordinator Thomas Schreiber confirmed that the concept of Our Song for Lisbon should be continued in 2019. From May 19, 2018 to July 31, 2018, potential candidates had the opportunity to apply for the 2019 German preliminary round. Applications from solo performers and bands were accepted.

The entries submitted by July 31, 2018 were evaluated by the Eurovision jury and the international jury of experts. From the original 965 submissions, the NDR selected 198 performers who were presented to the Eurovision jury for evaluation. The jury meetings took place over three days in Cologne. 50 artists were selected there and reduced to 20 by the international jury of experts. These 20 candidates were invited to a music camp in the Maarweg studios in Cologne between September 28 and October 2, 2018. Videos are produced there and presented to the juries for evaluation. Confirmed participants of the music camp were as follows:

• Aly Ryan
• Barna
• Thilo Berndt
• Nicole Cross
• Gregor Hägele
• Nina Kutschera
• Dimi Rompos
• Diana Schneider
• Sebastian Schub
• Daniel shoemaker
• BB Thomaz
• Nico Hurrle
• Saskia Grieving

However, the names of some other participants were not made public. As last year, Wolfgang Dalheimer, the arranger of the Heavytones, took over the musical direction . Six to eight performers reached the next round and composed and produced a song with other songwriters for the preliminary round.

On October 22, 2018, the NDR announced that Sebastian Schub voluntarily withdrew his participation.

Like last year, the show took place in the Berlin-Adlershof studio and was sold out.

Songwriting Camp

The songwriting camp took place from November 5th to 9th, 2018 in the Berlin Kung Fu Studios and another studio in Berlin-Tempelhof . A total of 25 international songwriters took part, each writing songs with the six performers. The following songwriters took part:

• - Steven Bashir
• - Ricardo Bettiol
• - Kristine Bogan
• - Marcus Brosch
• - Lukas Droese
• - Axel Ehnström
• - Nisse ginger
• / - Kelvin Jones
• - Richard Judge
• - David Juergens
• - Michelle Leonard
• - Nina Müller
• - Dennis Neuer
• - Michael Ochs
• - Tom Olbrich
• - Tamara Olorga
• - Laila Samuelsen
• - Tim Schou
• - Jonas Shandel
• - Oliver Som
• - Thomas Stengaard
• - Duncan Townsend
• - Andrew Tyler
• - Tim Uhlenbrock
• - Nico Hurrle

A total of 25 songs were created during the songwriting camp, which were submitted to the juries for evaluation together with two other songs submitted and the songs of two other performers. Which song would make the preliminary decision was decided by the respective interpreter in consultation with the NDR on the basis of the assessment by the two juries. The hitherto unknown performers were artists who already had a song and a corresponding staging for their songs (complete acts). These were also presented to the juries. Finally, the Complete Act Sisters was added to the already known six participants. All seven acts will take part in the preliminary round.

Moderation

On September 3, 2018, the NDR announced that Barbara Schöneberger will be moderating the preliminary round. Schöneberger moderated the preliminary rounds in 2014 , 2015 , 2016 and 2017 . With that she returns to 2017 as a presenter. With the introduction of the six participants, Linda Zervakis was confirmed as the moderator of the preliminary round.

Voting procedure

As in 2018, there were again three groups entitled to vote in 2019, who rate the participants using the point system of the Eurovision Song Contest (12, 10, 8 to 1). This means that the top rated entry receives 12 points, the others follow with 10, 8 to 1 point. However, the points varied according to the number of participants, with the worst number of points being four points based on seven participants. Anke Giffhorn (a member of the 100-member Eurovision panel) and a male member of the International Jury, as yet unknown, will announce the result of the two juries. As in 2018, the result of the televoting will be announced by Jon Ola Sand , Executive Supervisor of the ESC.

Eurovision panel

The Eurovision panel (also: Eurovision jury) consists of 100 members selected by Simon, Kucher & Partners . On July 13, 2018, the NDR called for applications to participate in the Eurovision panel. Your rating counts for 33% of the total result.

International jury

The international jury consists of 20 members who were former members of the juries or artists who took part in the Eurovision Song Contest. Their rating also counts as 33% of the total result.

Televoting

The audience at home also has the opportunity to vote. In a given time window, viewers can vote for their favorites via televoting . The result of the audience also counts to 33% of the total result.

Attendees

On November 8, 2018, the NDR presented the six participants of Our Song for Israel .

On January 8, 2019, in addition to the titles of the songs and their composers, a duo was presented, which expanded the field to seven participants.

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation ( unofficial)	jury		spectator		Eurovision panel		total
						be right	Points	Votes (televoting & SMS)	Points	be right	Points
1.	7th	S! Sters	Sister M / T: Laurell Barker, Marine Kaltenbacher, Tom Oehler, Thomas Stengaard	English	sister	187	12	93,413	12	640	6th	30th
2.	3	Makeda	The Day I Loved You Most M / T: Makeda, Tim Uhlenbrock, Kelvin Jones , Kristine Bogan	English	The day I loved you the most	186	10	39,480	6th	840	10	26th
3.	5	Lilly Among Clouds	Surprise M: Elisabeth Brüchner, Udo Rinklin; T: Elisabeth Brüchner	English	surprise	158	7th	83,677	10	789	8th	25th
4th	2	Aly Ryan	Wear Your Love M / T: Aly Ryan, Michelle Leonard , Thomas Stengaard, Tamara Olorga	English	Carry your love	125	6th	39.503	7th	991	12	25th
5.	6th	Linus Bruhn	Our City M: Linus Bruhn, Dave Roth, Pat Benzner, Serhat Sakin, Simon Reichardt, Gianna Roth; T: Linus Bruhn, Dave Roth, Pat Benzner, Serhat Sakin, Gianna Roth	English	Our city	167	8th	71,490	8th	782	7th	23
6th	1	Gregor Hägele	Let Me Go M / T: Gregor Hägele, Jonas Shandel, David Jürgens, Tamara Olorga	English	let me go	100	4th	26,053	5	592	5	14th
7th	4th	BB Thomaz	Demons M / T: BB Thomaz, Andrew Tyler, Ricardo Bettiol, Tim Schou	English	Demons	117	5	20,697	4th	566	4th	13

jury

Points jury
space	Start number	song	NL	IT	GB	IT	BY	IS	CY	LT	HU	GR	NO	CZ	AT	SL	SE	RO	FR	FI	PL	DE	total
1.	7th	Sister	10	7th	10	5	5	8th	7th	10	12	5	10	12	12	6th	10	10	12	12	12	12	187
2.	3	The Day I Love You Most	8th	10	12	10	10	12	12	7th	6th	12	12	10	10	8th	7th	12	6th	7th	8th	7th	186
3.	5	Surprise	6th	6th	6th	12	12	6th	8th	8th	10	4th	5	4th	7th	12	12	7th	10	8th	7th	8th	158
4th	2	Wear your love	7th	8th	8th	6th	7th	4th	5	4th	5	7th	8th	6th	8th	5	8th	4th	4th	10	5	6th	125
5.	6th	Our City	12	12	7th	8th	8th	10	10	12	8th	8th	7th	8th	5	7th	5	6th	8th	6th	10	10	167
6th	1	Let me go	4th	4th	4th	7th	4th	7th	6th	5	4th	6th	6th	7th	4th	4th	6th	5	5	4th	4th	4th	100
7th	4th	Demons	5	5	5	4th	6th	5	4th	6th	7th	10	4th	5	6th	10	4th	8th	7th	5	6th	5	117
jury
- Florent Luyckx - Ruth Lorenzo Pascual - Mark de Lisser - Nicolò Cerioni - Ludmila Kuts - Einar Bardarson - Argyro Christodoulidou - Deivydas Zvonkus - Adrienn Zsédenyi - Jick Nakassian - Margaret Berger - Janis Sidovský - Sasha Saedi - Tinkara Kovač - Filip Adamo - Anca Lupes - Bruno Berberes - Aija Puurtinen - Grzegorz Urban - Johannes Strate

Odds

Our Song for Israel was slightly worse than Our Song for Lisbon with 2.99 million viewers . As in the previous year, the market share is single-digit. Among the 14 to 49 year olds, the market share rose from 10.6% to 10.9%.

broadcast	spectator		Market share
	total	14 to 49 years	total	14 to 49 years
Our song for Israel	2.99 million	0.95 million	9.6%	10.9%

Web links

• Website of the German preliminary decision

Individual evidence

1. ↑ EBU issues statement on Eurovision 2019 Grand Final jury result website of the Eurovision Song Contest. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
2. ↑ Norddeutscher Rundfunk : All information about the German ESC preliminary decision 2019. In: eurovision.de. August 1, 2018, accessed August 13, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Norddeutscher Rundfunk : Preliminary decision: Eurovision jury selects candidates. In: eurovision.de. September 3, 2018, accessed October 1, 2018 . 
4. ^ Norddeutscher Rundfunk : Preliminary decision: The third day at the candidate workshop. In: eurovision.de. October 1, 2018, accessed October 1, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Norddeutscher Rundfunk : Sebastian Schub is no longer running for the preliminary decision. In: eurovision.de. October 22, 2018, accessed November 8, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Benjamin Hertlein: Nothing works anymore: Our song for Israel is sold out. February 12, 2019, accessed on February 12, 2019 (German). 
7. ↑ Norddeutscher Rundfunk : Preliminary candidates are working on their song. In: eurovision.de. November 8, 2018, accessed November 8, 2018 . 
8. ^ NDR: The songwriters of the Song Writing Camp. In: eurovision.de. November 9, 2018, accessed November 11, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Norddeutscher Rundfunk : Barbara Schöneberger moderates ESC preliminary decision 2019. In: eurovision.de. September 3, 2018, accessed October 3, 2018 . 
10. ↑ Norddeutscher Rundfunk : German ESC preliminary decision 2019: apply now for the Eurovision jury - the application deadline for musicians is July 31, 2018-07-12. In: presseportal.de. July 12, 2018, accessed July 13, 2018 . 
11. ↑ Norddeutscher Rundfunk : ESC preliminary decision: These six candidates have been decided. In: eurovision.de. November 8, 2018, accessed November 8, 2018 . 
12. ^ NDR: All information about the German ESC preliminary decision 2019. In: eurovision.de. January 8, 2019, accessed January 8, 2019 . 
13. ↑ Norddeutscher Rundfunk : ESC preliminary decision see 2.99 million viewers. eurovision.de, February 23, 2018, accessed on March 3, 2019 . 
14. ↑ David Grzeschik: "ESC" preliminary decision falls on the weakest value for years. quotenmeter.de, February 23, 2018, accessed on March 3, 2019 .