Our song for Lisbon

Television broadcast
Original title	Our song for Lisbon
Country of production	Germany
year	2018
Production company	NDR , Kimmig Entertainment , Lodge of Levity, MBTV
length	105 minutes
genre	music
production	Matthias Alberti, Florian Wieder , Jens Bujar, Carsten Lehmann
Moderation	Linda Zervakis and Elton
First broadcast	February 22, 2018 on Das Erste , One

Our song for Lisbon
Preliminary decision data
country	Germany
Broadcasting station	,
Producing broadcaster
place	Studio Berlin Adlershof , Berlin
date	February 22, 2018
Time	8:15 pm (CET)
Duration	approx. 105 minutes
Number of participants	6th
poll	33% international jury voting, 33% Eurovision panel, 33% televoting
Pause filler	Mike Singer : Deja Vu (Music / Text: Marc Adomako, Jan Philipp Bednorz, Mike Singer, Jan Platt)
Moderation
Linda Zervakis , Elton

Our song for Lisbon was the German preliminary decision for the Euro Vision Song Contest 2018 in the Portuguese Lisbon . The event took place on February 22, 2018 in the Studio Berlin Adlershof .

The show was moderated by Linda Zervakis and Elton . Mike Singer performed his song Deja Vu during the break . Directed by Volker Weicker , the script was by Christoph Schulte-Richtering and Christian Busemann.

Michael Schulte won with the song You Let Me Walk Alone . He reached fourth place in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest and thus the first top five placement since 2010 .

format

In 2018, a Eurovision panel, which consisted of 100 people from Germany, because the German televoting result over the past few years was almost congruent with the European viewer result, and an international jury of 20 to 25 people participated in the selection of the German contribution Members already had ESC experience in their respective home countries as part of the national jury. In a live show, television viewers from Germany had the opportunity to vote for an artist via televoting. Margaret Berger , the Norwegian participant from 2013 announced the points for the jury, Anke Giffhorn (a member of the 100-member Eurovision panel) on behalf of the panel, and the result of the televoting was announced by Jon Ola Sand , Executive Supervisor of the ESC.

The NDR worked with 17 performers to get an impression of the singing and stage presence of the candidates. The Eurovision panel and the international jury then selected the six participants for the German preliminary decision. From January 10th to 12th, 2018, a song writing camp took place where the songs for the performers were worked on. As the venue that served Studio Berlin Adlershof in Berlin .

International jury

The jury consisted of former members of the jury or of artists who took part in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Surname	Age	Known as
Filip Adamo	41	Music manager
Einar Bardarson	45	Songwriter, record producer, concert and artist agent
Typh Barrow	30th	Singer, composer
Bruno Berberes	59	Casting director, producer, composer, coach
Margaret Berger	32	Singer, songwriter, DJane, Norwegian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Argyro Christodoulidou	35	Composer, songwriter
Mark de Lisser	42	Vocal coach
Henrik Johnsson	45	Presenter, TV producer
Rafailas Karpis	34	opera singer
Tinkara Kovač	39	Singer, Slovenian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Maria Marcus	38	Producer, songwriter
Anca Lupes	49	Music manager
Florent Luyckx	54	Managing Director of the Q-Group
Gore Meilan	30th	Singer, songwriter and producer
Rennie Mirro	46	Singer, actor
Helga Möller	60	Singer, Icelandic representative at the 1986 Eurovision Song Contest as part of the ICY group
Ruth Lorenzo	35	Singer, Spanish representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Sascha Reimann	44	Musician, rappers and actors
Grzegorz Urban	34	composer
Sasha Saedi		Music manager

Songwriting Camp

The following songwriters took part in the songwriting camp:

• - Billy Austin
• - Axel Ehnström
• - Ricardo "Richy" Bettiol
• - Alex friend
• - Martin Gallop
• - Loren Nine Geerts
• - Nisse Ingerwersen
• - Nina Müller
• - Jaro Omar
• - Josh Tapen
• - Janik Riegert
• - Rainer Rütsch
• - Thomas Stengaard
• - Joe Walter
• - Alexander Zuckowski

Attendees

On December 29th, the six participants of Our Song for Lisbon were announced. The titles of the songs were released on February 13th, the songs themselves on February 20th, 2018.

Results list

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	jury		spectator		Eurovision panel		total	image
						be right	Points	Votes (televoting & SMS)	Points	be right	Points
1.	6th	Michael Schulte	You Let Me Walk Alone M / T: Michael Schulte , Thomas Stengaard, Nisse Ingwersen , Nina Müller	English	You let me go alone	218	12	140.491	12	1,015	12	36
2.	4th	Xavier Darcy	Jonah M / T: Xavier Darcy , Loren Nine Geerts, Axel Ehnström , Thomas Stengaard	English	-	185	10	45.010	07th	0770	08th	25th
3.	2	Ryk	You and I M / T: Rick Jurthe	English	You and me	169	08th	035,700	05	0931	10	23
4th	5	Ivy Quainoo	House On Fire M / T: Jörgen Elofsson , Ali Tamposi	English	Burning house	148	07th	047,639	08th	0736	07th	22nd
5.	3	Voxxclub	I like Tuesday so M: Merty Bert, Mike Busse, Philipp Klemz, Lennard Oestmann ; T: Joe Walter, Philipp Klemz, Martin Simma, Merty Bert, Mike Busse	German , English	I like you so	118	05	121,336	10	0718	06th	21st
6th	1	Natia Todua	My Own Way M / T: Loren Nine Geerts, Ricardo Bettiol, Martin Gallop, Jaro Omar	English	My own way	122	06th	037,343	06th	0630	05	17th

jury

Points jury
space	Start number	song	SE	IS	BE	FR	NO	CY	GB	SE	LT	SL	SE	RO	NL	AT THE	SE	IS	IT	DE	PL	AT	total
1.	6th	You Let Me Walk Alone	8th	12	12	8th	10	12	12	8th	10	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	12	8th	12	12	218
2.	4th	Jonah	12	10	7th	5	12	10	8th	12	8th	10	8th	5	8th	10	12	6th	10	12	10	10	185
3.	2	You and I	10	7th	10	7th	7th	7th	6th	10	12	8th	10	10	10	8th	7th	10	6th	10	6th	8th	169
4th	5	House on Fire	6th	6th	8th	12	8th	8th	7th	5	7th	7th	6th	8th	7th	7th	8th	8th	8th	7th	8th	7th	148
5.	1	My own way	7th	8th	6th	6th	6th	5	5	7th	6th	6th	7th	7th	5	6th	6th	5	5	6th	7th	6th	122
6th	3	I like Tues.	5	5	5	10	5	6th	10	6th	5	5	5	6th	6th	5	5	7th	7th	5	5	5	118
jury
- Filip Adamo - Einar Bardarson - Tiffany Baworowski - Bruno Berberès - Margaret Berger - Argyro Christodoulidou - Mark de Lisser - Henrik Johnsson - Rafailas Karpis - Tinkara Kovač - Maria Eva Liundin - Anca Lupes - Florent Luyckx - Gore Meilan - Rennie Mirro - Helga Möller - Ruth Lorenzo Pascual - Sascha Reimann - Grzegorz Urban - Sasha Saedi

Odds

Our song for Lisbon was a little more successful than our song in 2017 with 3.17 million viewers . The market share has been single-digit for the first time since 2012 .

broadcast	spectator		Market share
	total	14 to 49 years	total	14 to 49 years
Our song for Lisbon	3.17 million	0.95 million	9.9%	8.5%

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Inside Eurovision Workshop Day 3: Danyal Demir, Lara Loft, Ivy Quainoo and Vinh Khuat. In: Prince Blog. December 15, 2017, accessed on December 22, 2017 (German). 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Thomas Schreiber gives an outlook on the German ESC final 2018 | Eurovision Song Contest Lisbon 2018. Retrieved on December 23, 2017 (German). 
3. ↑ Mike Singer is the star guest at the ESC preliminary decision. In: Eurovision.de. February 8, 2018, accessed February 9, 2018 . 
4. ^ NDR Roadshow in Frankfurt: The New National Task. In: Prince Blog. November 8, 2017, accessed November 10, 2017 (German). 
5. ↑ insinde songwriting camp. In: Prinzblog.de. January 11, 2018, accessed on January 12, 2018 (German). 
6. ↑ Norddeutscher Rundfunk : "Our song for Lisbon": This is the international jury. In: eurovision.de. February 28, 2018, accessed January 28, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Norddeutscher Rundfunk : "Our Song for Lisbon": Song Writing Camp is running. In: eurovision.de. January 11, 2018, accessed July 24, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Eurovision.de: Songs of the preliminary decision participants have been determined. In: eurovision.de. February 13, 2018, accessed February 13, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Eurovision.de: All information about the German ESC preliminary decision 2018. In: eurovision.de. February 28, 2018, accessed May 15, 2018 . 
10. ↑ Michael Schulte : You Let Me Walk Alone , Eurovision Song Contest, February 22nd, 2018, 3'36 "
11. ↑ Our song for Lisbon: The complete result of the international jury | Eurovision Song Contest Lisbon 2018. Retrieved on March 1, 2018 (German). 
12. ↑ Uwe Mantel: ESC preliminary decision and "Golden Camera" were poor. dwdl.de , February 23, 2018, accessed on February 23, 2017 .