Our song 2017

Eurovision Song Contest - Our Song 2017
Preliminary decision data
country	Germany
Broadcasting station	, ,
Producing broadcaster
place	Studio Cologne-Mülheim
date	February 9, 2017
Time	8:15 pm
Duration	approx. 180 minutes
Number of participants	5
poll	Televoting (100%) and Eurovision Song Contest app
Pause filler	Medley: Ruslana : Euphoria , Conchita : Satellite , Nicole : Merci, Chérie ; Matthias Schweighöfer : Superman and his wife ; Tim Bendzko : Carelessness
Moderation
Barbara Schöneberger

Jury: Tim Bendzko, Lena Meyer-Landrut and Florian Silbereisen

Under the title Eurovision Song Contest - Unser Song 2017 , the German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 took place on February 9, 2017 . The program was produced by Jörg Grabosch for Brainpool and, as in previous years , moderated by Barbara Schöneberger . Directed by Ladislaus Kiraly, the screenplay came from Christof Mannschreck .

Levina won with the song Perfect Life and represented Germany at the ESC on May 13th in Kiev .

concept

After the German contributions to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2015 and 2016 came last, on September 14, 2016 , the NDR presented a new concept for the selection of the artist and a suitable song. Artists had the opportunity to upload a cover song to YouTube until November 18, 2016 . Only individual interpreters were allowed to apply; Bands were not allowed. The entries will be judged by representatives of NDR and other ARD stations , the production company Raab TV and musical experts, including Wolfgang Dalheimer from heavytones . Applicants are invited to a so-called convention , at which five candidates were finally selected for the German preliminary decision.

These five candidates presented themselves to the audience in a live broadcast on February 9, 2017 and presented songs by national and international composers and producers. Their appearance was accompanied by the heavytones . A three-person jury consisting of Lena Meyer-Landrut , Tim Bendzko and Florian Silbereisen evaluated the artists' performances. In addition, the performances were assessed using the “European mood barometer”. TV viewers from all over Europe were able to rate the songs for international suitability. In four voting rounds, only the audience chose the winner of the German preliminary decision.

Attendees

Convention

On December 2nd and 3rd, 2016, a second round of casting took place in Cologne with 33 candidates who had prevailed in the first application process. The candidates presented their songs to a jury, on the basis of which the candidates were judged. The following candidates took part in the convention:

• Alessandro Capasso
• Alex Scuderi
• Anja Mann
• Axel Maximilian Feige
• Beccy
• COOPA
• Elvira Michieva
• Felicia Lu Pumpkin
• Florian Brückl
• Helene Nissen
• Jo Marie Dominiak
• Kai Schernbeck
• Leonie Krakowski
• Levina
• Lisa Toh
• Luisa Skrabic
• Makeda Michalke
• Marvin Schloßhauer
• Mary-Anne Bröllochs
• Max-Antoine Masters
• Meg Pfeiffer
• Nathan Trent ¹
• Nico Hurrle
• Nila
• Patrice Gerlach
• Paul Koeninger
• Philipp Ostendorf
• Susanna Okonowski
• Sihna Maagé
• Sina Rösener
• Sven Lüchtenborg
• Taylor Luc Jacobs
• Wilhelm "Sadi" judge
• Yosefin Buohler

¹Nathan Trent was nominated on December 19, 2016 by ORF as the Austrian contribution to the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. He was no longer on the shortlist as a candidate for Our Song 2017 .

final

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  Axel Maximilian Feige

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  Felicia Lu Pumpkin

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  Helene Nissen

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  Isabella "Levina" Lueen

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  Yosefin Buohler

On January 5, 2017, the NDR presented the five candidates for the German preliminary decision on February 9, 2017. In an interview, the ARD entertainment coordinator Thomas Schreiber announced that appropriate songs had been found that should now be presented to the candidates. From February 1, 2017, the NDR presented the concept for the show.

For the first time, the international audience was integrated into a national preliminary decision. Foreign viewers could watch the rehearsals and the show via the official Eurovision app . The live broadcast was also broadcast in English. In the Eurovision Vibes category of the Eurovision app, viewers were able to choose one of the candidates for free in each round, although the ratings were not included in the final result. In between, the moderator announced the result of this Eurovision Vibes . The voting window for foreign viewers opened on the evening of February 8, 2017 and closed with the end of the live broadcast.

Only the German audience decided on the winner of the German preliminary decision via televoting, SMS and the Eurovision app. The results of the Eurovision Vibes , which are supposed to represent the European taste, served as a guide.

Nicole, Conchita and Ruslana present a medley

Various artists appeared in the voting phases. The former ESC winners Ruslana , Nicole and Conchita presented a medley of past ESC winning songs. According to the order in which they performed, they sang Euphoria ( Loreen ) , Merci, Chérie ( Udo Jürgens ) and Satellite ( Lena ) . Matthias Schweighöfer presented the song Supermann und seine Frau from his first album. The jury member Tim Bendzko sang the song levity .

Songs

From the second round onwards, the candidates sang the English-language songs Wildfire and Perfect Life, composed especially for the ESC .

song	Composers
Wildfire	Tofer Brown, Marit Larsen , Greg Holden
Perfect Life	Lindsey Ray, Lindy Robbins, Dave Bassett

Round 1

In the first round, the candidates presented a cover song of their choice. Three candidates qualified for the second round. In the first round 204,249 votes were cast.

space	Start number	Interpreter	Cover song (original artist)	spectator		image
				Votes (televoting & SMS)	percent
1.	5	Levina	When We Were Young ( Adele )	89,156	43.65%
2.	1	Helene Nissen	Folsom Prison Blues ( Johnny Cash )	49,964	24.46%
3.	4th	Axel Maximilian Feige	You Know My Name ( Chris Cornell )	39,242	19.21%
4th	3	Felicia Lu Pumpkin	Dancing on My Own ( Robyn )	13,139	06.43%
5.	2	Yosefin Buohler 2	Love on Top ( Beyoncé )	12,748	06.24%

²"Sadi" Richter withdrew his candidacy for the German preliminary decision on January 17, 2017 for personal reasons. His successor was Yosefin Buohler.

round 2

The three remaining candidates presented the first of the two songs, Wildfire, with their arrangement. Two candidates have qualified for the third round. A total of 168,909 votes were received in the second round.

space	Start number	song	Interpreter	spectator
				Votes (televoting & SMS)	percent
1.	3	Wildfire	Levina	79,811	47.25%
2.	2		Axel Maximilian Feige	47,639	28.20%
3.	1		Helene Nissen	41,459	24.55%

Round 3

In the third round, the two remaining candidates presented the second song, Perfect Life , in their arrangement. The two songs that received the most votes in the vote went into the fourth round. The audience cast 278,697 votes in the third round.

space	Start number	Interpreter	song	spectator
				Votes (televoting & SMS)	percent
1.	2 (round 2)	Levina	Wildfire	124,326	44.60%
2.	2 (round 3)		Perfect Life	60,474	21.70%
3.	1 (round 3)	Axel Maximilian Feige	Perfect Life	57,631	20.68%
4th	1 (round 2)		Wildfire	36,266	13.01%

Round 4

The winner of the German preliminary decision: Levina

In the finale there were the two appearances with the most votes: either one artist with both ESC songs, both artists with different songs or both artists with the same song. The audience determined the winner of the German preliminary decision in a final vote. In the final round, 145,692 votes were counted.

space	Start number	Interpreter	song	spectator
				Votes (televoting & SMS)	percent
1.	2	Levina	Perfect Life	100,407	69%
2.	1		Wildfire	45.285	31%

Odds

Our song 2017 was the weakest German preliminary decision since our star for Baku in 2012. Around 3.14 million viewers watched the live broadcast, with 4.01 million viewers at the top. Thus, the German preliminary decision lost around 1.3 million viewers compared to the previous year .

broadcast	spectator		Market share
	total	14 to 49 years	total	14 to 49 years
Our song 2017	3.14 million	1.08 million	10.8%	10.3%

Web links

Commons : Our Song 2017  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the German preliminary decision

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Programs / Shows / Our Song 2017. In: Brainpool. Retrieved November 20, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Eurovision Song Contest 2017 - Our Song (cast)
3. ↑ ESC preliminary decision 2017: Back to the casting show
4. ↑ Speed ​​dating with the candidates for "Our Song 2017"
5. ^ "Our song" candidate Nathan starts for Austria
6. ↑ The first gets out at "Echo"
7. ↑ This is how the German preliminary decision works
8. ↑ Vote via app for "Our Song 2017. In: eurovision.de. February 3, 2017, accessed on February 3, 2017 . 
9. ↑ The musical guest stars of "Our Song 2017". In: eurovision.de. February 3, 2017, accessed February 3, 2017 . 
10. ↑ Lyrics: "Wildfire"
11. ↑ Lyrics: "Perfect Life"
12. ↑ Our song 2017: Sadi withdraws candidacy
13. ↑ "Our Song 2017": Yosefin Buohler is the new candidate
14. ↑ bad omen for Levina? Weakest ESC preliminary decision in five years. dwdl.de , February 10, 2017, accessed on February 10, 2017 . 
15. ↑ Levina wins the German ESC preliminary decision. dwdl.de , February 10, 2017, accessed on February 10, 2017 .