The 8 artists that will compete to represent Germany in Eurovision 2024 have just been revealed.
Artists competing in the final
The details of the participating artists were announced this morning and their entries are available to listen to straight away:
| Artist | Entry | Songwriter(s) |
| GALANT | “Katze” | Mona Meiller, Paul-Aaron Wolf |
| ISAAK | “Always On The Run” | Greg Taro, ISAAK, Kevin Lehr, Leo Jupiter |
| Leona | “Undream You” | Elsa Søllesvik, Leona, Maria Christensen, Simon Davis |
| Bodine Monet | “Tears Like Rain” | Ashley Hicklin, Lukas Hällgren, Pele Loriano, Roxane Ischi |
| Max Mutzke | “Forever Strong” | Justin Balk, Max Mutzke, Sebastian Schubert, Simon Oslender |
| Marie Reim | “Naiv” | Marie Reim, Tim Peters |
| NinetyNine | “Love On A Budget” | Daniel Leon Schmidt, Henrik Menzel, Mirko Michalzik |
| Ryk | “Oh Boy” | Rick Jurthe |
Max Mutzke is a returning artist, having already represented Germany in Eurovision in 2004 with his song “Can’t Wait Until Tonight” where he came in 8th. Marie Reim is the daughter of Michelle and Matthias Reim, both famous German singers.
One more artist to be revealed
Today’s announcement is missing one name however – that of the winner of the six-part docutainment series, “Ich will zum ESC!”, which will determine who gets the final spot in “Das Deutsche Finale 2024”. The first three episodes will be available in ARD’s media library from January 25th, 2024. The fourth episode will drop on January 30th and episode five two days later on February 1st. The final episode will be a live show and will air on February 8th, a week before the main national final, scheduled for the 16th of February.
What we know about Germany’s national final
“Eurovision Song Contest – Das deutsche Finale 2024” will be broadcast on Das Erste and livestreamed on eurovision.de. It will be broadcasted live from Berlin on February 16th. It was reported that they received 693 submissions to the show 495 were by solo artists, with 127 bands and 71 duets completing the numbers, in addition, 572 applicants also applied with a song, with the others applying exclusively as singers. It will also be hosted by previous national final host, Barbara Schöneberger.
Tickets to attend the final are on sale from 6pm on January 19th 2024.
Germany’s Eurovision journey
Germany has been part of Eurovision since the beginning, debuting in 1956. Their debut entries were Walter Andreas Schwarz’s “Im Wartesaal zum großen Glück” and Freddy Quinn’s “So geht das jede Nacht”. Germany has appeared at every Eurovision except for 1996, which means they have been at more Contests than any other country. They have a long history of success in Eurovision, finishing in the top 3 an impressive 13 times. Germany has won the contest twice: Nicole won in 1982 with her song “Ein bißchen Frieden”, taking home 161 points. Their second win came in 2010, when Lena scored 246 points with her song “Satellite”.
Germany’s most recent Eurovision entry was Lord of the Lost with “Blood and Glitter”. As Germany is part of the Big 5, they automatically qualified for the Grand Final. In the Final, the song received 18 points and finished last – 26th – for the second year in a row.
Despite Lord of the Lost’s last-place finish in 2023, their performance was lauded as one of Germany’s better entries in recent years and garnered more fans for the already successful band.
Will this year’s national final bring Germany back to Eurovision success? Who are you looking forward to watching? As always, let us know what you think by commenting below. Also, be sure to follow ‘That Eurovision Site’ on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Tiktok as we look ahead to Eurovision 2024!
News Source: eurovision.de
Photo Credit: NDR / Magdalena Dauber / Valentin Ammon / Jasper Grätsch / Sophie van Hasselt / Gaby Gerster / Anelia Janeva / Laura Köhler / Welthund Music
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