🇩🇪 NDR to remain responsible for Eurovision selection in 2025

German broadcaster NDR confirmed that they will remain responsible for Germany’s Eurovision selection in 2025.

NDR still in charge

Despite reports that the German broadcaster that handles ESC could change after 2024, NDR will continue to be responsible for Germany’s Eurovision selection. NDR is the broadcaster within the ARD that handles Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Schleswig-Holstein. In an interview with ESC Kompakt, the broadcaster confirmed that they will be in charge of Germany’s selection process for 2025, therefore making the broadcaster responsible for the German participation overall. Germany is one of twelve countries to have provisionally confirmed its participation at Eurovision 2025.

Germany’s Eurovision History

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 Isaak with “Always on the Run”. As Germany is part of the Big 5, they automatically qualified for the Grand Final. In the Final, the song received 117 points and finished in 12th place – the first time the country has finished on the left hand side of the scoreboard since 2018.

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News Source: ESC Kompakt

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