Germany’s Eurovision 2025 selection process will be a collaboration between broadcasters ARD and RTL as well as producer and former Eurovision representative Stefan Raab.
German preparations for Eurovision 2025
After confirming their participation in May, this is the first major step towards determining Germany’s Eurovision 2025 representative. Prior to the 2024 contest, Raab had pitched a new format for the national final, which this plan takes elements of. It marks a return to the early 2010s where ARD worked with Raab and its former station ProSieben. During that time, Lena won “Unser Star für Oslo” and Eurovision itself in 2010. Additional details about the selection process will take place at a press conference at the Swiss embassy in Berlin on Thursday the 31st of October at 10am CET.
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: Eurovision.de
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