Are you looking to attend Germany’s Eurovision 2025 selection ‘Chefsache ESC 2025’? Well if you are then good news, as tickets for the shows will go on sale tomorrow evening, December 21.
Tickets are available for all shows
The news of the ticket sales was announced via the German Delegation’s social media accounts.
🌲🎁 Pünktlich zu den Feiertagen bekommt ihr die Chance Tickets für "Chefsache ESC 2025" zu verschenken. Samstagabend startet der VVK auf https://t.co/aWOnG5nm8Z. Die Uhrzeit ist noch geheim, folgt uns, um den Start nicht zu verpassen.#Eurovision2025 #Tickets #EurovisionGermany pic.twitter.com/04TAnFdODO
— ESC Deutschland (@eurovisionde) December 20, 2024
If you are interested in obtaining tickets, you can do so by heading to Raab Entertainment. There, it was revealed that tickets would be available for all shows (3 Preliminary Rounds & Grand Final). At the time of writing, the time of the sale has not been announced, with the German delegation encouraging everyone to follow their social media accounts for the time of the sale.
Variety of competition for Chefsache ESC 2025
Following the closure of the applications window, broadcaster ARD / NDR revealed that 3,281 applicants registered their interest. From this, some 1,189 artists also entered with their own song, while others were willing to be paired with a new track.
The broadcaster also gave some more information regarding the demographics of those who applied. According to ARD / NDR, one in five applicants were bands. As well as this, the oldest person to apply for the show was 83 years old. However, it is not clear who has been selected from these applications thus far.
In total, 24 acts will take part in Chefsache ESC 2025 – headed by former Eurovision heavyweight, Stefan Raab. The competition will run across four weeks, with three semi-finals airing on private channel RTL. The first show will air on February 14th, with the final airing on Germany’s primary channel Das Erste on March 1st. The format change will see Stefan personally choose the lucky acts to advance to the final show. On the final night, the public alone will be responsible for choosing the winner.
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 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.
Who would you like to see at Chefsache 2025? Will the change in format bring Germany a Eurovision win? As always, please let us know what you think by getting involved in the comments below. Also, be sure to follow ‘That Eurovision Site’ on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Threads, Tumblr, and Bluesky for more information about Eurovision 2025!
News Source: ARD / NDR
Photo Credit: Raab Entertainment
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