With Chefsache is just around the corner, Germany’s NDR have announced the hopefuls that are seeking to represent Germany at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel.
The Chefsache 2025 entrants
- Abor and Tynna
- Adina
- Benjamin Braatz
- Cage
- Chase
- Cloudy June
- Cosby
- Enny-Mae & Paradigm
- Equa Tu
- Fannie
- Feuerschwanz
- From Fall to Spring
- Jaln
- Janine
- Jonathan Henrich
- Julika
- Leonora
- Lyza
- Moss Kena
- Ni-ka
- Noah Levi
- Parallel
- The Great Leslie
- Vincent Varus
As well as giving us the names competing in Chefsache, NDR give us some bios for the acts which you can find here. In addition to the acts, NDR also announced that the primary jury for this year’s contest will consist of a trio: Stefan Raab, Yvonne Catterfeld, Elton.
What’s still to come?
- 14th of February – Heat 1
- 15th of February – Heat 2
- 22nd of February – Semi Final
- 1st of March – The Grand Final
Germany’s national final journey
Over the years, Germany has used a combination of national finals and internal selections to choose their Eurovision representatives. In recent years, they have used “Unser lied fur (host city)” (translation – A song for (host city)). However, in 2024, they rebranded the national final to “Eurovision Song Contest – Das Deutsche Finale” (translation – ESC – The German final). Nine artists participated, one of which was chosen through the feeder show “Ich will zum ESC!” (translation – I want to go to ESC). The show used a 50%-50% split of jury and televote to decide the final results. Each international jury gave 1-6, 8, 10 and 12 points, then the German public vote made up the other 50% of the results.
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.
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Source: Eurovision.de
Photo credit: Raab Entertainment
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