Tonight, the first heat of Germany’s Eurovision 2025 selection ‘Chefsache ESC 2025’ took place, where the first twelve participants performed an earlier original song or a cover for the jurors for a spot in the semi-finals.
12 acts competed in the first heat
The artists that participated in tonight’s show, as well as the results are as follows:
| Order | Artist | Song Performed (Original Artist) | Result |
| 1 | JULIKA | “Run” (Leona Lewis) | Qualified |
| 2 | Benjamin Braatz | “Breakfast” | Qualified |
| 3 | FANNIE | “Easy” (Original Track) | Did Not Qualify |
| 4 | Chase | “Million Years Ago” (Adele) | Did Not Qualify |
| 5 | Enny-Mae x Paradigm | “Arcade” (Duncan Laurance) | Did Not Qualify |
| 6 | Jonathan Henrich | “Golden Hour” (JVKE) | Qualified |
| 7 | Feuerschwanz | “Dragostea Din Tei” (O-Zone) | Qualified |
| 8 | Cage | “Wrong Places” (H.E.R.) | Qualified |
| 9 | Equa Tu | “Gaga” | Did Not Qualify |
| 10 | Janine | “Can’t Help Falling In Love” (Elvis Presley) | Did Not Qualify |
| 11 | COSBY | “Love For Who I Am” | Qualified |
| 12 | Abor & Tynna | “Skyfall” (Adele) | Qualified |
The seven qualifiers from tonight’s show were decided by Stefan Raab alongside Yvonne Catterfeld , Elton and guest judge Max Mutzke, who represented Germany at Eurovision 2004.
Chefsache ESC 2025 will continue tomorrow, February 15, where the remaining participants would perform, and the remaining semi-finalists will be selected.
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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News Source: RTL De
Photo credit: Raab Entertainment
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