With Eurovision 2025 coming to a close, Germany is already planning for Eurovision 2026. Applications for the Berlin Songwriting Camp remain open from the 4th to the 6th of August.
German Song camp in late August
The camp will be taking place between August 8th to 10th and includes names such as the camp director Marcel Schicken and the Norwegian team from The Woods Studios. This is the third edition of the songwriting camp. Subwoolfer DJ Carl-Henrik Wahl is also taking part, which helps put an experienced Eurovision star who has performed on that stage involved in the songwriting process.
What is a songwriting camp?
A songwriting camp involves songwriters, Producers, and sometimes even singers coming together to come up with songs that could potentially make it to Eurovision, and sometimes these songs can be used outside of Eurovision. Nemo’s 2024 win with the code, along with JJ’s 2025 win with Wasted Love, were both created within this setting and have both gone on to win the contest. This has become, in recent years, a winning format for creating Eurovision songs.
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 Abor & Tynna with “Baller”. As Germany is part of the Big 5, they automatically qualified for the Grand Final. In the Final, the song received 151 points and finished in 15th place.
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