Germany has revealed the first special guests set to appear at Das Deutsche Finale 2026, the national selection that will determine the country’s representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna.
Eurovision Names
Among the announced guests are Abor & Tynna, Germany’s representatives at Eurovision 2025, who will return to the national final stage following last year’s participation in the contest. They will be joined by Paola, a legendary Swiss singer who represented Switzerland at Eurovision in both 1969 and 1980, as well as performing during Eurovision 2025 celebrations. Adding a different flavour to the show, German comedian Carolin Kebekus has also been confirmed as a guest, highlighting the event’s mix of music and entertainment elements.
The Das Deutsche Finale songs
You can listen to all the entries now by clicking on the song title.
| Entrant | Entry |
| Bela | “Herz“ |
| Dreamboys The Band | “Jeanie“ |
| Laura Nahr | “Wonderland“ |
| Malou Lovis | “When I’m With You“ |
| Molly Sue | “Optimist (Ha Ha Ha)“ |
| MYLE | “A OK“ |
| Ragazzki | “Ciao Ragazzki“ |
| Sarah Engels | “Fire“ |
| wavvyboi | “Black Glitter“ |
The final will take place on the 28th of February. Earlier it was revealed that last year’s format will partially carry on with a jury narrowing down the field, before a televote ultimately deciding in a gold final.
What is Das Deusche Finale?
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 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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Source: esc-kompakt
Photo credit: Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU
Tetiana Viznytsia