It has been revealed that the international jury that will take part in Das Deutsche Finale 2026, the show that will select Germany’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna.
20 Music Professionals
Each juror comes from a different Eurovision nation, ensuring a broad international perspective on the competing songs. The panel includes artists, producers, journalists and former Eurovision participants.
Notable members include Swedish producer Christer Björkman, Ukrainian Eurovision winner Ruslana, Maltese star Destiny, Swiss singer Luca Hänni, and UK journalist William Lee Adams, among others.
The international jury will play a decisive role in the first round of voting. Their combined scores will determine which three acts advance to the final stage of the competition.
In the second round, the German public alone will select the winner from those three finalists, deciding who will represent the country at Eurovision 2026.
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.
What is Das Deutsche 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: eurovision.de
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