The hunt to find Sarah Engels’ successor continues as Germany’s SWR enters the next stage of its selection for the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest; Das Deutsche Finale.
Around 40 hopefuls remain
German fansite ESCKompakt is reporting that around 40 acts still remain in contention for next year’s national final for Burgas. These remaining songs are down from an initial 400 or so that were submitted. At present a date of the national final has not been set yet, but a Saturday in February has potentially been pencilled in. The full structure of the contest is yet to be revealed.
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 Sarah Engels with “Fire”. As Germany is part of the Big 5, they automatically qualified for the Grand Final. In the Final, the song received 12 points and finished in 23rd place, all of which came from the jury.
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Source: ESC Kompakt
Photo credit: Claudius Pflug / SWR
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