Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015

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Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Country Germany
National selection
Selection processUnser Song für Österreich
Selection date(s)Club concert:
19 February 2015
Final:
5 March 2015
Selected entrantAnn Sophie
Selected song"Black Smoke"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result27th, 0 points
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Germany has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna, Austria. The German entry was selected through the national final Unser Song für Österreich, organised by the German broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR). The country was represented by the song "Black Smoke", written by Michael Harwood, Ella McMahon and Tonino Speciale, and performed by Ann Sophie.

Background

Main article: Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2015 Contest, Germany had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-eight times since its first entry in 1956.[1] Germany has won the contest on two occasions: in 1982 with the song "Ein bißchen Frieden" performed by Nicole and in 2010 with the song "Satellite" performed by Lena. Germany, to this point, has been noted for having competed in the contest more than any other country; they have competed in every contest since the first edition in 1956 except for the 1996 contest when the nation was eliminated in a pre-contest elimination round. In 2014, the group Elaiza won the German national final Unser Song für Dänemark, after qualifying from the wildcard round for new talents. Their song, "Is it Right", beat out entries from seven established German acts and went on to place 18th at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen.

NDR confirmed that Germany would participate in the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest on 23 May 2014.[2] On 8 September 2014, the broadcaster revealed details regarding their selection procedure and announced the organization of the national final Unser Song für Österreich.[3]

Unser Song für Österreich

Unser Song für Österreich ("Our Song for Austria") was the competition that selected Germany's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. The German national final took place at the TUI Arena in Hannover on 5 March 2015.[4] Like in the previous five years, the national final was co-produced by the production company Brainpool, which also co-produced the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf and the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in Baku. Eight artists participated in the competition with two songs each; seven of the participants were established artists, while the eighth participant was selected from a club concert wildcard round for new talents. Both the club concert wildcard round and the national final were hosted by Barbara Schöneberger with Janin Reinhardt reporting from the green room during both shows.[4][5]

Club concert – wildcard round

One of the competing artists in the national final was selected through a wildcard round. German singer Andreas Bourani headed the campaign to encourage artists to submit their entries.[4] A submission period was open from 8 September 2014 until 9 January 2015 during which artists were required to upload a video with a performance of an original song or a cover version on YouTube and submit an online application. At the conclusion of the submission period, 1,213 entries were received.[6] Representatives of Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), the production company Brainpool, youth-oriented and pop radio stations of ARD and the record labels Universal, Sony, Warner as well as some independent labels evaluated the performances received.[7] Ten artists were selected to compete during a live broadcast from the music club Große Freiheit 36 in Hamburg on 19 February 2015.[3] The winner, Ann Sophie, was determined solely by public televoting. The wildcard round was aired on NDR Fernsehen, EinsFestival and online at eurovision.de.[8]

Draw Artist Song Result Place
1 Klangpoet "4 U" 11.6% 4
2 Lars Pinkwart "Tornado" 5.7% 8
3 Sophie "Imperfection" 8.0% 5
4 Moonjos "Haggard Heart" 12.0% 3
5 Louisa "Boomerang" 2.5% 10
6 Aden Jaron "We’re on Fire" 7.3% 7
7 Alisson Bonnefoy "Burning Down" 7.5% 6
8 Ann Sophie "Jump the Gun" 24.1% 1
9 Sendi "Battlefield" 3.2% 9
10 Ason "Hey You" 18.1% 2

National final

The national final featured eight competing artists performing their song entries. The seven established artists were revealed on 14 January 2015.[5] The selection of the winning entry was to occur over three rounds with public televoting determining the results for each round. The first round reduced eight artists to four, the second reduced four artists to two, and the third round was to result in the selection of the winning artist and song.[9] In addition to the performances from the competing artists, the show featured guest performances by Eurovision Song Contest 2014 winner Conchita Wurst and German singer Mark Forster.[10]

Artist Songs (English translation) Composer(s)
Alexa Feser "Glück" (Luck) Steve van Velvet, Alexa Feser
"Das Gold von morgen“ (The gold of tomorrow)
Andreas Kümmert "Home Is In My Hands" Andreas Kümmert, Christian Neander
"Heart of Stone"
Ann Sophie "Black Smoke" Michael Harwood, Ella McMahon, Tonino Speciale
"Jump The Gun" Beatgees, Katrina Noorbergen, Laila Samuels
Fahrenhaidt "Frozen Silence" Andreas John, Erik Macholl, Amanda Pedersen
"Mother Earth" Andreas John, Erik Macholl, Alexander Freund, Fiora Cutler
Faun "Hörst du die Trommeln" (Do you hear the drums) Ingo Politz, Bernd Wendlandt, Faun
"Abschied" (Farewell)
Laing "Zeig deine Muskeln" (Show your muscles) Michael Vajna, Nicola Rost
"Wechselt die Beleuchtung" (Change the lighting) Nicola Rost
Mrs. Greenbird "Shine Shine Shine" Chris Buseck, Sarah Nücken, Steffen Brückner
"Take My Hand" Sarah Nücken, Steffen Brückner
Noize Generation "A Song For You" Linnea Deb, Joyce Leong, Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Jewgeni Grischbowski
"Crazy Now" Grischbowski, Axel Ehnström

Round 1

In the first round, each artist performed one of the two songs they had selected to perform first. The top four artists were selected by televoting to proceed to the second round.

Draw Artist Song Result
1 Mrs. Greenbird "Shine Shine Shine" Out
2 Alexa Feser "Glück" Advanced
3 Faun "Hörst du die Trommeln" Out
4 Noize Generation "A Song For You" Out
5 Ann Sophie "Jump the Gun" Advanced
6 Fahrenhaidt "Frozen Silence" Out
7 Laing "Zeig deine Muskeln" Advanced
8 Andreas Kümmert "Home Is In My Hands" Advanced

Round 2

In the second round, the four artists that qualified from the first round performed their second song. Out of all eight songs of the remaining artists (both from round 1 and 2) the top two songs were selected by televoting. These two songs had to be from different artists. Should the top two songs have been from the same artist, only the first could advance together with the third placed song.

Draw Artist Song Result
1 Alexa Feser "Das Gold von morgen" Out
2 Ann Sophie "Black Smoke" Advanced
3 Laing "Wechselt die Beleuchtung" Out
4 Andreas Kümmert "Heart of Stone" Advanced
– Alexa Feser "Glück" Out
– Ann Sophie "Jump the Gun" Out
– Laing "Zeig deine Muskeln" Out
– Andreas Kümmert "Home Is In My Hands" Out

Round 3

In the third round, public televoting determined the winning entry. Andreas Kümmert was announced as the winner, however he decided not to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest and Ann Sophie was declared the German representative.

Draw Artist Song Televote Result
1 Ann Sophie "Black Smoke" 21.3% Runner-up (declared the winner after Andreas Kümmert's withdrawal)
2 Andreas Kümmert "Heart of Stone" 78.7% Winner (withdrew)

At Eurovision

All countries except the "Big 5" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom), special guest Australia and the host country Austria, are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. As a member of the "Big 5", Germany automatically qualifies to compete in the final on 23 May 2015. In addition to their participation in the final, Germany is also required to broadcast and vote in one of the two semi-finals. Prior to the semi-final allocation draw on 26 January 2015, the EBU reference group approved a request from the German broadcaster in order to broadcast and vote in the second semi-final on 21 May 2015.[11]

Points awarded to Germany

Germany did not receive any points at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest.

Points Awarded to Germany (Final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Germany

Split voting results

The German jury comprised the following five members:[12]

  • Johannes Strate – Chairperson – bandleader, singer, songwriter
  • Leslie Clio – singer, songwriter
  • Mark Cwiertnia (Mark Foster) – singer, songwriter
  • Sascha Reimann (Ferris MC) – musician, rapper, actor
  • Swen Meyer – music producer

Semi-final 2

The German votes in the second semi-final were based on 50% jury voting and 50% televoting results.[13]

Semi-final 2 – German Results
Draw Country J. Strate L. Clio M. Cwiertnia S. Reimann S. Meyer Average Jury Rank Televote Rank Combined Rank Scoreboard (Points)
01  Lithuania 12 3 9 15 14 10 10 11
02  Ireland 8 4 7 5 3 4 12 9 2
03  San Marino 17 17 17 17 17 17 15 16
04  Montenegro 16 10 13 11 10 13 11 12
05  Malta 13 8 11 6 7 9 17 14
06  Norway 3 1 3 4 2 2 8 4 7
07  Portugal 7 9 14 12 13 11 9 10 1
08  Czech Republic 5 13 6 2 12 6 7 7 4
09  Israel 6 6 4 9 9 5 2 3 8
10  Latvia 1 2 1 1 1 1 5 2 10
11  Azerbaijan 11 16 8 7 16 12 13 13
12  Iceland 14 14 15 16 8 16 16 17
13  Sweden 2 5 2 3 4 3 3 1 12
14   Switzerland 15 12 10 13 11 14 14 15
15  Cyprus 4 11 5 14 5 7 6 6 5
16  Slovenia 9 7 12 10 6 8 4 5 6
17  Poland 10 15 16 8 15 15 1 8 3

Final

The German votes in the final were based on 50% jury voting and 50% televoting results.[14]

Final – German Results
Draw Country J. Strate L. Clio M. Cwiertnia S. Reimann S. Meyer Average Jury Rank Televote Rank Combined Rank Scoreboard (Points)
01  Slovenia 15 8 19 13 10 10 23 20
02  France 21 25 12 6 22 17 25 22
03  Israel 9 7 6 18 8 9 7 6 5
04  Estonia 6 6 5 12 6 6 14 9 2
05  United Kingdom 20 20 26 14 23 23 26 26
06  Armenia 17 23 23 21 25 24 19 23
07  Lithuania 10 11 9 25 13 11 21 19
08  Serbia 16 22 17 19 11 15 9 11
09  Norway 4 4 4 3 2 3 15 7 4
10  Sweden 3 5 2 2 3 2 5 2 10
11  Cyprus 11 18 13 23 21 16 16 18
12  Australia 8 9 8 4 9 7 3 4 7
13  Belgium 5 3 7 7 4 5 4 3 8
14  Austria 7 10 11 10 5 8 17 12
15  Greece 13 19 16 22 18 19 13 17
16  Montenegro 19 16 25 16 14 20 24 24
17  Germany
18  Poland 22 26 14 17 20 22 8 13
19  Latvia 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 5 6
20  Romania 18 21 24 15 16 21 11 16
21  Spain 14 13 20 9 19 14 20 21
22  Hungary 12 17 10 20 15 13 10 10 1
23  Georgia 24 12 15 8 12 12 18 14
24  Azerbaijan 25 14 22 24 26 25 22 25
25  Russia 2 2 3 5 7 4 2 1 12
26  Albania 26 24 18 26 24 26 6 15
27  Italy 23 15 21 11 17 18 1 8 3

See also

References

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  11. ^ Escudero, Victor M. (26 January 2015). "Allocation Draw results: Who's in which Semi-Final?". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  12. ^ Bakker, Sietse (1 May 2015). "Here are this year's national juries!". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  13. ^ "Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 Second Semi-Final". Eurovision.tv. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
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