Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
participated in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2014
The Eurovision Song Contest 2014 was the 59th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, following the country's victory at the with the song "Only Teardrops" by Emmelie de Forest. Organised by the European ...
with the song "Is It Right", written by Elżbieta Steinmetz, Frank Kretschmer and Adam Kesselhaut. The song was performed by
Elaiza
Elaiza () is a German band from Berlin that represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark, with their song " Is It Right". The leader of the group is Elżbieta "Ela" Steinmetz. She was born in Ukraine and is of m ...
. The German entry for the 2014 contest in
Copenhagen
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, Denmark was selected through the national final ''Unser Song für Dänemark'', organised by the German broadcaster
ARD in collaboration with
Norddeutscher Rundfunk
Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR; ''Northern German Broadcasting'') is a public broadcasting, public radio and television broadcaster, based in Hamburg. In addition to the city-state of Hamburg, NDR broadcasts for the German states of Lower Saxony, M ...
(NDR). The national final included a Club Concert wildcard round which took place on 27 February 2014 and featured ten undiscovered artists. Gaining 23.6% of the public vote, Elaiza was selected to compete in the final alongside seven established acts which took place on 13 March 2014 with the winner being selected through three rounds of public voting. "Is It Right" performed by Elaiza was selected as the German entry for Copenhagen after placing among the top four during the first round of voting, among the top two during the second round of voting and ultimately gaining 55% of the vote in the third round.
As a member of the "
Big Five", Germany automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing in position 12, Germany placed eighteenth out of the 26 participating countries with 39 points.
Background
Prior to the 2014 contest, Germany had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-seven times since its debut as one of seven countries to take part in .
Germany has won the contest on two occasions: in
1982
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with the song "
Ein bißchen Frieden
"Ein bißchen Frieden" (; "A Bit of Peace") is a German-language song, written by prolific German Eurovision-writing duo Ralph Siegel (music) and Bernd Meinunger (lyrics) for the Eurovision Song Contest 1982, held in Harrogate, United Kingdo ...
" performed by
Nicole
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and in
2010
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with the song "
Satellite
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" performed by
Lena
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. 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
2013
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, the German entry "
Glorious" performed by
Cascada
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placed twenty-first out of twenty-six competing songs scoring 18 points.
The German national broadcaster,
ARD, broadcasts the event within Germany and delegates the selection of the nation's entry to the regional broadcaster
Norddeutscher Rundfunk
Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR; ''Northern German Broadcasting'') is a public broadcasting, public radio and television broadcaster, based in Hamburg. In addition to the city-state of Hamburg, NDR broadcasts for the German states of Lower Saxony, M ...
(NDR). NDR confirmed that Germany would participate in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest on 4 September 2013. In 2013, NDR had set up a national final with several artists to choose both the song and performer to compete at Eurovision for Germany. On 6 September 2013, the broadcaster announced that they would organise a multi-artist national final to select the German entry.
Before Eurovision
''Unser Song für Dänemark''
''Unser Song für Dänemark'' (English: Our Song for Denmark) was the competition that selected Germany's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. The competition took place on 13 March 2014 at the
Lanxess Arena
Lanxess Arena (originally Kölnarena, German for ''Cologne Arena'') is an indoor arena, in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is known as the 18,500-capacity home of the Kölner Haie. The arena opened in 1998 and can accommodate 20,000 p ...
in
Cologne
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, hosted by
Barbara Schöneberger
Barbara von Schierstädt (; born 5 March 1974) is a German television presenter, actress and singer.
Early life
Schöneberger is the only child of clarinet player Hans Schöneberger and his wife Annemarie. She studied sociology, art history and ...
with
Janin Reinhardt
Janin Ullmann (' Reinhardt; born 14 November 1981) is a German television presenter and actress.
Career
Ullmann participated in a casting of the German music channel VIVA. She was chosen from 3,000 participants and became the host of ''Interak ...
reporting from the green room. Like in the previous four years, the national final was co-produced by the production company
Brainpool, which also co-produced the
2011 Eurovision Song Contest
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in
Düsseldorf
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and the
2012 Eurovision Song Contest in
Baku
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. Seven established acts and an eighth act selected through a wildcard round competed during the show with the winner being selected through a public televote.
The show was broadcast on
Das Erste
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as well as online via the broadcaster's Eurovision Song Contest website ''eurovision.de'' and the official Eurovision Song Contest website ''eurovision.tv''. The national final was watched by 3.95 million viewers in Germany.
Club Concert
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Interested artists were able to apply by submitting an online application and uploading a performance clip of either a cover song or an original song via
YouTube
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between 25 November 2013 and 22 January 2014.
Singer
Adel Tawil
Adel Salah Mahmoud Eid El-Tawil (born 15 August 1978) is a German singer, songwriter and producer. Besides his solo career, he is part of the popular German duo Ich + Ich and a former member of the boy band The Boyz.
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headed the campaign to encourage artists to apply. By the end of the process, it was announced that 2,240 candidates had applied for the wildcard round. The ten competing artists were selected by an expert panel consisting of representatives of NDR, Brainpool, youth-oriented and pop radio stations of ARD, record companies
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,
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,
Warner
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as well as some independent labels.
The club concert took place on 10 February 2014 at the Edelfettwerk in
Hamburg
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, hosted by
Barbara Schöneberger
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Early life
Schöneberger is the only child of clarinet player Hans Schöneberger and his wife Annemarie. She studied sociology, art history and ...
with
Janin Reinhardt
Janin Ullmann (' Reinhardt; born 14 November 1981) is a German television presenter and actress.
Career
Ullmann participated in a casting of the German music channel VIVA. She was chosen from 3,000 participants and became the host of ''Interak ...
reporting from the green room. The show was broadcast on
NDR Fernsehen
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and
EinsPlus
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The channel, along with ZDFkultur was c ...
as well as online via ''eurovision.de'' and ''eurovision.tv''. The winner,
Elaiza
Elaiza () is a German band from Berlin that represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark, with their song " Is It Right". The leader of the group is Elżbieta "Ela" Steinmetz. She was born in Ukraine and is of m ...
, was selected solely by public voting, including options for landline and SMS voting. In addition to the performances of the competing entries,
2012 German Eurovision entrant Roman Lob
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performed his new song "All That Matters".
Competing entries
Seven established acts were invited by NDR for the competition and were announced on 13 December 2013. The eighth participating act was selected through a Club Concert wildcard round on 27 February 2014.
Final
The televised final took place on 13 March 2014, which featured the seven established acts and Elaiza who won the wildcard round. The winner was selected through three rounds of public voting, including options for landline and SMS voting. In the first round, the eight artists performed their selected first of their two songs and the top four artists were selected to proceed to the second round. In the second round, the top four artists performed their second song and the top two entries, one song per artist, were selected to proceed to the third round. In the third round, the winner, "Is It Right" performed by Elaiza, was selected. In addition to the performances of the competing entries,
2013 Danish Eurovision entrant Emmelie de Forest
Emmelie Charlotte-Victoria de Forest (born 28 February 1993) is a Danish singer and songwriter.
De Forest represented Denmark with the song " Only Teardrops" in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden, winning the contest. Her debut ...
, who won the
Eurovision Song Contest 2013
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, performed her entry "
Only Teardrops
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", while
2014 Italian Eurovision entrant Emma Marrone
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After working with several bands, she won the Italian talent show ''Amici di Maria De Filippi'' in March 2010, and s ...
performed her entry "
La mia città
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The song received only 33 points in the final vote, ranking at ...
" and Adel Tawil performed his new song "Weinen".
At Eurovision
As a member of the
"Big Five", Germany automatically qualified for a place in the final, held on 10 May 2014. The
European Broadcasting Union
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approved a request from the German broadcaster for Germany to vote in the second semi-final on 8 May 2014. During the German delegation's press conference on 6 May 2014, Germany was allocated to compete in the first half of the final. In the final, the producers of the show decided that Germany would perform 12th, following
Austria
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and preceding
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. Germany placed 18th in the final, scoring 39 points.
On stage, the members of Elaiza performed alone with band members Yvonne Grünwald playing the accordion, Natalie Plöger playing the contrabass and Ela Steinmetz performing lead vocals. The German performance featured paper streamers that fell over the stage during the first and last chorus.
In Germany, both the semi-finals and the final were broadcast live on
EinsPlus
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and on delay on
EinsFestival
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. The semi-finals were also broadcast live on
Phoenix
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, while the final was broadcast live on
Das Erste
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. All shows were commentated by
Peter Urban. The German spokesperson revealing the result of the German vote in the final was
Helene Fischer
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.
Voting
Points awarded to Germany
Points awarded by Germany
Detailed voting results
The following members comprised the German jury:
*
Jennifer Weist
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Jennifer Weist (born 3 December 1986) and ...
(jury chairperson)frontwoman for the band
Jennifer Rostock
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Jennifer Weist (born 3 December 1986) and ...
*
Madeline Obrigewitsch (Madeline Juno)singer, songwriter
* Konrad Sommermeyertalent scout, manager, songwriter
*
Paul Würdig (Sido)
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Andreas Bourani
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singer, songwriter
References
External links
Official NDR/ARD Eurovision siteUnser Song für Dänemark official website
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2014
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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Eurovision
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Eurovision
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