''Gallery'' is the debut

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by German band from Berlin

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 mi ...

. It was released in

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on 28 March 2014. The album has peaked to number 24 on the

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. The album includes the single "

Is it Right Germany participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Is It Right", written by Elżbieta Steinmetz, Frank Kretschmer and Adam Kesselhaut. The song was performed by Elaiza. The German entry for the 2014 contest in Copenhagen, Denm ...

Singles

* "

" was released as the lead single from the album on 28 February 2014. The song has peaked to number 2 in

. The song was selected to represent

at the

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at the

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. 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

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and preceding

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. 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 vocal. The German performance featured paper streamers that fall over the stage during the first and last chorus. The song finished 18th in the final with 39 points.

Track listing

Critical reception and Chart performance

The album has received positive reviews since their Eurovision participation so far. Rory Gannon of ESC Views gave a positive review of the album, saying that there is a "nice balance between folk and pop" and how "it shows Ela's roots in a way that you know where she's from but she's also not rubbing it in your face.". Sergiusz Królak of JazzSoul.pl claimed, that album is "full of catchy-pop songs (...) with catchy melody and not a stupid lyrics".

Weekly charts

Release history

References

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