Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014

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Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Country Germany
National selection
Selection processUnser Song für Dänemark
Selection date(s)Club Concert:
27 February 2014
Final:
13 March 2014
Selected entrantElaiza
Selected song"Is It Right"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Elżbieta Steinmetz
  • Frank Kretschmer
  • Adam Kesselhaut
Finals performance
Final result18th, 39 points
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest
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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, Denmark was selected through the national final Unser Song für Dänemark, organised by the German broadcaster ARD in collaboration with Norddeutscher Rundfunk (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[]

Main article: Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest

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 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 2013, the German entry "Glorious" performed by Cascada 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 (NDR). NDR confirmed that Germany would participate in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest on 4 September 2013.[2] 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.[3]

Before Eurovision[]

Unser Song für Dänemark[]

Logo of "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 in Cologne, hosted by Barbara Schöneberger with Janin Reinhardt 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 in Düsseldorf and the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in Baku. 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.[4][5] The show was broadcast on Das Erste as well as online via the broadcaster's Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.de and the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv.[6][7] The national final was watched by 3.95 million viewers in Germany.

Competing entries[]

Seven established acts were invited by NDR for the competition and were announced on 13 December 2013.[8] The eighth participating act was selected through a Club Concert wildcard round on 24 February 2014.

Artist Song Songwriter(s)
The Baseballs "Goodbye Peggy Sue" Håkan Glänte
"Mo Hotta Mo Betta" Beatzarre, Gareth Owen, Konstantin "Djorkaeff" Scherer, Rüdiger Brans, Sebastian Rätzel, Sven Budja
Das Gezeichnete Ich "Echo" Das Gezeichnete Ich, Sebastian Budde
"Weil du da bist"
Elaiza "Fight Against Myself" Elżbieta Steinmetz, Frank Kretschmer, Adam Kesselhaut
"Is It Right"
Madeline Juno "Error" David Jost, Dave Roth, Madeline Juno
"Like Lovers Do" Madeline Juno, Dave Roth
MarieMarie "Candy Jar" MarieMarie, Anya Weihe, Johannes Vogt, Maximilian Spindler, Alexander Rapp
"Cotton Candy Hurricane" Thies Mynther, MarieMarie, Juri Kannheiser, Thomas Rainer Berthold
Oceana "All Night" Oceana Mahlmann, Sir Darryl Farris, Andre Harris, Joseph ("joblaq") Macklin
"Thank You" Joseph ("joblaq") Macklin
Santiano "The Fiddler on the Deck" Frank Ramond, Mark Nissen, Hartmut Krech, Lukas Hainer
"Wir werden niemals untergehen"
Unheilig "Als wär's das erste Mal" Der Graf, Henning Verlage, Markus Tombült
"Wir sind alle wie eins"

Club Concert – wildcard round[]

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 between 25 November 2013 and 22 January 2014.[4] Singer Adel Tawil 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.[9] 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 Universal, Sony, Warner as well as some independent labels.[10] The club concert took place on 10 February 2014 at the Edelfettwerk in Hamburg, hosted by Barbara Schöneberger with Janin Reinhardt reporting from the green room. The show was broadcast on NDR Fernsehen and EinsPlus as well as online via eurovision.de and eurovision.tv. The winner, Elaiza, was selected solely by public voting, including options for landline and SMS voting.[11] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, 2012 German Eurovision entrant Roman Lob performed his new song "All That Matters".[12]

Club Concert – 27 February 2014
Draw Artist Song (Original artists) Televote Place
1 Elaiza "Is It Right" 23.6% 1
2 Nicole Milik "I See Fire" (Ed Sheeran) 8.2% 5
3 Simon Glöde "Blame It on the Boogie" 7.5% 6
4 Melanie Schlüter "Run" (Snow Patrol) 4.9% 10
5 Cassie Greene "Not This Time" 6.6% 8
6 Valentina "Love Is Gone" 7.3% 7
7 Caroline Rose "Amber Sky" 17.2% 2
8 Max Krumm "Home" 8.6% 4
9 Ambre Vallet "Siehst du mich?" 6.3% 9
10 Bartosz "Walk Away" 9.8% 3

National final[]

Elaiza, the winning artists, performing during Unser Song für Dänemark

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. The top four artists were: Santiano, MarieMarie, Elaiza and Unheilig. 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. The top two entries were: "Wir sind alle wie eins" performed by Unheilig and "Is It Right" performed by Elaiza. In the third round, the winner, "Is It Right" performed by Elaiza, was selected.[13][14] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, 2013 Danish Eurovision entrant Emmelie de Forest, who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2013, performed her entry "Only Teardrops", while 2014 Italian Eurovision entrant Emma Marrone performed her entry "La mia città" and Adel Tawil performed his new song "Weinen".[15][16]

First Round – 13 March 2014
Draw Artist Song Result
1 Das Gezeichnete Ich "Weil du da bist" Eliminated
2 Oceana "Thank You" Eliminated
3 Santiano "The Fiddler on the Deck" Advanced
4 MarieMarie "Cotton Candy Hurricane" Advanced
5 The Baseballs "Mo Hotta Mo Betta" Eliminated
6 Elaiza "Is It Right" Advanced
7 Unheilig "Als wär's das erste Mal" Advanced
8 Madeline Juno "Like Lovers Do" Eliminated
Second Round – 13 March 2014
Draw Artist Song Result
1 Santiano "Wir werden niemals untergehen" Eliminated
2 MarieMarie "Candy Jar" Eliminated
3 Elaiza "Fight Against Myself" Eliminated
4 Unheilig "Wir sind alle wie eins" Advanced
– Santiano "The Fiddler on the Deck" Eliminated
– MarieMarie "Cotton Candy Hurricane" Eliminated
– Elaiza "Is It Right" Advanced
– Unheilig "Als wär's das erste Mal" Eliminated
Third Round – 13 March 2014
Draw Artist Song Televote Place
1 Elaiza "Is It Right" 55% 1
2 Unheilig "Wir sind alle wie eins" 45% 2

At Eurovision[]

Elaiza at rehearsal in Copenhagen
Ela Steinmetz performing during rehearsal

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 approved a request from the German broadcaster for Germany to vote in the second semi-final on 8 May 2014.[17] During the German delegation's press conference on 6 May 2014, Germany was allocated to compete in the first half of the final.[18] In the final, the producers of the show decided that Germany would perform 12th, following Austria and preceding Sweden.[19] Germany placed 18th in the final, scoring 39 points.[20]

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.[21]

In Germany, both the semi-finals and the final were broadcast live on EinsPlus and on delay on EinsFestival. The semi-finals were also broadcast live on Phoenix, while the final was broadcast live on Das Erste. All shows were commentated by Peter Urban.[22] The German spokesperson revealing the result of the German vote in the final was Helene Fischer.[23]

Voting[]

Points awarded to Germany[]

Points awarded to Germany (Final)[24]
Score Country
12 points
10 points
8 points  Poland
7 points   Switzerland
6 points  Armenia
5 points
4 points  Albania
3 points
2 points
1 point

Points awarded by Germany[]

Detailed voting results[]

The following members comprised the German jury:[26]

  • Jennifer Weist (jury chairperson) – frontwoman for the band Jennifer Rostock
  • Madeline Obrigewitsch (Madeline Juno) – singer, songwriter
  • Konrad Sommermeyer – talent scout, manager, songwriter
  • Paul Würdig (Sido) – rapper
  • Andreas Bourani – singer, songwriter
Detailed voting results from Germany (Semi-final 2)[27]
Draw Country J. Weist M. Juno K. Sommermeyer Sido A. Bourani Average Jury Rank Televote Rank Combined Rank Points
01  Malta 6 3 15 7 13 8 8 8 3
02  Israel 5 14 8 14 14 11 7 9 2
03  Norway 2 4 3 4 4 3 6 4 7
04  Georgia 4 15 14 1 3 6 13 10 1
05  Poland 3 8 2 3 1 2 2 1 12
06  Austria 12 6 10 15 12 13 1 7 4
07  Lithuania 7 13 7 13 15 12 11 12
08  Finland 1 1 1 2 2 1 9 6 5
09  Ireland 14 10 11 11 10 15 14 15
10  Belarus 15 9 9 12 11 14 12 14
11  Macedonia 11 12 4 10 7 9 15 13
12   Switzerland 9 2 12 5 6 5 4 2 10
13  Greece 8 7 5 9 8 7 3 5 6
14  Slovenia 13 11 13 8 9 10 10 11
15  Romania 10 5 6 6 5 4 5 3 8
Detailed voting results from Germany (Final)[28]
Draw Country J. Weist M. Juno K. Sommermeyer Sido A. Bourani Average Jury Rank Televote Rank Combined Rank Points
01  Ukraine 20 20 18 14 16 18 14 16
02  Belarus 24 23 19 20 25 23 21 22
03  Azerbaijan 10 17 9 15 4 9 25 20
04  Iceland 19 9 15 16 18 14 8 9 2
05  Norway 4 6 6 3 10 5 9 6 5
06  Romania 12 14 16 21 22 16 17 18
07  Armenia 5 7 8 4 9 6 6 5 6
08  Montenegro 23 22 21 22 24 24 24 25
09  Poland 6 4 4 5 3 4 3 2 10
10  Greece 16 21 20 24 19 22 4 14
11  Austria 9 13 11 13 12 11 1 4 7
12  Germany
13  Sweden 11 8 5 6 6 7 16 11
14  France 21 10 17 25 20 20 20 21
15  Russia 17 16 23 12 21 19 5 12
16  Italy 22 18 10 17 11 15 18 19
17  Slovenia 15 24 22 23 14 21 23 23
18  Finland 3 2 3 7 5 3 12 7 4
19  Spain 7 19 14 10 8 10 13 10 1
20   Switzerland 18 5 12 11 13 12 7 8 3
21  Hungary 14 12 24 19 17 17 15 17
22  Malta 13 11 13 9 15 13 11 13
23  Denmark 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 3 8
24  Netherlands 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 12
25  San Marino 25 25 25 18 23 25 22 24
26  United Kingdom 8 15 7 8 7 8 19 15

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