{"id":100263,"date":"2025-05-14T08:05:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T08:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/100263\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T08:05:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T08:05:14","slug":"%f0%9f%87%a9%f0%9f%87%aa-germany-rtl-open-to-work-with-ard-on-eurovision-in-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/100263\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea Germany: RTL Open to Work with ARD on Eurovision in the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"

RTL\u2019s Inga Leschek, a TV producer, has said in an interview that RTL is open to continuing their partnership with the ARD on Eurovision.<\/p>\n

Speaking to DWDL.de, Leschek said that she is already discussing the possibility with the ARD\u2019s Christine Strobl. This year, the two broadcasters worked together to produce Germany\u2019s new national selection show for Eurovision, Chefsache ESC 2025.<\/p>\n

When asked in the interview whether the partnership could carry on, Leschek said discussions were underway:<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m already in discussions with Christine Strobl about the future of our collaboration, regardless of the ESC placing, because it was a great partnership between equals.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Leschek also praised the collaboration between the two broadcasters. She described it as spectacular, and said that the partnership was one that nobody \u201chad it on their bingo card\u201d:<\/p>\n

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I still think it\u2019s spectacular that we worked so well together on this project. No one would have thought we could achieve a partnership between ARD and RTL with such an outstanding brand as the Eurovision Song Contest, or even had it on their bingo card for 2025. A huge thank you goes to Christine Strobl, with whom I discussed it beforehand, and of course to Mr. ESC, Andreas Gerling, who, like me, had always hoped that Stefan Raab would do it again.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Furthermore, Leschek opened up on her hopes for this year\u2019s contest, where Abor & Tynna are representing Germany with the song \u201cBaller\u201d. She hopes that the song can make it into the top 10, saying that the Eurovision Song Contest is \u201cunpredictable\u201d:<\/p>\n

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Way up there. I\u2019m keeping my fingers crossed that we\u2019ll make it into the top 10 with \u201cBaller.\u201d If these two deliver, everyone in the arena will go wild, and that will spill over into European living rooms. We already experienced that when the song was performed for the first time in our preliminary round. Unlike the bookmakers, I have a good feeling. But the Eurovision Song Contest remains unpredictable.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Abor & Tynna were the first winners of Chefsache ESC, formed through a collaboration between RTL, one of ARD\u2019s regional broadcasters NDR, and television producer Stefan Raab. \u201cBaller\u201d won the national final after first being selected for the top 5 by Raab and a panel of jurors, and then winning the public vote.<\/p>\n

They will perform \u201cBaller\u201d during the second semi-final on Thursday 15 May in Basel as an automatic qualifier. Then, Abor & Tynna will be competing in the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday 17 May.<\/p>\n

Image Source: ARD \/ NDR | Source: DWDL.de<\/a><\/p>\n

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