With SWR taking up the mantle of German Eurovision participation, the outline of Germany\u2019s National Final plans have been set out, with RTL and Chefsache\u2019s involvement as expected not being carried forward.<\/p>\n
Chefsache and RTL out<\/p>\n
Germany fansite ESCKompakt<\/a> is reporting that SWR, the member of ARD now in charge of Germany\u2019s Eurovision participation, has laid out its plans for next year\u2019s national final. As expected<\/a> they will be holding an open submission window that will remain open until the 22nd of October. As well as the standard Eurovision rules one would expect from a national final, SWR are seeking someone with established presence in the music industry. So no newcomers. It is report that the final will be a single round contest taking in February next year. At present no date has been announced for the show.<\/p>\n The history of German NFs<\/p>\n Over the years, Germany has used a combination of national finals and internal selections to choose their Eurovision representatives. In recent years, they have used \u201cUnser lied fur (host city)\u201d (translation \u2013 A song for (host city)). However, in 2024, they rebranded the national final to \u201cEurovision Song Contest \u2013 Das Deutsche Finale\u201d (translation \u2013 ESC \u2013 The German final). Nine artists participated, one of which was chosen through the feeder show \u201cIch will zum ESC!\u201d (translation \u2013 I want to go to ESC). The show used a 50%-50% split of jury and televote to decide the final results. Each international jury gave 1-6, 8, 10 and 12 points, then the German public vote made up the other 50% of the results.<\/p>\n Germany Eurovision Journey<\/p>\n Germany has been part of Eurovision since the beginning, debuting in 1956. Their debut entries were Walter Andreas Schwarz\u2019s \u201cIm Wartesaal zum gro\u00dfen Gl\u00fcck\u201d and Freddy Quinn\u2019s \u201cSo geht das jede Nacht\u201d. Germany has appeared at every Eurovision except for 1996, which means they have been at more Contests than any other country. They have a long history of success in Eurovision, finishing in the top 3 an impressive 13 times. Germany has won the contest twice: Nicole won in 1982 with her song \u201cEin bi\u00dfchen Frieden\u201d, taking home 161 points. Their second win came in 2010, when Lena scored 246 points with her song \u201cSatellite\u201d.<\/p>\n Germany\u2019s most recent Eurovision entry was Abor & Tynna with \u201cBaller\u201d. As Germany is part of the Big 5, they automatically qualified for the Grand Final. In the Final, the song received 151 points and finished in 15th place.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Are you happy to see ? As always, please let us know what you think by getting involved in the comments below. Also, be sure to follow \u2018That Eurovision Site\u2019 on Facebook<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, TikTok<\/a>, Threads,<\/a> tumblr<\/a>,<\/a> and Bluesky<\/a> for more information about Eurovision 2026!<\/p>\n Source: ESCKompact<\/p>\n Photo credit: Corinne Cumming\/EBU<\/p>\n Like this:<\/p>\n Like Loading…<\/p>\n