Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Eurovision Song Contest 2015 | ||||
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Country | Germany | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Unser Song für Österreich | |||
Selection date(s) | 5 March 2015 | |||
Selected entrant | Ann Sophie | |||
Selected song | "Black Smoke" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
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Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 27th (last), 0 points | |||
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Germany participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Black Smoke", written by Michael Harwood, Ella McMahon and Tonino Speciale. The song was performed by Ann Sophie. The German entry for the 2015 contest in Vienna, Austria was selected through the national final Unser Song für Österreich, organised by the German broadcaster ARD in collaboration with Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR). The national final took place on 3 March 2015 and featured eight competing acts, one of which was selected through a Club Concert wildcard round. The winner was selected through three rounds of public televoting, and "Heart of Stone" performed by Andreas Kümmert initially announced as the German entry for Vienna after gaining 78.7% of the votes in the third round, however the artist immediately forfeited his victory upon the announcement. The confirmation of national final runner-up "Black Smoke" performed by Ann Sophie as the German entry occurred during a post-show press conference. The unprecedented withdrawal of Kümmert garnered international media interest.
As a member of the "
Background
Prior to the 2015 contest, Germany had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-eight 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 2014, the German entry "Is It Right" performed by Elaiza placed eighteenth out of twenty-six competing songs scoring 39 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 2015 Eurovision Song Contest on 23 May 2014.[2] Since 2013, NDR had set up national finals with several artists to choose both the song and performer to compete at Eurovision for Germany. On 8 September 2014, the broadcaster announced that they would organise a multi-artist national final to select the German entry.[3]
Before Eurovision
Unser Song für Österreich
Unser Song für Österreich (English: Our Song for Austria) was the competition that selected Germany's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. The competition took place on 5 March 2015 at the
Competing entries
For the wildcard round, interested performers were able to apply by uploading a performance clip of an original or cover song via
Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Televote | Place |
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1 | Klangpoet | "4 U" | Stephan Baader, Ekrem Karaca, N'Gom, Zett1 | 11.6% | 4 |
2 | Lars Pinkwart | "Tornado" | Lars Pinkwart | 5.7% | 8 |
3 | Sophie | "Imperfection" | Guido Schwarz | 8.0% | 5 |
4 | Moonjos | "Haggard Heart" | Ben Galliers, Daniel Munoz, Ricardo Munoz | 12.0% | 3 |
5 | Louisa | "Boomerang" | Rupert Blackman, Eyelar Mirzazadeh | 2.5% | 10 |
6 | Aden Jaron | "We're on Fire" | Aden Jaron | 7.3% | 7 |
7 | Alisson Bonnefoy | "Burning Down" | Alisson Bonnefoy | 7.5% | 6 |
8 | Ann Sophie | "Jump the Gun" | The Beatgees, Katrina Noorbergen, Laila Samuelsen | 24.1% | 1 |
9 | Sendi | "Battlefield" | Sendi Hoxha | 3.2% | 9 |
10 | Ason | "Hey You" | Dorotea Andersson | 18.1% | 2 |
Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
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Alexa Feser | "Das Gold von morgen" | Steve van Velvet, Alexa Feser |
"Glück" | ||
Andreas Kümmert | "Heart of Stone" | Andreas Kümmert, Christian Neander |
"Home Is in My Hands" | ||
Ann Sophie | "Black Smoke" | Michael Harwood, Ella McMahon, Tonino Speciale |
"Jump the Gun" | Beatgees, Katrina Noorbergen, Laila Samuels | |
Fahrenhaidt feat. Amanda Pedersen | "Frozen Silence" | Andreas John, Erik Macholl, Amanda Pedersen |
Fahrenhaidt | "Mother Earth" | Andreas John, Erik Macholl, Alexander Freund, Fiora Cutler |
Faun | "Abschied" | Ingo Politz, Bernd Wendlandt, Faun, Oliver Pade, Michael Frewert |
"Hörst du die Trommeln" | Ingo Politz, Bernd Wendlandt, Faun | |
Laing | "Wechselt die Beleuchtung" | Nicola Rost, Moritz Friedrich |
"Zeig deine Muskeln" | Michael Vajna, Nicola Rost | |
Mrs. Greenbird | "Shine Shine Shine" | Chris Buseck, Sarah Nücken, Steffen Brückner |
"Take My Hand" | Sarah Nücken, Steffen Brückner | |
Noize Generation feat. Patrik Jean | "A Song for You" | Linnea Deb, Joyce Leong, Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Jewgeni Grischbowski |
Noize Generation | "Crazy Now" | Jewgeni Grischbowski, Axel Ehnström |
Final
The televised final took place on 3 March 2015. The winner was selected through three rounds of public televoting, including options for landline and SMS voting. In the first round of voting, each artist 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 four remaining artists performed their second song and the top two artists with one song each were selected to proceed to the final round. In the final round, "Heart of Stone" performed by Andreas Kümmert was announced as the winner, however Kümmert stated shortly after that he would cede his victory for runner-up Ann Sophie: "Thanks for your support, Germany, but right now I'm not in the right condition to do this and I want to give the chance to Ann Sophie. I'm just a little singer and she is the better choice."[12] Following the show, NDR held a press conference confirming "Black Smoke" performed by Ann Sophie as the German entry for the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest.[13][14][15] His unprecedented decision to withdraw later garnered international media attention.[16][17][18] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, 2014 Austrian Eurovision Song Contest winner Conchita Wurst performed her entry "Rise Like a Phoenix" and her new song "You Are Unstoppable", while Mark Forster performed his song "Flash mich" and Swiss singer Stefanie Heinzmann performed her new song "In the End" during the show.[19][20]
Draw | Artist | Song | Result |
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1 | Mrs. Greenbird | "Shine Shine Shine" | Eliminated |
2 | Alexa Feser | "Glück" | Advanced |
3 | Faun | "Hörst du die Trommeln" | Eliminated |
4 | Noize Generation feat. Patrik Jean | "A Song for You" | Eliminated |
5 | Ann Sophie | "Jump the Gun" | Advanced |
6 | Fahrenhaidt feat. Amanda Pedersen | "Frozen Silence" | Eliminated |
7 | Laing | "Zeig deine Muskeln" | Advanced |
8 | Andreas Kümmert | "Home Is in My Hands" | Advanced |
Draw | Artist | Song | Result |
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1 | Alexa Feser | "Das Gold von morgen" | Eliminated |
"Glück" | Eliminated | ||
2 | Ann Sophie | "Black Smoke" | Advanced |
"Jump the Gun" | Eliminated | ||
3 | Laing | "Wechselt die Beleuchtung" | Eliminated |
"Zeig deine Muskeln" | Eliminated | ||
4 | Andreas Kümmert | "Heart of Stone" | Advanced |
"Home Is in My Hands" | Eliminated |
Draw | Artist | Song | Televote | Place |
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1 | Ann Sophie | "Black Smoke" | 21.3% | 2 |
Ratings
Show | Air date | Viewing figures | Ref. | |
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Nominal | Share | |||
Club Concert | 19 February 2015 | 520,000 | 2.4% | [21] |
Final | 3 March 2015 | 3,200,000 | 10.3% | [22] |
Promotion
Ann Sophie made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Black Smoke" as the German Eurovision entry. On 18 April, Ann Sophie performed during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the
At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "
In Germany, the two semi-finals were broadcast on
Final
Ann Sophie took part in technical rehearsals on 17 and 20 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 22 and 23 May. This included the jury final on 22 May where the professional juries of each country watched and voted on the competing entries.[32] After technical rehearsals were held on 20 May, the "Big Five" countries, host country Austria and special guest Australia held a press conference. As part of this press conference, the artists took part in a draw to determine which half of the grand final they would subsequently participate in. Germany was drawn to compete in the second half.[33] Following the conclusion of the second semi-final, the shows' producers decided upon the running order of the final. The running order for the semi-finals and final was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Germany was subsequently placed to perform in position 17, following the entry from Montenegro and before the entry from Poland.[34]
The German performance featured Ann Sophie performing on stage in a black pantsuit, high heels and a single large gold earring with black feathers with four backing vocalists. The staging presentation included yellow spotlights and lamps as well as Ann Sophie performing a routine that included walking, gesturing and dancing. The stage colours were black and white with the LED screens displaying black smoke.
Voting
Voting during the three shows consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member were released shortly after the grand final.[41]
Following the release of the full split voting by the EBU after the conclusion of the competition, it was revealed that Germany had placed twenty-fifth with the public televote and twentieth with the jury vote. In the public vote, Germany scored 5 points and in the jury vote the nation scored 24 points.[42]
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Germany and awarded by Germany in the second semi-final and grand final of the contest, and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the two shows:
Points awarded to Germany
Germany did not receive any points at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest.[43]
Points awarded by Germany
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Detailed voting results
The following members comprised the German jury:[41]
- Johannes Strate(jury chairperson) – bandleader, singer, songwriter
- Leslie Clio – singer, songwriter
- Mark Ćwiertnia (Mark Forster) – singer, songwriter
- Sascha Reimann (Ferris MC) – musician, rapper, actor
- Swen Meyer – music producer
Draw | Country | J. Strate | L. Clio | M. Forster | Ferris MC | S. Meyer | Jury Rank | Televote Rank | Combined Rank | Points |
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01 | Lithuania | 12 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 11 | |
02 | Ireland | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 2 |
03 | San Marino | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | |
04 | Montenegro | 16 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 12 | |
05 | Malta | 13 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 14 | |
06 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 |
07 | Portugal | 7 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 1 |
08 | Czech Republic | 5 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
09 | Israel | 6 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
10 | Latvia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
11 | Azerbaijan | 11 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 13 | |
12 | Iceland | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 17 | |
13 | Sweden | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
14 | Switzerland | 15 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 15 | |
15 | Cyprus | 4 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
16 | Slovenia | 9 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
17 | Poland | 10 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
Draw | Country | J. Strate | L. Clio | M. Forster | Ferris MC | S. Meyer | Jury Rank | Televote Rank | Combined Rank | Points |
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01 | Slovenia | 15 | 8 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 20 | |
02 | France | 21 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 25 | 22 | |
03 | Israel | 9 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
04 | Estonia | 6 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 2 |
05 | United Kingdom | 20 | 20 | 26 | 14 | 23 | 23 | 26 | 26 | |
06 | Armenia | 17 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 19 | 23 | |
07 | Lithuania | 10 | 11 | 9 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 21 | 19 | |
08 | Serbia | 16 | 22 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 11 | |
09 | Norway | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 4 |
10 | Sweden | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
11 | Cyprus | 11 | 18 | 13 | 23 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 18 | |
12 | Australia | 8 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
13 | Belgium | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
14 | Austria | 7 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 12 | |
15 | Greece | 13 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 17 | |
16 | Montenegro | 19 | 16 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 20 | 24 | 24 | |
17 | Germany | |||||||||
18 | Poland | 22 | 26 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 13 | |
19 | Latvia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 |
20 | Romania | 18 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 11 | 16 | |
21 | Spain | 14 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 19 | 14 | 20 | 21 | |
22 | Hungary | 12 | 17 | 10 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 1 |
23 | Georgia | 24 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 14 | |
24 | Azerbaijan | 25 | 14 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 22 | 25 | |
25 | Russia | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
26 | Albania | 26 | 24 | 18 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 6 | 15 | |
27 | Italy | 23 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
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