Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023

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Eurovision Song Contest 2023
Country Germany
National selection
Selection processUnser Lied für Liverpool
Selection date(s)3 March 2023
Selected entrantLord of the Lost
Selected song"Blood & Glitter"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Anthony James Brown
  • Chris Harms
  • Pi Stoffers
  • Rupert Keplinger
Finals performance
Final result26th, 18 points
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2022 2023 2024►

Germany participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom, with "Blood & Glitter" performed by Lord of the Lost. The German broadcaster ARD, in collaboration with Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), organised the national final Unser Lied für Liverpool in order to select the German entry for the 2023 contest.[1] The national final took place on 3 March 2023 and featured eight competing acts with the winner being selected through international jury voting and public voting.

Background

Prior to the 2023 contest, Germany has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixty-four times since its debut as one of seven countries to take part in 1956.[2] 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 2022, "Rockstars" performed by Malik Harris placed twenty-fifth (last) out of twenty-five competing songs with 6 points.

Before Eurovision

Unser Lied für Liverpool

The participants of Unser Lied für Liverpool

Unser Lied für Liverpool (English: Our Song for Liverpool) was the competition that selected Germany's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. The competition took place on 3 March 2023 at the MMC Studios in Cologne, and was hosted by Barbara Schöneberger. The show was broadcast on Das Erste as well as online via the broadcaster's Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.de and the ARD-Mediathek platform.[1]

Competing entries

Interested artists and composers were able to submit their entries for the competition between 9 November 2022 and 28 November 2022. Artists and composers were also able to upload their entries to TikTok with the hashtag #UnserLiedFürLiverpool.[3] By the end of the process, it was announced that 548 submissions were received by NDR. The eight competing entries for the national final were selected over three stages. In the first stage, entries were shortlisted for the second stage by a panel consisting of members of the ARD Eurovision team and representatives of eurovision.de, ARD radio channels and the production company Bildergarten. The second stage involved an international expert panel that provided feedback in regards to the shortlisted entries for the ARD Eurovision team to select the eight entries in the third stage.[4][5] The participating acts were announced on 27 January 2023.[6][7] An additional six entries were selected by the ARD Eurovision team for a TikTok selection from over 900 submissions uploaded on the platform, with an online voing being held via TikTok app to determine the act advancing to the final, with the winner revealed during the broadcast of Alles Eurovision on 4 February.[8]

On 3 March, the band Frida Gold [de] withdrew their entry after their lead singer Alina Süggeler [de] fell ill. The group had already missed several rehearsals prior to their withdrawal.[9]

TikTok wildcard selection – 27 January–3 February 2023[10]
Artist Song Songwriter(s) Percentage Place
Betül "Heaven" Kevin Anyaeji, Shelley Segal, Wayne Wilkins 3% 4
From Fall to Spring "Draw the Line" Benedikt Veith, León Arend, Lukas Wilhelm, Philip Wilhelm, Seb Monzel, Simon Triem 28% 2
Ikke Hüftgold [de] "Lied mit gutem Text" Dominik De León, Florian Apfl, Matthias Distel, Patrick Liegl 52% 1
Jona "10/10" Jona, Skender Durakovac, Tom Ulrichs, Wieland Stahnecker 14% 3
Leslie Clio "Free Again" Leslie Clio 1% 6
Mitchy & André Katawazi, NashUp "Summertime" Alexander Deleon, Chord Overstreet, Michael Katawazi, Nash Overstreet 2% 5
Artist Song Songwriter(s)
Anica Russo "Once Upon a Dream" Anica Russo, Mendi Moon, Philip Sesay, Rami Bakieh
Frida Gold [de] "Alle Frauen in mir sind müde" Alina Süggeler, Andreas Weizel
Ikke Hüftgold [de] "Lied mit gutem Text" Dominik De León, Florian Apfl, Matthias Distel, Patrick Liegl
Lonely Spring "Misfit" Julian Fuchs, Manuel Schrottenbaum, Matthias Angerer, Phil Sunday, Simon Fuchs
Lord of the Lost "Blood & Glitter" Anthony J. Brown, Chris Harms, Pi Stoffers, Rupert Keplinger
Patty Gurdy "Melodies of Hope" Johannes Braun, Patricia Büchler
René Miller "Concrete Heart" Mike Needle, René Miller
Trong "Dare to Be Different" Elsa Søllesvik, Sasha Rangas, Stefan van Leijsen, Trong Hieu Nguyen
Will Church "Hold On" Eddie Jonsson, Megan Ashworth, Patrick Liegl, Will Church

Final

The final took place on 3 March 2023. The winner was selected by a 50/50 combination of eight international jury groups from Switzerland, the Netherlands, Finland, Spain, Lithuania, Ukraine, Austria and the United Kingdom, as well as public voting.[11][12][13] Each jury group distributed their points as follows: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 points.[13] The public vote was based on the percentage of votes each song achieved through the following voting methods: online, telephone, and SMS. For example, if a song gains 10% of the viewer vote, then that entry would be awarded 10% of 368 points rounded to the nearest integer: 37 points.[13] The online voting window was open from 24 February to 3 March 2023, after which telephone and SMS voting were used during the show.[14] Frida Gold had originally been scheduled to perform eighth prior to their withdrawal; their votes received during the online voting window were subsequently nullified, and Lord of the Lost, who was scheduled to perform after Frida Gold, retained their running order number.[9] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, The BossHoss with Ilse DeLange, Florian Silbereisen, Riccardo Simonetti and 2022 German Eurovision entrant Malik Harris performed as interval acts.

Final – 3 March 2023[15][16]
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
Phone SMS Online Total Points
1 Trong "Dare to Be Different" 52 12,261 7,360 8,736 28,357 19 71 4
2 René Miller "Concrete Heart" 54 4,651 2,025 4,809 11,485 8 62 7
3 Anica Russo "Once Upon a Dream" 57 5,533 4,041 2,608 12,182 8 65 6
4 Lonely Spring "Misfit" 40 12,144 8,489 23,539 44,172 30 70 5
5 Will Church "Hold On" 90 19,758 6,961 3,457 30,176 21 111 3
6 Patty Gurdy "Melodies of Hope" 22 18,327 9,464 21,797 49,588 34 56 8
7 Ikke Hüftgold "Lied mit gutem Text" 10 46,460 26,281 75,821 148,562 101 111 2
9 Lord of the Lost "Blood & Glitter" 43 79,520 68,677 66,178 214,375 146 189 1
Detailed international jury votes
Draw Song Total
1 "Dare to Be Different" 4 12 2 6 8 6 4 10 52
2 "Concrete Heart" 10 8 4 10 3 8 3 8 54
3 "Once Upon a Dream" 8 4 10 2 10 10 10 3 57
4 "Misfit" 2 6 6 4 6 4 6 6 40
5 "Hold On" 12 10 8 12 12 12 12 12 90
6 "Melodies of Hope" 3 1 3 8 2 2 2 1 22
7 "Lied mit gutem Text" 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 10
9 "Blood & Glitter" 6 3 12 3 4 3 8 4 43
International jury spokespersons
International jury members[17]
Country Members
 Austria
 Finland
  • Samuli Väänänen
  • Iisa Pajula
  • Anna-Maria Borgar
  • Annastiina Paavola
  • Joel Hokka
 Lithuania
  • Ieva Narkutė
  • Ramūnas Zilnys
  • Raminta Naujanytė
  • Audrius Giržadas
  • Vaidotas Valiukevičius
 Netherlands
  • Gordon Groothedde
  • Erica Suzanne Groeneveld
  • Marjolein Dekkers
  • Florent Luyckx
  • Marijke Amado
 Spain
  • Luís Miguel Palao
  • Aaron Saez
  • Daniel Borrego
  • Eva Maria Mora
  • Barei
  Switzerland
  • Lisa Oribasi
  • Sandro Dietrich
  • Chiara Dubey
  • Yves Schifferle
  • Gjon's Tears
 Ukraine
  • Igor Kondratiuk
  • German Nenov
  • Kateryna Sereda
  • Oksana Skybinska
  • Jamala
 United Kingdom
  • Pete Watson
  • Rokhsan Heydari
  • George Ure
  • Adam Hunter
  • SuRie

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "

Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. As a member of the "Big Five", Germany automatically qualified to compete in the final on 13 May 2023. In addition to its participation in the final, Germany was also required to broadcast and vote in one of the two semi-finals. This was decided via a draw held during the semi-final allocation draw on 31 January 2023, when it was announced that Germany would be voting in the first semi-final.[18]

In Germany, all three shows were broadcast live on One, with the final also broadcast live on Das Erste, with commentary provided by Peter Urban. This was Urban's 25th contest as commentator for German television, providing commentary on ARD every year since 1997, and 2023 marked his final year as commentator.[19][20] The contest's final was also broadcast live via satellite by Deutsche Welle, on DW Deutsch in Asia and DW Deutsch+ in North America.[21]

The broadcast of semi-final 1 on One reached an average of 590,000 television viewers, while the broadcast of semi-final 2 reached an average of 620,000 viewers.[22][23] The broadcast of the final reached an average of 7.45 million viewers on Das Erste, which marked an increase of 900,000 viewers compared to the previous two contests and an overall market share of 35.8%,[24] with 53.4% market share for those between the ages of 14 and 49. An additional 510,000 watched the broadcast on One, bringing the overall total market share across both channels to 38.4%, with an almost 58% market share among the 14 to 49 year old bracket and a 66.9% share among 14 to 29 year olds. The 2023 contest gained the highest market share among youth audiences in Germany since the 2011 contest, which was organised in Germany and held in Düsseldorf.[25][26]

Voting

Points awarded to Germany

Points awarded by Germany

Detailed voting results

Detailed voting results from Germany (Semi-final 1)[28]
Draw Country Televote
Rank Points
01  Norway 8 3
02  Malta 12
03  Serbia 11
04  Latvia 10 1
05  Portugal 6 5
06  Ireland 13
07  Croatia 2 10
08   Switzerland 3 8
09  Israel 9 2
10  Moldova 5 6
11  Sweden 7 4
12  Azerbaijan 15
13  Czech Republic 4 7
14  Netherlands 14
15  Finland 1 12

The following members comprised the German jury:

  • Arne Surendra Ghosh
  • Kai Tölke
  • Alina Eva Süggeler
  • Anica Russo
  • Karin Ilse Überall (Katja Ebstein)
Detailed voting results from Germany (Final)[27]
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror 1 Juror 2 Juror 3 Juror 4 Juror 5 Rank Points Rank Points
01  Austria 5 14 7 7 20 9 2 12
02  Portugal 6 17 18 16 7 12 23
03   Switzerland 7 10 22 11 16 15 8 3
04  Poland 22 23 17 19 25 24 7 4
05  Serbia 24 6 25 2 18 8 3 19
06  France 13 15 11 4 14 11 18
07  Cyprus 14 18 13 18 10 19 17
08  Spain 12 4 5 12 6 4 7 24
09  Sweden 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 10 1
10  Albania 9 9 19 21 23 18 3 8
11  Italy 8 19 8 10 3 7 4 2 10
12  Estonia 2 2 3 3 2 2 10 21
13  Finland 11 21 6 24 15 16 1 12
14  Czech Republic 15 3 9 8 8 6 5 16
15  Australia 3 5 4 9 4 3 8 14
16  Belgium 16 20 16 15 17 21 9 2
17  Armenia 10 13 10 14 19 17 22
18  Moldova 23 24 24 25 11 22 11
19  Ukraine 25 7 23 5 21 13 4 7
20  Norway 19 11 2 13 5 5 6 6 5
21  Germany
22  Lithuania 4 8 14 17 9 10 1 15
23  Israel 20 12 12 6 12 14 13
24  Slovenia 21 22 15 23 22 23 20
25  Croatia 18 25 21 22 24 25 5 6
26  United Kingdom 17 16 20 20 13 20 25

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