Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013

Germany participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden. The German entry was selected through the national final Unser Song für Malmö, which was organised by the public broadcasters NDR and ARD.[1] Cascada represented Germany with the song "Glorious", which placed 21st and scored 18 points in the final.[2][3]

Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Country Germany
National selection
Selection processUnser Song für Malmö
Selection date(s)14 February 2013
Selected entrantCascada
Selected song"Glorious"
Finals performance
Final result21st, 18 points
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Unser Song für Malmö
Logo of Unser Song für Malmö

Unser Song für Malmö (English: Our Song for Malmö) was the competition that selected Germany's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2013. The competition took place on 14 February 2013 at the TUI Arena in Hanover, hosted by Anke Engelke.[4] Collaboration with private broadcaster ProSieben terminated after three years, however like in the previous three 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.[5][6] Twelve acts competed during the show with the winner being selected by a combination of votes from an expert jury panel, radio voting and public voting. 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.[7] The national final was watched by 3.24 million viewers in Germany.

Competing entries

Twelve acts were selected by a seven-member panel consisting of Thomas Schreiber (ARD entertainment coordinator), Jörg Grabosch (Brainpool managing director) as well as representatives of record labels Universal Music, Sony Music, Warner Music Entertainment, EMI and Embassy of Music.[8] Eleven of the participating acts were announced on 17 December 2012 and the twelfth act was announced on 21 December 2012.[9][10]

Artist Song Composer(s)
Ben Ivory "The Righteous Ones" Alexander Kronlund, Ali Payami, Ben Ivory
Betty Dittrich "Lalala" Betty Dittrich, Andreas John
Blitzkids mvt. "Heart on the Line" Malte Pittner, Svenja Malicha-Marx, Sarah Walker, Thorsten Peters
Cascada "Glorious" Yann Peifer, Manuel Reuter, Andres Ballinas, Tony Cornelissen
Die Priester feat. Mojca Erdmann "Meerstern, sei gegrüßt" from 11th/12th century, arranged by Michael Knauer
Finn Martin "Change" Finn Martin, Belle Humble, Marky Bates
LaBrassBanda "Nackert" Stefan Dettl, Manuel Winbeck, Manuel da Coll, Oliver Wrage, Andreas Hofmeir, Willy Löster, Olaf Opal
Mia Diekow "Lieblingslied" Mia Diekow, Philipp Schwär
Mobilée "Little Sister" Alexander Schroer
Nica & Joe "Elevated" David Jürgens, Alexander Komlew, Daniel Eisenlohr
Saint Lu "Craving" Saint Lu, Stefan Skarbek
Söhne Mannheims "One Love" Tino Oac, Klimas, Andreas Bayless, Kosho, Ralf Gustke, Florian Sitzmann

Final

The televised final took place on 14 February 2013. The winner, "Glorious" performed by Cascada was selected through a combination of votes from a five-member jury panel (1/3), radio voting (1/3) and public voting (1/3), including options for landline and SMS voting.[8] The jury panel consisted of Tim Bendzko (singer-songwriter), Roman Lob (singer, German Eurovision entrant in 2012), Anna Loos (actress and singer), Mary Roos (singer and actress, German Eurovision entrant in 1972 and 1984) and Peter Urban (musician and radio host, German commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest).[11] For the radio vote, listeners were able to vote via the official websites of the nine ARD radio channels between 7 February 2013 and 14 February 2013. Over 837,700 public votes were cast in the final.[2]

Unser Song für Malmö – 14 February 2013
Draw Artist Song Jury Radio Televote Total Place
1 Finn Martin "Change"6 33129
2 Mobilée "Little Sister"3 50811
3 Blitzkids mvt. "Heart on the Line"12 12156
4 Betty Dittrich "Lalala"0 84128
5 Ben Ivory "The Righteous Ones"7 60137
6 Saint Lu "Craving"10 06164
7 LaBrassBanda "Nackert"1 1210232
8 Nica & Joe "Elevated"4 48165
9 Mia Diekow "Lieblingslied"2 01312
10 Söhne Mannheims "One Love"5 75173
11 Die Priester feat. Mojca Erdmann "Meerstern, sei gegrüßt"0 27910
12 Cascada "Glorious"8 1012301

Controversy

"Glorious" has come under investigation following allegations that it is a copy of the 2012 winning song, "Euphoria" by Loreen. German regional broadcaster NDR had investigated whether the Eurodance song bares too much of a similarity to "Euphoria".[12] NDR spokeswoman, Iris Bents said the station would publish the results of the study when they were available but played down the allegations, "Every year there are attempts to create scandals around the Eurovision Song Contest and the participants", she reported.[13] It was later announced on 25 February 2013, that the song was cleared of plagiarism and would represent Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013.

At Eurovision
Cascada at rehearsal in Malmö.

As a member of the "Big Five", Germany automatically qualified for a place in the final, held on 18 May 2013. In addition to their participation in the final, Germany was assigned to vote in the second semi-final on 16 May 2013.[14]

During the German delegation's press conference on 15 May, Germany was allocated to perform in the first half of the final.[15] In the final, the producers of the show decided that Germany would perform 11th, following Russia and preceding Armenia.[16] Germany scored 18 points in the final and placed 21st.[3]

In Germany, the first semi-final aired live on EinsFestival and on delay on NDR, while the second semi-final aired live on Phoenix and on delay on EinsFestival and NDR.[17][18][19] The final of the competition aired on Das Erste.[20] All shows were commentated by Peter Urban.[20]

The national jury that provided 50% of the German vote in the second semi-final and the final consisted of: Lena (singer — 2010 Contest winner), Tim Bendzko (singer-songwriter), Alina Süggeler (singer), Carolin Niemczyk (singer) and Florian Silbereisen (singer and television presenter).[21] The German spokesperson in the grand final was Lena.[22]

The song was widely tipped to do well, being the 2nd favourite to win with the British Bookmakers and also being number 6 in Austrian Airplay, and number 21 in British Airplay in the week leading up to Eurovision night.

Points awarded to Germany
Points awarded to Germany (final)[3]
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Germany

Jury points awarded by Germany

See also

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