Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014

Germany participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The German entry was selected through the national final Unser Song für Dänemark, organised by the German broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR). Elaiza represented Germany with the song "Is It Right". In the final, Germany placed 18th, scoring 39 points.

Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Country Germany
National selection
Selection processUnser Song für Dänemark
Selection date(s)Club concert:
27 February 2014
Final:
13 March 2014
Selected entrantElaiza
Selected song"Is It Right"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result18th, 39 points
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Unser Song für Dänemark
Logo of "Unser Song für Dänemark".

Unser Song für Dänemark (English: Our Song for Denmark) was the competition that selected Germany's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. The competition took place on 13 March 2014 at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, hosted by Barbara Schöneberger with Janin Reinhardt reporting from the green room. Like in the previous four 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. Seven established acts and an eighth act selected through a wildcard round competed during the show with the winner being selected through a public televote.[1][2] 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.[3][4] The national final was watched by 3.95 million viewers in Germany.

Competing entries

Seven established acts were invited by NDR for the competition and were announced on 13 December 2013.[5] The eighth participating act was selected through a club concert wildcard round on 24 February 2014.

Artist Songs (English translation) Composer(s) Photo
Das Gezeichnete Ich "Weil du da bist" (Because you're there) Das Gezeichnete Ich, Sebastian Budde
"Echo" Das Gezeichnete Ich, Sebastian Budde
Elaiza "Is It Right" Elżbieta Steinmetz, Frank Kretschmer, Adam Kesselhaut
"Fight Against Myself" Elżbieta Steinmetz, Frank Kretschmer, Adam Kesselhaut
Madeline Juno "Like Lovers Do" Madeline Juno, Dave Roth
"Error" David Jost, Dave Roth, Madeline Juno
MarieMarie "Cotton Candy Hurricane" Thies Mynther, MarieMarie, Juri Kannheiser, Thomas Rainer Berthold
"Candy Jar" MarieMarie, Anya Weihe, Johannes Vogt, Maximilian Spindler, Alexander Rapp
Oceana "Thank You" Oceana Mahlmann, Sir Darryl Farris, Andre Harris, Joseph ("joblaq") Macklin
"All Night" Oceana Mahlmann, Sir Darryl Farris, Andre Harris, Joseph ("joblaq") Macklin
Santiano "Wir werden niemals untergehen" (We'll never go down) Frank Ramond, Mark Nissen, Hartmut Krech, Lukas Hainer
"The Fiddler on the Deck" Frank Ramond, Mark Nissen, Hartmut Krech, Lukas Hainer
The Baseballs "Mo Hotta Mo Betta" Beatzarre, Gareth Owen, Konstantin "Djorkaeff" Scherer, Rüdiger Brans, Sebastian Rätzel, Sven Budja
"Goodbye Peggy Sue" Håkan Glänte
Unheilig "Als wär's das erste Mal" (As if it were the first time) Der Graf, Henning Verlage, Markus Tombült
"Wir sind alle wie eins" (We are all as one) Der Graf, Henning Verlage, Markus Tombült

Club concert – wildcard round

Interested artists were able to apply by submitting an online application and uploading a performance clip of either a cover song or an original song via YouTube between 25 November 2013 and 22 January 2014.[1] Singer Adel Tawil headed the campaign to encourage artists to apply. By the end of the process, it was announced that 2,240 candidates had applied for the wildcard round.[6] The ten competing artists were selected by a panel consisting of representatives of NDR, Brainpool, youth-oriented and pop radio stations of ARD, record labels Universal, Sony, Warner as well as some independent labels.[7] The club concert took place on 10 February 2014 at the Edelfettwerk in Hamburg, hosted by Barbara Schöneberger with Janin Reinhardt reporting from the green room. The show was broadcast on NDR Fernsehen and EinsFestival as well as online via eurovision.de. The winner, Elaiza, was selected solely by public voting, including options for landline and SMS voting.[8]

Club Concert – 27 February 2014
Draw Artist Song (Original artists) Televote Place
1 Elaiza "Is It Right" (Original song) 23.6% 1
2 Nicole Milik "I See Fire" (Ed Sheeran) 8.2% 5
3 Simon Glöde "Blame it on the Boogie" (Original song) 7.5% 6
4 Melanie Schlüter "Run" (Snow Patrol) 4.9% 10
5 Cassie Greene "Not This Time" (Original song) 6.6% 8
6 Valentina "Love is Gone" (Original song) 7.3% 7
7 Caroline Rose "Amber Sky" (Original song) 17.2% 2
8 Max Krumm "Home" (Original song) 8.6% 4
9 Ambre Vallet "Siehst du mich?" (Original song) 6.3% 9
10 Bartosz "Walk Away" (Original song) 9.8% 3

National final
Elaiza, the winning artists, performing during Unser Song für Dänemark

The televised final took place on 13 March 2014. The final featured the seven established acts and Elaiza who won the wildcard round. The winner was selected through three rounds of public voting, including options for landline and SMS voting. In the first round, the eight artists performed the first of the two songs bidding for Eurovision, and the top four artists proceeded to the second round. In the second round, the four remaining artists performed their remaining song bidding for Eurovision, and the top two entries, one song per artist, were selected to proceed to the third round. Should the top two songs have been from the same artist, the first and third placed entries would proceed to the third round. In the third round, the winner was selected from the two remaining combinations of song and artist. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, 2013 Danish Eurovision entrant Emmelie de Forest, who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2013, performed her entry "Only Teardrops" and the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest theme song "Rainmaker" and 2014 Italian Eurovision entrant Emma Marrone performed her entry "La mia città". Adel Tawil also performed his single "Weinen".[9][10]

First Round

In the first round, the eight competing artists performed the first of their two songs of their choice and the top four artists were selected to proceed to the second round. The top four artists were: Santiano, MarieMarie, Elaiza and Unheilig.

First Round – 13 March 2014
Draw Artist Song Result
1 Das Gezeichnete Ich "Weil du da bist" Eliminated
2 Oceana "Thank You" Eliminated
3 Santiano "The Fiddler on the Deck" Advanced
4 MarieMarie "Cotton Candy Hurricane" Advanced
5 The Baseballs "Mo Hotta Mo Betta" Eliminated
6 Elaiza "Is It Right" Advanced
7 Unheilig "Als wär's das erste Mal" Advanced
8 Madeline Juno "Like Lovers Do" Eliminated

Second Round

In the second round, the top four artists performed their second song and the top two entries were selected to proceed to the third round. The top two entries were: "Wir sind alle wie eins" performed by Unheilig and "Is It Right" performed by Elaiza.

Second Round – 13 March 2014
Draw Artist Song Result
1 Santiano "Wir werden niemals untergehen" Eliminated
2 MarieMarie "Candy Jar" Eliminated
3 Elaiza "Fight Against Myself" Eliminated
4 Unheilig "Wir sind alle wie eins" Advanced
– Santiano "The Fiddler on the Deck" Eliminated
– MarieMarie "Cotton Candy Hurricane" Eliminated
– Elaiza "Is It Right" Advanced
– Unheilig "Als wär's das erste Mal" Eliminated

Third Round

In the third round, the winner, "Is It Right" performed by Elaiza, was selected.[11][12]

Third Round – 13 March 2014
Draw Artist Song Televote Place
1 Elaiza "Is It Right" 55% 1
2 Unheilig "Wir sind alle wie eins" 45% 2

At Eurovision
Elaiza at rehearsal in Copenhagen
Ela Steinmetz performing during rehearsal

As a member of the "Big Five", Germany automatically qualified for a place in the final, held on 10 May 2014. The European Broadcasting Union approved a request from the German broadcaster for Germany to vote in the second semi-final on 8 May 2014.[13] During the German delegation's press conference on 6 May 2014, Germany was allocated to compete in the first half of the final.[14] In the final, the producers of the show decided that Germany would perform 12th, following Austria and preceding Sweden.[15] Germany placed 18th in the final, scoring 39 points.

On stage, the members of Elaiza performed alone with band members Yvonne Grünwald playing the accordion, Natalie Plöger playing the contrabass and Ela Steinmetz performing lead vocals. The German performance featured paper streamers that fell over the stage during the first and last chorus.[16]

In Germany, both the semi-finals and the final were broadcast live on EinsPlus and on delay on EinsFestival. The semi-finals were also broadcast live on Phoenix, while the final was broadcast live on Das Erste. All shows were commentated by Peter Urban.[17] The German spokesperson revealing the result of the German vote in the final was Helene Fischer.[18]

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

Points awarded to Germany in jury voting
Points awarded to Germany in jury voting(final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

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

Points awarded by Germany

Split voting results

The following five members comprised the German jury:[19]

Semi-final 2

The German votes in the second semi-final were based on 50% jury voting and 50% televoting results.[20]

Semi-final 2 – German results
Draw Country J. Weist M. Juno K. Sommermeyer P. Würdig A. Bourani Average jury rank Televote rank Combined rank Scoreboard (points)
01  Malta 6 3 15 7 13 8 8 8 3
02  Israel 5 14 8 14 14 11 7 9 2
03  Norway 2 4 3 4 4 3 6 4 7
04  Georgia 4 15 14 1 3 6 13 10 1
05  Poland 3 8 2 3 1 2 2 1 12
06  Austria 12 6 10 15 12 13 1 7 4
07  Lithuania 7 13 7 13 15 12 11 12
08  Finland 1 1 1 2 2 1 9 6 5
09  Ireland 14 10 11 11 10 15 14 15
10  Belarus 15 9 9 12 11 14 12 14
11  Macedonia 11 12 4 10 7 9 15 13
12   Switzerland 9 2 12 5 6 5 4 2 10
13  Greece 8 7 5 9 8 7 3 5 6
14  Slovenia 13 11 13 8 9 10 10 11
15  Romania 10 5 6 6 5 4 5 3 8

Final

The German votes in the grand final were based on 50% jury voting and 50% televoting results.[21]

Final – German results
Draw Country J. Weist M. Juno K. Sommermeyer P. Würdig A. Bourani Average jury rank Televote rank Combined rank Scoreboard (points)
01  Ukraine 20 20 18 14 16 18 14 16
02  Belarus 24 23 19 20 25 23 21 22
03  Azerbaijan 10 17 9 15 4 9 25 20
04  Iceland 19 9 15 16 18 14 8 9 2
05  Norway 4 6 6 3 10 5 9 6 5
06  Romania 12 14 16 21 22 16 17 18
07  Armenia 5 7 8 4 9 6 6 5 6
08  Montenegro 23 22 21 22 24 24 24 25
09  Poland 6 4 4 5 3 4 3 2 10
10  Greece 16 21 20 24 19 22 4 14
11  Austria 9 13 11 13 12 11 1 4 7
12  Germany
13  Sweden 11 8 5 6 6 7 16 11
14  France 21 10 17 25 20 20 20 21
15  Russia 17 16 23 12 21 19 5 12
16  Italy 22 18 10 17 11 15 18 19
17  Slovenia 15 24 22 23 14 21 23 23
18  Finland 3 2 3 7 5 3 12 7 4
19  Spain 7 19 14 10 8 10 13 10 1
20   Switzerland 18 5 12 11 13 12 7 8 3
21  Hungary 14 12 24 19 17 17 15 17
22  Malta 13 11 13 9 15 13 11 13
23  Denmark 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 3 8
24  Netherlands 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 12
25  San Marino 25 25 25 18 23 25 22 24
26  United Kingdom 8 15 7 8 7 8 19 15

See also

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