Germany – The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 from Azerbaijan was a big and perfectly organized spectacle. The arena and the fireworks were more Olympia than Eurovision. During the entire final, no one could notice anything concerning human rights violations, deficites in democracy etc. (except maybe for the horrible interval performance of the president’s son [...]
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Germany: Danke, Anke!
Posted: May 27, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in Eurovision Song Contest 2012, Germany27
Eurovision 2012: Big 4 for Open Air Concert
Posted: May 22, 2012 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2012, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, SpainEurovision 2012 – Good morning from sunny Baku! It’s semifinal 1 day but acts that are not involved are busy doing other things in the beautiful city of Baku. The Eurovillage is hosting lots of musical events, and there are DJs and live acts keeping the party going there on the promenade each day until [...]
Spain: Anger as Spanish Only Broadcast One Semi-final
Posted: May 1, 2012 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2012, Germany, SpainSpain – Spanish Eurovision fans have reacted with anger and disappointment upon learning that national broadcaster TVE has decided to only show the first semi-final and final on TV this year. Spain can only vote in the first semi-final. José María Íñigo will be the commentator, while Elena S. Sánchez will announce the Spanish points [...]
Germany- Tonight’s Unser Star Für Baku saw Roman Lob chosen as the German representative in Eurovision 2012 with the song ‘Standing Still‘. Both finalists performed 3 original songs. 2 were the same, and then each performed a song uniquely for them. ‘Standing Still‘ was chosen for Roman and ‘Quietly‘ for Ornella de Santis, and Roman [...]
Germany: Final of Unser Star Für Baku Tonight
Posted: February 16, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in GermanyGermany – After 7 looong elimination shows, the German performer and entry at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest 2012 will finally be known after today’s national final to be broadcast on ARD at 20:15 CET. Roman Lob and Ornella di Santis will compete for the German ticket to Baku. Each of them will perform [...]
Germany – The Unser Star für Baku final will be fought out between Roman Lob and Ornella de Santis. In the semi-final last night jury members Alina Süggeler, Thomas D, and Stefan Raab only gave comments, leaving the public using televoting to decide the final two. Yana Gercke and Shelly Phillips sadly did not make [...]
Germany: Eurovision Selection Turns Into Ratings Disaster
Posted: February 7, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in GermanyGermany – The German performer selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 has turned into a ratings disaster. Yesterday’s fifth show was watched by only 1,13 million people, which makes it the low point of all shows produced in the ARD/Pro7 cooperation. The show lost half a million fans since last Thursday alone and [...]
Germany – The German performer selection for the Eurovision Song Contest continued tonight on ProSieben. The six candidates that qualified last Thursday fought for the five places in the next round. In the end Céline Huber who performed “Russian Roulette” by Rihanna didn’t get enough votes and thus have to give up her dream [...]
Germany – The German performer selection for the Eurovision Song Contest continues tonight on ProSieben. The six candidates that qualified last Thursday will today fight for the five places in the next round. For the last time each artist will perform one song, starting in the next show they will each perform two songs [...]
Germany – Tonight, yet another elimination round of the German performer selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 took place. Two of the eight performing acts were eliminate: Umut Anil and Sebastian Dey did not make it to the next round. Roman, however reaffirmed his favorite status by coming first yet again. You can [...]
Eurovision History Chat with Bell and Freeman: Germany
Posted: January 27, 2012 by hikarufreeman in Australia, ESC History, Eurovision Through the Years, Germany, Worldwide FansTags: Eurovision, Joy 94.9
ESC History Podcast – The story of Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest is not one of dominating glory. Just two victories in more than half a century of trying. But it is an engrossing tale. It’s in part about a nation’s cultural redemption The first ESC was 11 years & 16 days after the end of the european war. [...]
Germany – The first elimination round of the German preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest “Unser Star Für Baku”, was held last night. In the last two weeks ten singers qualified for the elimination rounds. Each of them performed a song of their choosing and two were eliminated at the end of the show: [...]
Germany: First Elimination Round of Unser Star Für Baku
Posted: January 26, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in GermanyGermany – The German private channel Pro7 will broadcast the first elimination round of the German preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest “Unser Star Für Baku”, tonight. In the last two weeks ten singers qualified for the elimination rounds. Each of them will perform a song of their choosing and two will be eliminated [...]
Germany – Yesterday ProSieben broadcast the second heat of the German national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. Ten complete newcomers that were cast in a special casting in different German cities performed known hits. Five of them moved on to the next stage of the selection and
Germany – Tonight ProSieben will broadcast the second heat of the German national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. Ten complete newcomers that were cast in a special casting in different German cities will perform known hits or self-penned compositions. Five of them will move on to the next stage of the selection [...]
Does “Unser Star Für Baku” Violate Media Laws?
Posted: January 18, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in GermanyGermany – The star of the first heat of the German preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest was certainly the “Livetabelle” that showed the current standings of the voting throughout the entire show. Now this innovation in German television has come under attack. A complaint has been filed at the Berlin-Brandenburg media monitoring association. [...]
Germany – The first heat of “Unser Star für Baku”, the German preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, has just ended. Five young artists qualified for the next round. The real star of the first show was the “Livetabelle” though, that shows the current results of the voting. The Top 6 were all within [...]
LIVE: Germany: First Heat of Unser Star Für Baku
Posted: January 12, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in GermanyGermany – Tonight ProSieben will broadcast the first heat of the German national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. Ten complete newcomers that were cast in a special casting in different German cities will perform known hits or self-penned compositions. Five of them will move on to the next stage of the selection. [...]
Germany – A completely new type of voting is supposed to make Unser Star Für Baku, the German national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, the “most interactive casting show in the world”. The third German selection organized by Stefan Raab is supposed to be “direct democracy”. There will be a real time [...]
Germany: The Jury and a Mysterious Voting Method
Posted: January 2, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in GermanyGermany – ProSieben just started airing ads for the first show of the German selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, which will kick off on January 12. The jury in the ad consists of jury president “Thomas D.”, Stefan Raab and Alina Süggeler, singer of the band Frida Gold. The ad starts with [...]
Germany: Scooter and Vicky Leandros Cover Eurovision Song
Posted: December 22, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in GermanyGermany – Chanson and Techno do not mix? If you believe this to be true you will be surprised to hear that 1972 Eurovision winner Vicky Leandros and the German national finalist of 2004, Scooter have recorded a duet. They cover Leandros’ 1967 Eurovision entry “L’amour est bleu” which came 4th. The song is [...]
Germany: Lena Is Working on Third Studio Album in Sweden
Posted: December 20, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in GermanyGermany - The winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, Lena, has told eurovision.de in an interview at a traditional German “Weihnachtsmarkt” (Christmas market), that she is currently working on her third studio album in Sweden. Two Swedish producers have taken her under their wing. “I got to know two very nice people, who [...]
Eurovision Recap (28)
Posted: December 19, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Eurovision Song Contest 2012, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, SwedenRecap – With the Eurovision season getting into full swing once more, we will use our well-tried “Eurovision recap” to keep you updated about rather minor news from the Eurovision Song Contest world. This time we have calls for songs from Belgium and Georgia, new videos by Eric Saade, Poli Genova, Kate Ryan and [...]
Germany: Our Star For Baku Final on February 16
Posted: November 25, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in GermanyGermany – This year’s host Germany has revealed details about its search for the German Eurovision participant 2012 today. The German national selection will as in 2010 consist of 8 shows. The selection will kick off on January 12 on ProSieben. In each show candidates that were selected in the castings which took place [...]
Germany – On her way to Düsseldorf, Lena made a stop at a the “Sesamstraße”, the German version of the American children’s puppet show “Sesame Street”. In her appereance she performed a special version of her 2010 Eurovision winning song “Satellite”. Ernie is looking for his friend Bert (again) when Lena appears to help him [...]
Germany – Last night the biggest German music award “Echo” was given out in Berlin for the 20th time. The big winner of the evening was certainly Lena, who won the awards as “Best Newcomer” and “Best Female Singer National“. Lena also performed her 2011 Eurovision entry “Taken by a Stranger”. With Adele, Bruno Mars, [...]
Düsseldorf: Parade To Showcase Traditional Customs
Posted: March 1, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in GermanyDüsseldorf – More and more, the programme surrounding the Eurovision Song Contest is taking its shape. Following the plans of organizing multiple public viewings and of building a tent city to ensure cheap overnight accommodation for the international visitors, Düsseldorf also plans a big parade and will build the biggest television screen in the world. [...]
Germany – Tonight the official preview video of the German entry for 2011 “Taken By A Stranger” had its première on the first German channel ARD. The video was shown at 19:56 CET right before the most watched news programme in Germany (Tagesschau). The clip was also shown on private channel ProSieben at 20:13 CET [...]
UPDATE: “Taken By A Stranger” Video Première Tomorrow
Posted: February 23, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in GermanyGermany – Tonight the official preview video of the German entry for 2011 “Taken By A Stranger” will have its première on the first German channel ARD. The video will be shown at 19:56 CET right before the most watched news programme in Germany (Tagesschau). The clip will also be shown on private channel ProSieben [...]
