EUROVISION 2025 GERMANY: CHEFSACHE ESC - WER SINGT FUR DEUTSCHLAND?

The German selection is being done with collaboration of RTL and Stefan Raab. They have already declared if they don't win this year they will scrap the national final for good, or something. Yawn. Germany indeed has quite a remarkable run in the Eurovision song contest in the past ten years: four times last, three times second to last. Michael Schulte managed 4th in 2018 and last year surprisingly Isaak 12th.

Chefsache ESC 2025 – Wer singt für Deutschland? will have two heats (February 14 and 15), a semifinal (February 22) and the grand final on March 1, 2025. The 24 semi-finalists were chosen among the 3.281 wannabe artists, 1.198 with their own submitted songs, the others with a cover of their choice.

The chosen artists were announced on February 4, 2025:

Abor & Tynna, Adina, Benjamin Braatz, Cage, Chase, Clody June, Cosby, Enny.Mae x Paragigm, Equa Tu, Fannie, Feuerschwanz, From Fall to Spring, Jaln, Janine, Jonathan Henrich, Julika, Leonora, Lyza, Moss Kena, NI-KA, Noah Levi, Parallel, The Great Leslie and Vincent Varus.

In the first two shows and the semi-final expert jury will vote while in the grand final the public will have a say. In heats they seem to be able to sing whatever they please while in the semi-final they should have their Eurovision entry proposal. This kind of selections are in my opinion ridiculous as will those singing their own songs in the first shows change their songs, too, or are they the same? if so, they aren't any good.....

In the first shows the 24 will become 14 and then in the semi-final they will become nine for the rgand final.

Show 1 - February 14, 2025

Abor & Tynna - Skyfall (Adele) Q

Benjamin Braatz - Breakfast (own song) Q

Cage - Wrong places (H.E.R.) Q

Chase - Million years ago (Adele)

Cosby - Loved for who I am (own song) Q

Enny-Mae x Paradigm - Arcade (Duncan Laurence)

Equa Tu - Gaga (own song)

Fannie - Easy (own song)

Feuerschwanz - Dragostea din tei (Q-Zone) Q

Janine - Can't help falling in love (Elvis Presley)

Jonathan Henrich - Golden hour (Jvke) Q

Julika - Run (Leona Lewis) Q

Show 2 - February 15, 2025

Adina - In the air tonight (own song)

Cloudy June - Sad girl era (own song) Q

From Fall to Spring - Control (own song) Q

Jaln - Lose control (Teddy Swims) Q

Leonora - Good day (own song) Q

Lyza - Voilà (Barbara Pravi) Q

Moss Kena - Die with a smile (Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars) Q

NI-KA - The way you make me feel (Michael Jackson)

Noah Levi - There's nothing holding me back (Shawn Mendes)

Parallel - Noi (own song)

The Great Leslie - Fix you (Coldplay) Q

Vincent Varus - Coffee (own song)

Semi-final - February 22, 2025

Julika - Empress ** FINALIST

Benjamin Braatz - Like you love me ** FINALIST

Jonathan Henrich - Golden child **

Feuerschwanz - Knightclub * FINALIST

Cage - Golden hour **

Cosby - I'm still here *** FINALIST

Lyza - Lovers on Mars *** FINALIST

From Fall to Spring - Take the pain away **

Cloudy June - If Jesus saw what we did last night ***

Moss Kena - Nothing can stop love *** FINALIST

The Great Leslie - These days FINALIST

Abor and Tynna - Baller ** FINALIST

Jaln - Weg von dir ***

Leonora - This bliss FINALIST

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