Eurovision Song Contest - The German Final 2024: Preliminary decision in live stream and TV! Who can break the ESC curse?

news.de Eurovision Song Contest - The German Final 2024: Preliminary decision in live stream and TV! Who can break the ESC curse? from loc/news.de/dpa • 1days Rea Garvey and Conchita Wurst stir up the ESC tension: In the last episode of The thrilling finale of this year's Eurovision Song Contest will take place on May 11, 2024 in Malmö, Sweden - but who will represent Germany at the ESC 2024 and hunt for points? This question will be clarified on February 16, 2024, when the official representative for Germany will be chosen at “Eurovision Song Contest – The German Final 2024”. Everything ESC fans need to know about the preliminary round and when and where the show can be seen live on TV and stream is revealed here. Watch the preliminary decision for the ESC 2024 in live stream and TV broadcast - here's how it works The musical competition for the coveted German ticket to the ESC 2024 will take place in Berlin on February 16, 2024 and will be shown both on TV and in the live stream. From 10:05 p.m. you can see the decision, moderated by Barbara Schöneberger, on Erste, on ARD One as well as in the ARD media library and via eurovision.de, which music act will be allowed to represent Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Sweden. A mini decision has already been made in advance: The currently open ninth starting place for the preliminary decision will be announced on February 8, 2024 in the last episode of the six-part docutainment series “I want to go to the ESC!” can be seen live from 10 p.m. in the ARD media library and on free TV on NDR. The coaches Conchita Wurst and Rea Garvey select their favorites in the style of “The Voice of Germany” and lead them in so-called boot camps. Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024: These acts want to go to Malmö in May Eight hopeful acts are already in the starting blocks to be recommended for the ESC final in Malmö. The artists could hardly be more different musically: The candidates for the 2024 preliminary round include the singers and songwriters Max Mutzke and Ryk, the pop singer Marie Reim and the electro-pop band Galant, as Norddeutsche Rundfunk, which is responsible within ARD, announced in advance The other participants are: the singer Isaak (28) from East Westphalia, the songwriter Leona (20) from Hamburg, the artist Bodine Monet (23) from the Netherlands and the singer and songwriter NinetyNine (24) from Hamburg. Max Mutzke, Marie Reim, NinetyNine and Co.: These music stars want to get a taste of ESC air Max Mutzke (42) could get a taste of ESC air for the second time: in 2004 he reached eighth place with "Can't Wait Until Tonight" at the Song Contest in Istanbul. “I just want to use this momentum to come back after exactly 20 years,” said Mutzke, according to the statement. Marie Reim (23) is the daughter of pop singers Michelle and Matthias Reim. She is convinced that Schlager belongs to the ESC. "I'm ready to show people that Schlager can be likeable, fresh and a bit sexy in this competition." She wants to try to carry on her mother's ESC legacy. Michelle came in eighth place in Copenhagen in 2001 with the song “Who Love Lives”. Ryk (34) from Lower Saxony also has a bit of ESC preliminary decision experience. He already took part in the German preliminary round in 2018 and came in third place. What almost all artists have in common is that they want to spread messages with their songs. They see music as a universal language without pigeonholes, as Isaak Guderian says. He won the digital talent show “Show your Talent” in 2021. Galant, the duo from southern Germany with elements of the Neue Deutsche Welle, is also convinced that music can overcome borders and convey a message of freedom, self-acceptance and cultural exchange. Some of them, however, want above all to fulfill a childhood dream. As a child, Leona dreamed of being able to stand on an ESC stage, as she said. She has won her fans primarily on social networks. "I want to touch more hearts with my music and bring victory back to Germany!" “Eurovision Song Contest – The German Final 2024”: Who can break the German ESC curse in Malmö? Not last place in the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) for Germany this time? The fight for the German ESC starting place in Malmö should be exciting, because the eight acts known so far are very different. Almost 700 musicians and bands applied for the German preliminary round. Most of the time they submitted their own songs. In addition, some acts were addressed directly by NDR. The international ESC final is on May 11th in Malmö, Sweden. In recent years, Germany and its candidates have usually ended up in last place.