For their 2017 entry, the broadcaster announced on 14 September 2016 that they would revert to a casting show format for the national final, similar to the format used in 2010 and 2012, which resulted in a first place and a top ten result respectively at Eurovision for Germany.
(meta data) TITLE: Eurovision Germany: Back to basics in German national final - ESCToday.com (meta data) AUTHOR: https://www.facebook.com/JessRWeaver (meta data) PUBLISHER: http://facebook.com/esctoday # Germany: Back to basics in German national final The German national broadcaster, ARD, has today confirmed that the country will go back to basics in their upcoming national final, reverting back to a similar selection process which brought the country their best results to date. Confirming their participation in the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest to ESCToday back in May, it has today been confirmed that the German national broadcaster will once again opt for a national final in order to select the country's representative for the competition. Over the past number of years, Germany has opted to select their representatives for the Eurovision Song Contest via the Unser Song für… selection procedure, bringing the country mixed results over recent years, including 2 consecutive last places. ## Changes to national final Due to recent results, ARD has decided to go back to basics in order to select Germany's 2017 Eurovision representative; a total of 5 up and coming artists will compete for the right to fly the flag in the host city of Kiev next year, performing songs composed by globally successful national and international producers. Entitled Unser Song 2017, submissions are now open for artists who are looking to compete in the national final. Applications can be submitted via the official contest website unsersong2017.de. Once submissions close, an expert committee will then shortlist a total of 30 candidates who will then compete in a second round of castings, where a total of 5 finalists will be selected to compete in the national final in Cologne on the 9 February 2017 from 20:15 CET, hosted by Barbara Schöneberger. A 3-member jury panel will be present in the final who will comment on the performances by each of the finalists, consisting of members Tim Bendzko, Florian Silbereisen and Lena. Whilst the jury panel will comment on the performances, the representative will be decided 100% via a public vote. Lena, who represented Germany in both 2010 and 2011 and brought Germany their second Eurovision victory, encourages artists to submit their applications for the selection: I can only advise everyone to send in their applications. It could be the best decision of your life. It could change everything. Watch Lena's winning Eurovision performance from 2010 once again! ESCToday is growing and always looks for new members to join our team! Feel free to drop us a line if you're interested! Use the Contact Us page or send us an email at vacancies@esctoday.com! ### Related posts ### Portugal: RTP kicks off Festival da Cançao 2020 preparations ### Portugal: RTP confirms participation in Eurovision 2020 ### Belarus: BTRC confirms participation in Eurovision 2020 ### Georgia: Georgian Idol to determine Eurovision 2020 hopeful ### Eurovision 2020: Moroccanoil confirmed as Presenting Partner ### Belarus: BTRC confirms participation in Eurovision 2020 ### Czech Republic: 152 songs submitted for Eurovision 2020 ### Georgia: Georgian Idol to determine Eurovision 2020 hopeful ### Portugal: RTP confirms participation in Eurovision 2020 ### Portugal: RTP kicks off Festival da Cançao 2020 preparations ### Georgia: GPB confirms participation in Eurovision 2020 ### Eurovision 2020: Host City deliberation: too close to call? ### Eurovision 2020: The host city race reaches its climax ### Azerbaijan: Aisel to compete at the 2019 New Wave Song Contest in Sochi We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. Ok
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Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Background.
Prior to the 2017 Contest, Germany had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixty times since its debut as one of seven countries to take part in 1956. Germany has won the contest on two occasions: in 1982 with the song "Ein bißchen Frieden" performed by Nicole and in 2010 with the song "Satellite" performed by Lena. Germany, to this point, has been noted for having competed in the contest more than any other country; they have competed in every contest since the first edition in 1956 except for the 1996 contest when the nation was eliminated in a pre-contest elimination round. In 2016, the German entry "Ghost" performed by Jamie-Lee placed last out of twenty-six competing songs with eleven points; it was the second year in a row Germany placed last in the final. 
 The German national broadcaster, ARD, broadcasts the event within Germany and delegates the selection of the nation's entry to the regional broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR). NDR confirmed that Germany would participate in the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest on 23 May 2016. Since 2013, multi-artist national finals had determined both the songs and performers to compete at Eurovision for Germany.