SWR has announced further details regarding Eurovision Song Contest – Das Deutsche Finale 2026, the German national selection for Vienna.
Following the reveal of the nine acts competing to represent Germany in Vienna, SWR has now announced how the selection show will work. In the first phase of the show all nine of the artists will perform their entry and a first round of voting will take place. In this first round, an international jury formed of 20 members from 20 countries competing in the Eurovision Song Contest will vote, and from their votes, the top three will progress to the next phase.
In the next phase, the German public will then be invited to vote for the act they want to see represent Germany at the 70th Eurovision Song Contest. This format is similar to last year, where Stefan Raab and the jury selected the five finalists from whom the German public could select.
The Eurovision Song Contest – Das Deutsche Finale 2026 will take place on February 28 live from Berlin. The show will be hosted live from Berlin by Barbara Schöneberger and Hazel Brugger, who hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. The finalists are:
BELA – “Herz” (Heart)
Dreamboys The Band – “Jeanie”
Laura Nahr – “Wonderland”
Malou Lovis – “when I’m with you”
Molly Sue – “Optimist (Ha Ha Ha)”
MYLE – “A OK”
Ragazzki – “Ciao Ragazzki”
Sarah Engels – “Fire”
wavvyboi – “black glitter”
Abor & Tynna represented Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song “Baller”. They finished 15th scoring a total of 151 points.
Source: ESC Kompakt
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest+
Germany was one of seven countries to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. The country has taken part in every contest since then, apart from in 1996, when they failed to make it through the qualifying round. To date Germany has won the contest twice. The first time was in 1982 when Nicole sang “Ein Bisschen Frieden” in Harrogate, which later became a global hit. Germany didn’t win again until 2010 when Lena sang “Satellite” in Oslo. She received 9 sets of 12 points, scoring 246 points overall.