{"id":402856,"date":"2026-02-01T20:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T20:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/402856\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T20:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T20:50:09","slug":"%f0%9f%87%a9%f0%9f%87%aa-germany-search-commences-for-germanys-most-popular-eurovision-entry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/402856\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea Germany: Search Commences for Germany&#8217;s Most Popular Eurovision Entry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ARD has launched a vote to find the most popular song that Germany has sent to the Eurovision Song Contest.<\/p>\n<p>As part of celebrations marking 70 years of the Eurovision Song Contest, the German broadcaster has opened a vote to find Germany\u2019s most popular Eurovision entry. Fans can vote now on Eurovision.de and can vote up to five times for any song that has represented Germany since its debut in the contest in 1956.<\/p>\n<p>The winner of the vote will be announced as part of the German national final on February 28. This is the first time the German broadcaster has organised a vote to find its favourite entry to the competition. <\/p>\n<p>Previously, NDR organised a contest to mark 50 years of the Eurovision Song Contest, which was broadcast as a standalone program. Die Grand Prix Hitliste \u2013 Die sch\u00f6nsten Songs Europas, was held in 2005 and saw twenty songs from Eurovision Song Contest history compete to be named The Best Song, Ruslana would win the competition with \u201cWild Dances\u201d, receiving 71,209 votes.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Eurovision Song Contest \u2013 Das Deutsche Finale 2026\u00a0will take place on February 28 live from Berlin. The show will be hosted live from Berlin by Barbara Sch\u00f6neberger and Hazel Brugger, who hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. The finalists are:<\/p>\n<p>BELA \u2013 \u201cHerz\u201d (Heart)<br \/>\nDreamboys The Band \u2013 \u201cJeanie\u201d<br \/>\nLaura Nahr \u2013 \u201cWonderland\u201d<br \/>\nMalou Lovis \u2013 \u201cwhen I\u2019m with you\u201d<br \/>\nMolly Sue \u2013 \u201cOptimist (Ha Ha Ha)\u201d<br \/>\nMYLE \u2013 \u201cA OK\u201d<br \/>\nRagazzki \u2013 \u201cCiao Ragazzki\u201d<br \/>\nSarah Engels \u2013 \u201cFire\u201d<br \/>\nwavvyboi \u2013 \u201cblack glitter\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abor &amp; Tynna represented Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song \u201cBaller\u201d. They finished 15th scoring a total of 151 points.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovision.de\/news\/Beliebtester-ESC-Song-aller-Zeiten-Hier-Abstimmen,deutschland-352.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eurovision.de<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest+<\/p>\n<p>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 \u201cEin Bisschen Frieden\u201d in Harrogate, which later became a global hit. Germany didn\u2019t win again until 2010 when Lena sang \u201cSatellite\u201d in Oslo. She received 9 sets of 12 points, scoring 246 points overall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ARD has launched a vote to find the most popular song that Germany has sent to the Eurovision&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402857,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,144093,124446,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-402856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-eurovision-song-contest-das-deutsche-finale-2026","tag-moments","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}