Berlin is ready! Tonight in Germany seven must become one during Unser Lied für Israel — the country’s national selection for Eurovision 2019.
Aly Ryan, BB Thomaz, Linus Bruhn, Gregor Hägele, lilly among clouds, Makeda and Sisters — that’s Carlotta Truman and Laurita — fought their way through a pool of 965 entrants. Then they worked with songwriters to create the perfect song. And tonight they’ll finally deliver the finished product for a shot at singing in Tel Aviv.
The show starts at 20:15 CET and hostess with the mostest Barbara Schöneberger will oversee proceedings. With just hours to go before the show, NDR has released studio cuts of all seven songs. So stop what you’re doing and click on the link below.
You can listen to them on the Eurovision.de web site.
Unser Lied für Israel finalists
Aly Ryan: “Wear Your Love” (music and text: Aly Ryan, Michelle Leonard, Thomas Stengaard, Tamara Olorga)
BB Thomaz: “Demons” (music and text: BB Thomaz, Andrew Tyler, Ricardo Bettiol, Tim Schou)
Gregor Hägele: “Let me go” (music and text: Gregor Hägele, Jonas Shandel, David Jürgens, Tamara Olorga)
lilly among clouds: “Surprise” (music and text: Elisabeth Brüchner, Udo Rinklin)
Linus Bruhn: “Our City” (music and text: Linus Bruhn, Dave Roth, Pat Benzner, Serhat Sakin, Simon Reichardt)
Makeda: “The Day I Loved You Most” (music and text: Makeda, Tim Uhlenbrock, Kelvin Jones, Kristine Bogan)
Sisters: “Sister” (music and text: Laurell Barker, Marine Kaltenbacher, Tom Oehler, Thomas Stengaard)
Who should win Germany’s Eurovision 2019 selection?
You can vote for as many of your favourites as you’d like, but you can only vote ONE time. Be sure to tick the box next to each act you want to support before pressing submit.
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The last place in this poll won. This says a lot
well this poll didn’t age well
🙂 An omen of things to come, alas.
Oh, this is joke, right? Really Germany, you have soooo good selection, and you send Sisters…No comment!!
Honestly, I freaking hate this. I just can’t believe how THIS is supposed to be the winner. Average non-Eurovision fans here in Germany just always vote for the act, that performs last. Pls don’t blame us German Euro fans for this mess, we didn’t ask for it.
Sister was my favourite before the final. I was really surprised it was scoring do low on polls before the final. I am glad it won.
Sorry Europe. That was not good. Such a great selection but the worst song won
I`m devasteted.. I´m german, what are we doing?? the worst song?!
Well as a german I have to say sorry for choosing this horrible girls. This is totally not my winner!
Wow, this year, I really don’t know what to say… I’ve voted like 25 times for Aly… and my # 6 won…
me too. and i thought.. well i don’t really care if aly, lilly or makeda is going to win. They’re all good. I thought Sisters would fail for sure. I’m shocked..
No.. why?! Sisters? omg..
Germany trolling big time. LOL
I HOPE Germans will vote for Aly…but I have the bad feeling that someone else will surprise us ?
Can we not vote for ‘couldn’t care less’? What a bland, dated bunch of songs – very disappointing.
Aly or Makeda please. But I think wear your love is the best! Good luck Germany
Just mark my words… ambiance is everything to the Germans. I love Wear Your Love, but I genuinely believe The Day I Loved You Most is about to surprise everyone. The Germans love Makeda, and so do I. She’s got my 12 points, and I am telling you the emotion she will put behind this on stage is going to be everything.
Happy National Final everybody! See you afterwards to discuss 😀 I am so excited what my country will do! ^^
I didn’t even listen to Sister at first because I thought Wear Your Love was such a clear cut winner, but wow Sister is my favourite of all national final season!!!
Germany brings a few gems to the table this year- well done! I find Aly’s song, ‘Wear Your Love’ to be a great little tune but the most compelling one is ‘Sisters’. In quite an unassuming way it just draws you in. Hope it wins! I’d be happy with Aly too though.
ALY RYAN – “WEAR YOUR LOVE” sounds like a winner to me. Hope she delivers live the same vocals. This has the oomph factor. If this goes to Tel Aviv we may see Germany win. Great song. The other two which are good LINUS BRUHN and SISTERS. Aly is a league on its own though. Bravo Germany we need this kind of song.
My thoughts: Lilly Among Clouds – “Surprise”. Great instrumental, very touching. The percussion during the final part adds some drama and epicness to it helping the song to develope. Her voice is personal, while the overall entry reminds me a bit of Lana del Rey with Lily’s special touch. This is quality guys. Possible winner here. S!sters – “Sister”. This is better than I expected, especially the verses. The chorus loses a bit of power. I think the overall entry won’t make an impact in the viewers, but it is still enjoyable. BB Thomaz – “Demons”. I was expecting something… Read more »
1-Demons
2-Wear Your Love
3-Surprise
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Lilly has the best song here imo, Aly would be a somewhat distant second, and Gregor my number 3 pick. It’s a pretty strong lineup, clearly Germany are taking the contest seriously once again, but I don’t think any of these songs could win Eurovision. Unless of course all other countries keep up with selecting bad songs. Honestly, the only stand out entry so far is Italy.
Completely agree
After listening to them, the song that really grabbed my attention was Makeda’s. Sometimes the “simplest” or “most traditionally-chosen” option may be the best choice.
It seems like Wiwibloggs readers are sleeping on “Let Me Go.” Gregor’s voice is silky smooth. The vocal sounds natural, not autotuned or altered. And the song ends in a climax that gave me chills. If staged well, it provides the type of moment where Eurovision champions are made. “Wear Your Love” is my number 2. It’s fun, contemporary, and could do well. I don’t see it winning though because it’s not doing anything particularly new. (On a humorous note, if it makes it to Tel Aviv and “Siren Song” from Ukraine does too, those bass speakers are going to… Read more »
It’s hard for me to not listen to the songs now. I just want to hear them live on TV this evening. But I’m sure now after all the pictures that it will be great. I am proud of my country!!!
Mark my words : Spain will win and I’m very happy for them.
Lo que ere, lo que ere, ere, ere, e
The Spanish song is completely overshadowed, especially since Italy (well, the Italian juries) chose Soldi.
As a Spaniard, I just listened to La Venda a couple of times as I soon got tired of it. It will just be the “funny moment” of the show. I do believe that Spain, its cultural richness and all its music potential, could bring to the esc stage something much better and different from the “verbena” image we have trouble to get rid of.
Endlich mal eine starke Auswahl! Ich bin überrascht, dass das tatsächlich alles vom NDR kommt! Wear your love is on my list clearly on the top. 2nd is “Surprise” although it feels a little chaotic for me, just like “Demons”. My 3rd place is “Let me go”. This doesn’t seem to be a big favorite but I will keep it on my third spot!
“demons can go F themselves”?! Really…
I am very glad that German will not pick a homophobic like Laura Bretan also Viel Glück!
How do you know what singers really think?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnWhONIFe5w
1. Let Me Go; 2. The Day I Love You Most; 3. Wear Your Love;
I really think this pre selection is great! All the songs are of very high standard, super professional and well sung. It’s obvious that Germany wants another victory soon. My favorite is Lily, because it seems to me to have more artistic added value with her Lana del Rey type of voice. The second for me is Makeda. Great ballad. Actually the one I perfer the least is Aly’s song, but it would nevertheless be a good entry maybe more appealing to the televote. Well done Germany and Viel Glück!
Since when you support songs that appeal to televote?
LOL!!!! OMG I don’t know who you are, but you are so right! I am ashamed to admit that my personal choices normally are much more jury-like than televote… That doesn’t mean that I don’t count in that factor and have lot of exceptions. Conan’s Telemoveis rings a bell?… 🙂 Also last year my 2nd fav was Italy, which came 3rd in the televote 🙂 And I still think Laura was the best choice for Romania, polemics aside. Could have won the whole thing.
We all know that your real favorite is Yodel It!
LOL!!! I thought it as you! It had to be. LOL! Were you around last year? On your comment: Who won the televote in 2017?… 🙂
It was Salvador Sobral’s year. People support what is convenient for them, for their favorite.
Lot of thruth in there. 🙂 Just a pitty that you don’t commit to a alias. We could have interesting discussions. 😉
I’m so disappointed. Germany was so good last year with Michael Schulte, but I don’t know what happened this year. Seems like they forgot everything about last year. Or maybe it’s just because i had high expectations. The only one who could do quite okay in the final is “Surprise”. If it has an exceptional staging Germany could reach a top 20 or even top 15 position in the final.
Right. Poland is sending Tulia, Germany needed voXXclub. They are not brave enough to send voXXclub, they want mediocrity.
im sorry I don’t know what your hearing, but to me this is the best national final this year xD
Im gonna call it now: Gregor will do a surprise win and upset the comment section xD
Im rooting for Aly though.
Gregor is the only logical choice. Of course the comment section will be upset because they want the usual diva.
It’s possible. A rather safe choice thay jury will like this.
poor stuff from germany this year!(says a german)
ich möchte mich jetzt schon allerherzlichst bedanken für den lieben support! ;
das,was hier gerade abgeht,hat schon hohen unterhaltungswert.
Everybody wants so much to see Germany doing well. It’s a hard job for you, are you so desperate to go to Berlin next year? It’s a hard work to find the words to say something good about these songs.
You are out of your minds. Germany has no chance. At least we know by now who will be 26th place.
It seems that you are in the minority so this comment is really dumb
No matter which former Yugoslav country you are from, Germany will finish above all of them.
Join the semifinals if you have the courage. You can’t buy the place in the final, and then brag about quality of your music.
You are all out of your minds if you think Germany can do well with these songs. Only ‘Let Me Go’ is decent, and in the future the only chance for Germany is voXXclub. Generic (universal) songs in English will be the same guillotine for a country that doesn’t have the courage and pride to use its own language. Schulte was an exception, because he cried and it was obvious that is his personal story. Now is Cascada all over again. No, just no. Michael Rice is saved. He will not be last.
I want or Aly Ryan or Linus to the win! They can bring something fresh from most of the entries which chosen until now…
Germany’s odds in the betting market has become dramatically short. Currently we have average odds of 10/1 and it looks like the odds will continue sliding down . Germany will be one of the FAVS reaching for the gold.
Aly is clearly the best… So of course she is not gonna win
Demons is so schizophrenic. Maybe that’s the idea, but it sounds like Leona Lewis covering an Adam Lambert song covering Adam Lambert covering a Leona Lewis song. Kinda like it but the verses are better than the chorus.
Omg that is the best description! It speaks 100% to my feelings about it haha, well done
Hahaha, that was a great way to define it, Teeks. I think it’s intentional. It’s almost like music theater with a character having an outburst of self-confidence.
Which one is better than “Black Smoke” or “Ghost”?
All of them
Oddly enough ‘Ghost’ was my favourite in ESC 2016.
I really liked Sister. I think it is different and interesting. There is a lot of potential with this track.
I enjoyed Sisters as well, it’s like we have the same taste
I think Surprise isn’t that good, I literally fell asleep while listening to it. However I think Wear Your Love will do really well if it goes to Eurovision. So I think WYL will win.
I agree. I couldn’t wait for Surprise to finish but seeing the love for it, I tried to listen to it again but it still does nothing for me.
Our city for the win!
“Surprise” is a masterpiece in an strong selection. A totally standout!
Finally I’m totally happy with our selections, didn’t thought i can ever say this again.
Wear Your Love and Our City are the first two songs I’ve listened too and I can already tell Germany is doing a good thing already.
For now Wear You Love is my winner, although, A part of it did sound a bit like Mama Mia by Myra Veronica, but I digress.
I’m positively surprised atm. We have a quite alright selection. From first listening, I like Aly Ryan and BB Thomaz best, but there is live potential among the others as well… only Sister is a bit behind the expectations, I must say…
I Think I am the only one who loves “Demons” by Bb Thomasz 🙂
I love it too, but Aly is my winner ?
Yes, i Think Aly will make it 😉
Wear your love or Surprised!
A pretty good selection in my opinion there is no song that I hate nor dislike.