Seven acts are competing to represent Germany at Eurovision 2019. They will compete in Unser Lied für Israel. The winner will represent the Big 5 nation in Tel Aviv. The Wiwi Jury — our in-house panel of music unprofessionals — has listened to all seven songs and has quickly developed strong opinions. Did we find an act to replicate Michael Schulte’s success? Read on to find out.
Robyn
1. Aly Ryan – “Wear Your Love”
In a way, any one of the User Lied songs would be good enough for Tel Aviv. But there’s one thing that would really stand out. Aly Ryan’s “Wear Your Love” is modern and stylish, fun and sensual. The dreamy verses erupt into a massive chorus that suggests big potential for staging. If Aly can deliver live, “Wear Your Love” will slay!
2. Linus Bruhn – “Our City”
3. BB Thomaz – “Demons”
4. S!sters – “Sister”
5. Lilly Among Clouds – “Surprise”
Julian
1. Aly Ryan – “Wear Your Love”
First, I have to underline what an incredibly good job Germany has done this year. These songs and staging — it’s the best German selection since 2010. That leads to my personal winner who definitely has to be Aly Ryan with “Wear Your Love”. I fell in love, especially with the catchy hook, “Dress me, Dress me up, all I wanna do is wear your love”. The song is the perfect mixture of dance pop and Daft Punk with a perfect vibe for Eurovision. And the staging screams Melfest realness. The point is — bring this to Eurovision and you may have a winner here.
2. Makeda – “The Day I Loved You Most”
3. Lilly Among Clouds – “Surprise”
4. Linus Bruhn – “Our City”
5. Gregor Hägele – “Let Me Go”
Barnabas
1. BB Thomaz – “Demons”
Here’s the song for Germany, ladies and gentlemen — a soul track with an edge. The guitars give the number the roughness needed to avoid being too “poppy”, and BB has a strong voice that fits the song. Deutschland, you better send this to Tel Aviv!
2. Aly Ryan – “Wear Your Love”
3. Makeda – “The Day I Loved You Most”
4. Gregor Hägele – “Let Me Go”
5. Lilly Among Clouds – “Surprise”
Pablo
1. Aly Ryan – “Wear Your Love”
Oh Mein Gott, yes! Germany may have been scared to send big pop numbers after past efforts they would not like to talk about, but Aly Ryan is going to set the world on fire, and I will dance to the beat of that. This is both the perfect song to send after last year’s effort and for how this year is shaping. This is an entry to be proud of. Proud to send. Proud to sing. And proud of the great position I bet it will end up at.
2. BB Thomaz – “Demons”
3. Lilly Among Clouds – “Surprise”
4. Linus Bruhn – “Our City”
5. Makeda – “The Day I Loved You Most”
Luis
1. Aly Ryan – “Wear Your Love”
In a field of extremely pleasant mid-tempos, this horn-filled banger takes the crown. “Wear Your Love” is sultry yet straightforward, powerful and ready to top the airplay charts around Europe. It’s been ages since Germany sent an up-tempo entry, and this one is a perfect chance to command the European dancefloor. Hoping that Aly can deliver — this is the most distinctive song in Unser Lied für Isräel and the Germans should not hesitate. Das ist ein Banger, Deutschland!
2. Lilly Among Clouds – “Surprise”
3. BB Thomaz – “Demons”
4. Linus Bruhn – “Our City”
5. Gregor Hägele – “Let Me Go”
Florian
1. Aly Ryan – “Wear Your Love”
“Wear Your Love” is a very interesting track. Starting off with a catchy intro, the verses build up to something. And in the chorus, I really like the transition from the verses into the refrain. Besides, Aly’s voice makes this a unique song that would stand out among others in Tel Aviv. And she definitely knows how to perform!
2. Lilly Among Clouds – “Surprise”
3. BB Thomaz – “Demons”
4. Gregor Hägele – “Let Me Go”
5. Makeda – “The Day I Loved You Most”
Antranig
1. Aly Ryan – “Wear Your Love”
I’m going to do things a bit differently here. In its current state, Lilly Among Clouds is definitely my favourite in Germany but I’m ranking Aly first because she has the most potential. “Wear Your Love” has the ability to be “Fuego” levels of epic on stage. The chorus is arguably rather lacklustre and just needs to be spruced up before it reaches those tantalising woodwind beats. I’m being really particular because this has the potential to finish in the Top 5 at Eurovision but needs to be tightened up to get there.
2. Lilly Among Clouds – “Surprise”
3. Linus Bruhn – “Our City”
4. S!sters – “Sister”
5. Gregor Hägele – “Let Me Go”
Cinan
1. Aly Ryan – “Wear Your Love”
I think it’s time for Germany to send a bop to Eurovision and let us party so hard this season. “Wear Your Love” is definitely going to slay on every Eurovision party and also on the Wiwi Jam! Can’t wait to see how this will do live. One of the most important things about this song is that it’s not boring, it keeps exciting me until the end of the 3 minutes. Also, this song and my second favourite were the two songs who grabbed me in a few seconds, which is so important for people who are going to listen for the first time only on the final in Tel Aviv. It was really difficult to choose if this song should be on the top of my ranking or my second favourite song.
2. BB Thomaz – “Demonz”
3. S!sters – “Sister”
4. Lilly Among Clouds – “Surprise”
5. Makeda – “The Day I Loved You Most”
Who are you favourites in Unser Lied für Israel? Can Germany remain in the Top 5? Let us know in the comments below.
Disappointed. And also a good example and a cautionary tale of why anything voted in polls on this site and by this crowd or jury (I mean wiwibloggs) should be taken with a grain of salt.
Why why why bottom 5 Germany
Lilly among the clouds and aly where my favourites beforehand but lily felt like a budget Kate Bush and Aly felt a wee bit too gimmicky with all the special effects, think the best performance won in end.
The sisters were the best. I think the performance was so emotional and powerful.
How the hell did they chose the worst one?! I… Germany canceled.
It was weird to see Jon Ola actually giving the results, instead of just approving them.
I’ll need to wait for this result to sink before opinating on it. It’s solid and has potential, but it was only my 5th choice, so I’m naturally disappointed. Basically it’s Destination Eurovision all over again.
By the way, I checked the odds during the show and Sisters was by far last place, which means that some people made REAL money tonight. I hope they use it with ther siblings. 😛
We’ve chosen Sisters… only the Panel was smart enough to put Aly first… I’m crying I will see my country in the bottom 5 again 🙁 Anyway, good luck to them!
I liked it! Even though it was my number three, behind Lilly Among Clouds and Aly Ryan, I think it’s still a very solid choice. Exciting voting sequence as well, good job on the whole national final, Germany!
If there was anything that surprised me, though – Aly Ryan getting just six points from the televoting and Linus Bruhn getting so high with the juries.
Good job everyone!
I haven’t been this disappointed since Heart Shaped Hole went down in flames!
I don’t want to say anything bad about Sister because it is good, and they are great, but…
I’m just so extremely disappointed right now. We had such a good selection and well, my number 6 won… I’ve voted like 25 times for Aly…
Their winning performance was so cute.
I get that some of you didn’t expect that and don’t agree with it, but do you really have to downvote supporters?
Winner – Solid song, but not my favorite. That basically sums mostly all NF winners thus far.
Lily among clouds was robbed
Thought Germany could win for once … turns out they’re finishing bottom 5 then …
I hate this. Why would you send Sisters??? I’m so devastated….
I’m not keen on the winner.
Wow! Well done Sisters. And congrats to “you know who”, for yet another song at Eurovision!! 🙂
Say her name three times and she shows up in the Wiwi comments section.
Can we officially declare her the new, improved Ralph Siegel? Especially now that she’s got a song for Germany? (And if she’s Siegel Mark 2, could she PLEASE write something for San Marino?)
LOL Germany
Congrats to the Sisters. Loved them ???
Have we got a winner?
Huh! Always the one you least expect. People seem to like it, though.
I feel that the treadmill restricted Aly a little bit. I guess they could get rid of it with similar results and giving her more time to breath.
The “costume change” was also an unnecessary thing. They have a fun song, a good performer and good looking visual effects, they didn’t need gimmicks, just good choreography and the right camera work.
yeah, the treadmill wasn’t a good idea.
Studio version i liked Aly
But seeing them live, my favorite is Lilly
Had no idea of anything before the show, so everything was new to me and depended on the impact. Overall, it’s again a quite solid final. Personally, I’d probably go for Makeda or Gregor, but that might change if I hear songs more than once. I just hope whoever Germany chooses will deliver it in May.
Could potentially be the best batch of host/Big 5 entries since at least 2011. Just gotta hope Kobi has a good song.
I really didn’t expect that but I love the sisters right now. They gave me life. But Aly, Linus and Lilly were great, too. And the other three were good too, I just don’t expect them to do well in Israel.
But the bottom line is: great great national fimal.
I haven’t heard any of these songs but I’m incredibly hyped.
It was a good show, but I feel it could be even better if they had more time to rehearsal. That’s sometimes the problem with final-only national selections. There’s a lot of potential to explore in these entries. No idea who will win, but I would vote for Lilly.
The same here, Sabrina, although I felt that the show was well-rehearsed for the most part. I only spotted a couple of lighting/cueing mistakes, towards the end. The quality of the staging is undeniably high; I loved the crazy choreography for some of the songs. Fantastic creativity. None of the performances were weak, so just pick a number from 1 to 7, Germany! 🙂
Ohh ok then. Lilly for the win. Or Makeda. Or (you get the point.)
Yeah, nothing serious, just a matter of getting everybody from the production team on the same page. Examples: the lights on Aly’s face sometimes didn’t allow us to see her eyes and the camera angles while the boomerang-demons (!) on BB’s performance were coming and going. Also I felt that some singers were nervous, especially Gregor. If someone lets them do it all again tomorrow, I bet we would get even more confused about who to pick.
I cried during that performance. In a good way. The song is outstanding, and I connect with the lyrics.
She gave it all, but the whole matter/shatter/better/rather of the chorus disturb me a little bit.
It is in the spirit of Whitney Houston’s biggest hits, isn’t it?
I guess we could say so. By the way, she looked amazing. Not a surprise, since she’s beautiful.
I want Surprise just saw it live omg
Yep. She gave me winner vibes.
The first three performances were fantastic! This might end up being the strongest National Final of the season. It is possible.
Seriously though. Germany can’t go wrong here, surely? They’re all outstanding.
I’d second that. Probably after a few listenings I’d order them more clearly, but from the first impression, I think all 7 did a good job. But is it 6.5/10 (decent) or 10/10 (masterpiece)? For that, I’d need to hear them again, including the studio version which doesn’t contain the public clapping.
IMO, the live versions were actually mostly an improvement on the studio recordings. Perhaps the only unlucky artist tonight was Lilly in the clouds, because her voice wasn’t fully healthy. But I still think she could win anyhow.
Oh, okay. I noticed Lily’s voice cracking a bit at heights, but it was still very well done. If both studio and live version exist, it would be good to hear both, but if the live one is better, good. In any case, I rarely ever rate songs I haven’t heard at least 3 times (Minimum for NF songs is 2, but most get about 4-5, excluding watching clips at lists), so whoever wins will need a re-listen to get to my list. Even so, it’s blatantly obvious they are all better than songs from Montenegro, Croatia and Latvia, at… Read more »
Haha. I still think Montenegro’s “Heaven” can be re-arranged into something special. (If they can, or want to.)
Loved Aly, Lily, Linus and the sisters, but the other three were good performers too. A great selection. Best one of the year yet and best German one in decades basically.
OUR CITY!!!!!
lilly among clouds <3
Well, this should be interesting. 🙂
Wear Your Love has the open of Legends with the sentiment of Madonna’s Dress You Up (in my love)
Aly Ryan ouzes WINNER – in Tel Aviv!
Girl, please don´t disappoint us live!!
Happy National Final everybody! See you afterwards to discuss 😀 I am so excited what my country will do! ^^
I think that Germany regained its faith after Michael Schulte’s success. There’s nothing left, but to wait for this surely splendid show. Just don’t pull Ester Peony card Germany!
Aly Ryan has to win, it’s a really amazing song! We need this in Tel Aviv, we already have songs like the other 6. As a big Lilly among clouds fan, I’m quite disappointed with her entry, as I was expecting more of an indie-bop,
Guys is there a YouTube live stream of GERMAN NF tonight?
http://www.eurovision.de
Side note: I now know which song reveal on March 7th I’m most excited for: Serhat!
Jeez, why does everyone has to do song reveals in March? I’m sick of waiting!
Delayed gratification!
tasteless as usual
There’s no clear favourite here, literally any song could win (that’s how good the standard is this year). Although Sisters and Linus are the ones I’m least keen on!
Am I the only one loving Sister?
yes
Im with you. Might be one of my favourites from this eurovision season.
Aly is the only one I don’t like, funny enough.
aly ryan truly needs to win
My goodness! 4 hours then I can hear the songs too. I am so incredibly excited. My clear favorite is Aly. The stage design alone convinced me.
#esc2020inBerlin
Why is wiwipeople so addicted to bops? Haven’t we enough of those? Sincerely Aly’s song is really cheap and vulgar. Any other song is better than that.
We’ve got 13 songs selected and how many bops? 0? That’s definately not enough!
Most of the songs this year so far are downbeat ballads anyway (apart from Spain, Italy and Estonia)
And the Czech Republic! And given that we now know all the candidates Finland.
just watched the show that Antranig participated… thats a shame he is not gay such a cutie
Demons is lyrically the most resonant; Wear Your Love may impress but also may feel a bit gimmicky. The live show will tell…
Y’all sleeping on Surprise.
I’m a big fan of Lilly among clouds, but I don’t like this song. I expected sooo much more. Listen to her song “Listen to your mama” to get an idea of her music.