Germany has begun its search for a Eurovision 2025 act with heat 1 of the new selection Chefsache ESC 2025 – Wer singt für Deutschland?
The first show took place on Saturday evening, where 12 of the 24 competing artists performed to showcase their artistry and singing ability.
The event was hosted by Barbara Schöneberger.
Chefsache ESC 2025: Heat 1
The 12 artists performed cover songs or one of their older tracks in hopes of advancing to the semi-final. Their potential Eurovision 2025 entries will only be revealed if they qualify for the next round.
Qualifiers
- JULIKA – “Run” (Leona Lewis)
- Benjamin Braatz – “Breakfast”
- Jonathan Henrich – “Golden Hour” (JVKE)
- Feuerschwanz – “Dragostea din tei” (O-Zone)
- Cage – “Wrong Place” (H.E.R.)
- COSBY – “Love For Who I Am”
- Abor & Tynna – “Skyfall” (Adele)
Non-qualifiers
- Chase – “Million Years Ago” (Adele)
- Enny-Mae x Paradigm – “Arcade” (Duncan Laurence)
- Equa Tu – “Gag”
- FANNIE – “Easy”
- Janine – “Can’t Help Falling In Love” (Elvis Presley)
A jury panel decided which artists advanced to the semi-final of Chefsache ESC 2025 on 22 February. The jury consisted of:
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Stefan Raab – Germany’s Eurovision 2000 representative, TV host, and producer
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Yvonne Catterfeld – Singer and songwriter
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Elton – Comedian and television presenter
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Guest member: Max Mutzke – Germany’s representative in Eurovision 2004
Germany at Eurovision
Last year, Isaak represented Germany with “Always On the Run“, achieving 12th place — Germany’s best result since 2018. As a Big Five member, Germany is automatically qualified for the Grand Final of Eurovision 2025 in Basel.
Who are you supporting in heat 1? Let us know in the comments section below!
As a way of selecting an entry this seems odd at first, but I suppose this is to get people first interested in the voice and then their songs, so that the selected singer is able to perform their song live.
I dont like the concept at ALL! first of all for audience its boring, as a esc fan im not interested how they cover “run” by Leona Lewis for example. Also, what if you donr cover the song good and you dont make it to the next show but your Eurovision song was fire? Thats a total waste of potentially good songs only because the singer didnt cover well enough for the kuries ears some random song
An absolutely horrible concept ! And after watching a couple of the performances and then just the overall recap, because it was that bad – Germany is in for another last place finish unless something with a voice and charisma turns up in the next show. Horrible concept! Just have a national final with their actual songs….
There are two pre rounds where the judges want them to present themselves to the audience. we will alraedy get to hear the Eurovision songs next week in the Semi Final. And on March 1st the Final will ofc only have the Eurovision Songs with 100% televote. It‘s just an extended national final where we get to see the pre elimination which is just now open for everyone to see.
I‘m suprised that Chase didn’t make it. His Slimane-way to sing a-cappella was actually very nice.
I walked in most excited for Emmy-Mae x Paradigm and have walked out in love with Feuerschwanz!
Ok so basically tonight and tomorrow they will judge only the vocals and the charisma on stage to determine who could go in the Semi-Final next week. So we will hear only the potential Esc songs only next week…
On one side, I get why RTL does this, but on the other side it’s just dumb..
It’s a bit weird but they must have their reasons to do that I guess…