Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Germany won the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, which was held in May 2010 in Oslo, Norway. The country's entry was selected in a series of competitive heats and a national final – Unser Star für Oslo – which was organised jointly by the public broadcasters ARD and NDR and the private television channel ProSieben, together with the three-time Eurovision participant for Germany (as singer and/or songwriter) and music producer, Stefan Raab.
| Eurovision Song Contest 2010 | |
|---|---|
| Country | Germany |
| National selection | |
| Selection process | Unser Star für Oslo |
| Selection date(s) | Heats: 2 February 2010 9 February 2010 16 February 2010 23 February 2010 2 March 2010 Quarter-final: 5 March 2010 Semi-final: 9 March 2010 Final: 12 March 2010 |
| Selected entrant | Lena |
| Selected song | "Satellite" |
| Selected songwriter(s) | Julie Frost, John Gordon |
| Finals performance | |
| Final result | 1st, 246 points |
| Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest | |
Before Eurovision
Preparations
On 25 May 2009, ARD and NDR was revealed to have approached Stefan Raab and private broadcaster ProSieben to collaborate in preparing for the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest with a view of creating a possible winning combination of artist and song. It was revealed that Raab had refused the request, but that ProSieben had accepted the offer.[1] More information was revealed on 20 July 2009, with the news that Raab would in fact work with the two broadcasters in preparing for the 2010 contest.[2][3]
Unser Star für Oslo
Unser Star für Oslo 2010 (English: Our Star for Oslo) was the competition that selected Germany's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. The competition consisted of eight shows between 2 February and 12 March 2010 all taking place at the Köln-Mülheim Studios in Cologne, hosted by Matthias Opdenhövel and Sabine Heinrich.[4][5] The national final was co-produced by Stefan Raab's production company Brainpool. Twenty contestants competed during the shows with the winner being selected through a public televote. The first five shows were broadcast on ProSieben, the quarter-final was broadcast on Das Erste as well as online via NDR's official website ndr.de, the semi-final was broadcast on ProSieben and the final was broadcast on Das Erste and online via ndr.de. The final of the competition was watched by 4.5 million viewers in Germany.
Format
Interested artists were able to apply for the competition by submitting an online application. After submitting an application, artists could present themselves and perform at casting shows that were held in Cologne between 18 September 2009 and 6 November 2009.[6] By the end of the process, it was announced that over 4,500 candidates had applied for the competition. The twenty contestants, most being inexperienced and young singers, were selected by an expert panel consisting of Raab and representatives of ARD.
The competition consisted of eight shows. In each of the first two shows on 2 and 9 February 2010, ten contestants performed a cover of a song of their choice and five advanced in the competition. In the third and fourth show on 16 and 23 February 2010, the remaining contestants performed and two were eliminated per show. In the fifth show on 2 March 2010, one contestant was eliminated, and the top five proceeded to the quarter-final on 5 March 2010. In the quarter-final, the five remaining contestants performed covers of two songs of their choice, and four advanced to the semi-final on 9 March 2010. In the semi-final, the four remaining contestants performed covers of two songs of their choice, and the top two proceeded to the final on 12 March 2010.[7][8] The final consisted of two rounds. In the first round, the two finalists performed three songs especially written for Eurovision, and one song for each finalist proceeded to the second round. In the second round, the winner was decided from the two combinations of song and artist.[9] During each show, Stefan Raab and two guest judges of varying members provided feedback in regards to the contestants.[10] Public voting included options for landline and SMS voting. Each show featured a different pair of guest judges:
- Heat 1: Yvonne Catterfeld and Marius Müller-Westernhagen
- Heat 2: Sarah Connor and Peter Maffay
- Heat 3: Nena and König Boris
- Heat 4: Sasha and Cassandra Steen
- Heat 5: Joy Denalane and Rea Garvey
- Quarter-final: Anke Engelke and Adel Tawil
- Semi-final: Barbara Schöneberger and Jan Delay
- Final: Stefanie Kloß and Xavier Naidoo
Elimination chart
| Contestant | Show 1 | Show 2 | Show 3 | Show 4 | Show 5 | Show 6 (Quarter-final) | Show 7 (Semi-final) | Show 8 (Final) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lena Meyer-Landrut | Safe | — | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 1st |
| Jennifer Braun | — | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 2nd |
| Christian Durstewitz | — | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 3rd | Eliminated (Show 7) |
| Kerstin Freking | Safe | — | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 4th | Eliminated (Show 7) |
| Sharyhan Osman | — | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 5th | Eliminated (Show 6) | |
| Leon Taylor | — | Safe | Safe | Safe | 6th | Eliminated (Show 5) | ||
| Cyril Krueger | Safe | — | Safe | 7th-8th | Eliminated (Show 4) | |||
| Katrin Walter | Safe | — | Safe | 7th-8th | Eliminated (Show 4) | |||
| Maria-Lisa Straßburg | — | Safe | 9th-10th | Eliminated (Show 3) | ||||
| Meri Voskanian | Safe | — | 9th-10th | Eliminated (Show 3) | ||||
| Benjamin Hartmann | — | 6th-10th | Eliminated (Show 2) | |||||
| Behnam Seifi | — | 6th-10th | Eliminated (Show 2) | |||||
| Alex Senzig | — | 6th-10th | Eliminated (Show 2) | |||||
| Jana Wall | — | 6th-10th | Eliminated (Show 2) | |||||
| Franziska Weber | — | 6th-10th | Eliminated (Show 2) | |||||
| Johannes Böhm | 6th-10th | Eliminated (Show 1) | ||||||
| Michael Kraus | 6th-10th | Eliminated (Show 1) | ||||||
| Benjamin Peters | 6th-10th | Eliminated (Show 1) | ||||||
| Sebastian Schwarzbach | 6th-10th | Eliminated (Show 1) | ||||||
| Daliah Sharaf | 6th-10th | Eliminated (Show 1) | ||||||
Shows
| Draw | Artist | Song (Original artists) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benjamin Peters | "Bodies" (Robbie Williams) | Eliminated |
| 2 | Kerstin Freking | "My Immortal" (Evanescence) | Advanced |
| 3 | Johannes Böhm | "Crazy" (Seal) | Eliminated |
| 4 | Daliah Sharaf | "At Last" (Etta James) | Eliminated |
| 5 | Cyril Krueger | "Hotel California" (Eagles) | Advanced |
| 6 | Michael Kraus | "Loving You" (Paolo Nutini) | Eliminated |
| 7 | Meri Voskanian | "Release Me" (Agnes) | Advanced |
| 8 | Katrin Walter | "Nobody Knows" (Pink) | Advanced |
| 9 | Sebastian Schwarzbach | "Home" (Michael Bublé) | Eliminated |
| 10 | Lena Meyer-Landrut | "My Same" (Adele) | Advanced |
| Draw | Artist | Song (Original artists) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jennifer Braun | "I'm Outta Love" (Anastacia) | Advanced |
| 2 | Benjamin Hartmann | "Better Together" (Jack Johnson) | Eliminated |
| 3 | Maria-Lisa Straßburg | "Saving My Face" (KT Tunstall) | Advanced |
| 4 | Behnam Seifi | "Save Room" (John Legend) | Eliminated |
| 5 | Sharyhan Osman | "I Have Nothing" (Whitney Houston) | Advanced |
| 6 | Alex Senzig | "Wherever You Will Go" (The Calling) | Eliminated |
| 7 | Jana Wall | "Who Knew" (Pink) | Eliminated |
| 8 | Franziska Weber | "Love Foolosophy" (Jamiroquai) | Eliminated |
| 9 | Leon Taylor | "Der Weg" (Herbert Grönemeyer) | Advanced |
| 10 | Christian Durstewitz | "Faith" (George Michael) | Advanced |
| Draw | Artist | Song (Original artists) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meri Voskanian | "If I Ain't Got You" (Alicia Keys) | Eliminated |
| 2 | Jennifer Braun | "Like the Way I Do" (Melissa Etheridge) | Advanced |
| 3 | Maria-Lisa Straßburg | "Helena" (My Chemical Romance) | Eliminated |
| 4 | Leon Taylor | "Irgendwas bleibt" (Silbermond) | Advanced |
| 5 | Katrin Walter | "Warwick Avenue" (Duffy) | Advanced |
| 6 | Kerstin Freking | "Not Ready to Make Nice" (Dixie Chicks) | Advanced |
| 7 | Christian Durstewitz | "Change" (Daniel Merriweather) | Advanced |
| 8 | Sharyhan Osman | "Feel the Nile" (original composition) | Advanced |
| 9 | Lena Meyer-Landrut | "Diamond Dave" (The Bird and the Bee) | Advanced |
| 10 | Cyril Krueger | "Hot Fudge" (Robbie Williams) | Advanced |
| Draw | Artist | Song (Original artists) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Katrin Walter | "Love Song" (Sara Bareilles) | Eliminated |
| 2 | Sharyhan Osman | "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" (Louis Jordan) | Advanced |
| 3 | Cyril Krueger | "Beautiful Day" (U2) | Eliminated |
| 4 | Jennifer Braun | "I'm with You" (Avril Lavigne) | Advanced |
| 5 | Christian Durstewitz | "Another Night" (original composition) | Advanced |
| 6 | Lena Meyer-Landrut | "Foundations" (Kate Nash) | Advanced |
| 7 | Kerstin Freking | "Thank U" (Alanis Morissette) | Advanced |
| 8 | Leon Taylor | "Are You Gonna Go My Way" (Lenny Kravitz) | Advanced |
| Draw | Artist | Song (Original artists) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerstin Freking | "Better" (Regina Spektor) | Advanced |
| 2 | Lena Meyer-Landrut | "New Shoes" (Paolo Nutini) | Advanced |
| 3 | Jennifer Braun | "Ain't Nobody" (Rufus and Chaka Khan) | Advanced |
| 4 | Leon Taylor | "Tears in Heaven" (Eric Clapton) | Eliminated |
| 5 | Sharyhan Osman | "In the City" (original composition) | Advanced |
| 6 | Christian Durstewitz | "Dance with Somebody" (Mando Diao) | Advanced |
| Artist | Draw | First song (Original artists) | Draw | Second song (Original artists) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharyhan Osman | 1 | "You've Got the Love" (Florence and the Machine) | 6 | "Never Felt The Way That I Feel Today" (original composition) | Eliminated |
| Jennifer Braun | 2 | "Soulmate" (Natasha Bedingfield) | 7 | "Nobody's Wife" (Anouk) | Advanced |
| Kerstin Freking | 3 | "If a Song Could Get Me You" (Marit Larsen) | 8 | "Somedays" (Regina Spektor) | Advanced |
| Christian Durstewitz | 4 | "Ochrasy" (Mando Diao) | 9 | "Stalker" (original composition) | Advanced |
| Lena Meyer-Landrut | 5 | "Mouthwash" (Kate Nash) | 10 | "Neopolitan Dreams" (Lisa Mitchell) | Advanced |
| Artist | Draw | First song (Original artists) | Draw | Second song (Original artists) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Durstewitz | 1 | "I'm Yours" (Jason Mraz) | 5 | "In Your Hands" (Charlie Winston) | Eliminated |
| Kerstin Freking | 2 | "Hands Clean" (Alanis Morissette) | N/A (Already eliminated) | Eliminated | |
| Lena Meyer-Landrut | 3 | "Mr. Curiosity" (Jason Mraz) | 6 | "The Lovecats" (The Cure) | Advanced |
| Jennifer Braun | 4 | "Heavy Cross" (Gossip) | 7 | "Hurt" (Christina Aguilera) | Advanced |
Final
The televised final took place on 12 March 2010.[29] The winner was selected through two rounds of public voting. In the first round, the two finalists Jennifer Braun and Lena Meyer-Landrut each performed their versions of "Bee" and "Satellite" as well as an individual song, and the song for each finalist was determined and proceeded to the second round. The songs were: "Satellite" performed by Lena Meyer-Landrut and "I Care for You" performed by Jennifer Braun. In the second round, the winner, "Satellite" performed by Lena Meyer-Landrut, was selected.[30][31]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jennifer Braun | "Bee" | Rosi Golan, Per Kristian Ottestad, Mayaeni Strauss | Eliminated |
| 2 | Lena Meyer-Landrut | "Bee" | Rosi Golan, Per Kristian Ottestad, Mayaeni Strauss | Eliminated |
| 3 | Jennifer Braun | "Satellite" | Julie Frost, John Gordon | Eliminated |
| 4 | Lena Meyer-Landrut | "Satellite" | Julie Frost, John Gordon | Advanced |
| 5 | Jennifer Braun | "I Care for You" | Martin Fliegenschmidt, Claudio Pagonis, Max Mutzke | Advanced |
| 6 | Lena Meyer-Landrut | "Love Me" | Stefan Raab, Lena Meyer-Landrut | Eliminated |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lena Meyer-Landrut | "Satellite" | 1 |
| 2 | Jennifer Braun | "I Care for You" | 2 |
Promotion
The six versions of the four finalist songs were released minutes after the final concluded. By 13 March Meyer-Landrut led the German iTunes download charts with all three of her songs: "Satellite" taking the top spot, followed by "Bee" in second and "Love Me" in third place. Jennifer Braun's song "I Care for You" took fourth place in the chart, followed by her versions of "Bee" and "Satellite" in 7th and 14th position respectively. A maxi single featuring Meyer-Landrut's three songs was released on 16 March.[32] "Satellite" entered the German singles chart at number one and has been certified platinum since.[33][34] On 16 March 2010, the video premiered on public broadcaster Das Erste right before Germany's most watched evening news bulletin Tagesschau. Shortly after, it was simultaneously shown on four private stations (Sat.1, ProSieben, kabel eins, N24) before the start of their evening prime time programmes.[35] As of July 2021, 5he two officially uploaded YouTube videos of the song have jointly generated more than 109 million views since their release.[36][37]
At Eurovision
As a member of the "Big Four", Germany automatically qualified for the final on 29 May. Lena Meyer-Landrut performed 22nd out of the 25 participating countries and won the contest with 246 points.[38] It is the first time that Germany has won the contest since 1982 and the first time as a unified state. As such, Germany hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2011.
Voting
Points awarded to Germany
| Score | Country |
|---|---|
| 12 points | |
| 10 points | |
| 8 points | |
| 7 points | Poland |
| 6 points | |
| 5 points | Ukraine |
| 4 points | |
| 3 points | |
| 2 points | Greece |
| 1 point |
Points awarded by Germany
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External links
- (in German) Unser Star für Oslo official website