Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021

Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Country	Germany
National selection
Selection process	Internal selection
Selection date(s)	Artist: 6 February 2021 Song: 25 February 2021
Selected entrant	Jendrik
Selected song	"I Don't Feel Hate"
Selected songwriter(s)	Jendrik Sigwart Christoph Oswald
Finals performance
Final result	25th, 3 points
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2020 • 2021 • 2022►

Germany participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, having selected Jendrik Sigwart as their representative with the song "I Don't Feel Hate", following a multi-stage internal selection.

Background

Main article: Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2021 Contest, Germany had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 63 times since its debut as one of seven countries to take part in 1956. ^[1] Germany has won the contest on two occasions: in 1982 with the song " Ein bißchen Frieden " performed by Nicole and in 2010 with the song "Satellite" performed by Lena. Germany, to this point, has been noted for having competed in the contest more than any other country; they have competed in every contest since the first edition in 1956 except for the 1996 contest when the nation was eliminated in a pre-contest elimination round. In 2018, the German entry "You Let Me Walk Alone" performed by Michael Schulte placed fourth of twenty-six competing songs with 340 points. In 2019, the duo S!sters with the song "Sister" finished in 25th place with 24 points, receiving nul points from the televote. In 2020, Ben Dolic was set to represent Germany with the song "Violent Thing" before the contest's cancellation. ^{[2] [3]}

The German national broadcaster, ARD, broadcasts the event within Germany and delegated the selection of the nation's entry to the regional broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR). In 2018, the multi-artist national final Unser Lied für Lissabon determined both the song and performer to compete at Eurovision for Germany. In 2019, NDR organised a national final with the same procedure, Unser Lied für Israel. ^[4] In 2020, NDR opted for a multi-stage internal selection, appointing two independent jury panels to select their entry. ^[5]

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

On 6 February 2021, NDR confirmed that Jendrik Sigwart will represent Germany in the 2021 contest. The song, entitled "I Don't Feel Hate", was released on 25 February 2021. ^{[6] [7]}

At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 took place at Rotterdam Ahoy in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and consisted of two semi-finals held on 18 and 20 May, and the grand final on 22 May 2021. ^[8] As Germany is a member of the Big Five, their entry directly qualified for the final, along with France, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and host country the Netherlands. ^[9] In addition to their participation in the final, Germany was also required to broadcast and vote in one of the two semi-finals.

Germany performed 15th in the grand final on 22 May 2021, following Moldova and preceding Finland. The final was watched by 6.53 million viewers in Germany. ^[10]

Voting

Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with a diversity in gender and age represented. The judges assess each entry based on the performances during the second Dress Rehearsal of each show, which takes place the night before each live show, against a set of criteria including: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. ^[11] Jury members may only take part in panel once every three years, and are obliged to confirm that they are not connected to any of the participating acts in a way that would impact their ability to vote impartially. Jury members should also vote independently, with no discussion of their vote permitted with other jury members. ^[12] The exact composition of the professional jury, and the results of each country's jury and televoting were released after the grand final; the individual results from each jury member were also released in an anonymised form. ^{[13] [14]}

Points awarded to Germany

Points awarded to Germany (Final) ^[15]

Score	Televote	Jury
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points		Austria
1 point		Romania

Points awarded by Germany

Points awarded by Germany (Semi-final 1) [16] Score Televote Jury 12 points   Lithuania   Sweden 10 points   Ukraine   Malta 8 points   Malta   Ukraine 7 points   Croatia   Russia 6 points   Russia   Romania 5 points   Israel   Cyprus 4 points   Norway   Lithuania 3 points   Belgium   Israel 2 points   Azerbaijan   Croatia 1 point   Cyprus   Australia

Points awarded by Germany (Final) [15] Score Televote Jury 12 points   Lithuania   France 10 points   France   Switzerland 8 points   Finland   Malta 7 points   Italy   Cyprus 6 points   Iceland   Italy 5 points   Russia   Ukraine 4 points   Ukraine   Sweden 3 points   Serbia   Iceland 2 points   Switzerland   Russia 1 point   Norway   Lithuania

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the German jury: ^{[13] [14]}

• Matthias Arfmann  [ de ]
• Uwe Kanthak  [ de ]
• Ivy Quainoo
• Janin Ullmann
• Constantin Zöller  [ de ]

Detailed voting results from Germany (Semi-final 1) ^[16]

Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
		Juror A	Juror B	Juror C	Juror D	Juror E	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Lithuania	10	4	6	4	14	7	4	1	12
02	Slovenia	16	14	13	11	8	16		16
03	Russia	14	9	5	3	1	4	7	5	6
04	Sweden	1	5	1	6	10	1	12	11
05	Australia	5	11	16	15	3	10	1	15
06	North Macedonia	15	15	3	13	12	13		14
07	Ireland	13	6	12	14	4	12		13
08	Cyprus	11	1	4	10	13	6	5	10	1
09	Norway	12	12	9	9	15	15		7	4
10	Croatia	9	8	8	5	9	9	2	4	7
11	Belgium	7	10	15	7	11	14		8	3
12	Israel	6	7	7	12	6	8	3	6	5
13	Romania	3	16	2	16	5	5	6	12
14	Azerbaijan	8	3	11	8	16	11		9	2
15	Ukraine	4	13	14	1	2	3	8	2	10
16	Malta	2	2	10	2	7	2	10	3	8

Detailed voting results from Germany (Final) ^[15]

Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
		Juror A	Juror B	Juror C	Juror D	Juror E	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Cyprus	8	1	4	16	6	4	7	19
02	Albania	25	22	23	18	21	23		16
03	Israel	10	11	12	22	10	14		18
04	Belgium	5	19	19	6	15	11		21
05	Russia	11	12	2	9	9	9	2	6	5
06	Malta	2	4	11	1	7	3	8	12
07	Portugal	21	6	14	14	14	12		11
08	Serbia	22	21	24	17	11	21		8	3
09	United Kingdom	20	23	9	23	25	20		24
10	Greece	13	20	21	20	23	22		14
11	Switzerland	12	5	1	4	2	2	10	9	2
12	Iceland	4	9	8	5	12	8	3	5	6
13	Spain	24	25	22	25	24	25		22
14	Moldova	18	24	25	21	22	24		25
15	Germany
16	Finland	7	17	13	19	18	18		3	8
17	Bulgaria	23	7	10	15	20	16		15
18	Lithuania	9	8	5	8	13	10	1	1	12
19	Ukraine	6	13	16	2	3	6	5	7	4
20	France	3	2	6	3	4	1	12	2	10
21	Azerbaijan	19	10	15	7	19	15		17
22	Norway	17	15	18	12	17	19		10	1
23	Netherlands	15	16	17	24	5	13		20
24	Italy	16	3	7	13	1	5	6	4	7
25	Sweden	1	18	3	10	16	7	4	13
26	San Marino	14	14	20	11	8	17		23

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