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Information
Broadcaster NDR
Appearances
Appearances 38 (33 finals)
First appearance #01
Best result 1st: #18
Worst result 18th (SF): #30


Flag of Germany Germany debuted in the first edition of International Music Festival. The country has won the contest in the eighteenth edition and twenty-sixth edition , both times winning the contest. Germany has been pre-qualified for the grand final 9 times.


History of Germany at the International Music Festival[]

International Music Festival 1[]

Flag of Germany Germany debuted with Linda Teodosiu and "Alive". On July 27 NDR announced to select the entry via a professional jury. She came 1st in the SF with 79 points and 8th in the final with 86 points.

International Music Festival 2[]

"Unser Song für Lettland" was the national selection in the second edition. The winner was Mandy Capristo with "Closer". She passed the SF 2 as 4th with 89 points and reached 8th too with 119 points. 

International Music Festival 3[]

First, Germany confirmed Queensberry will represent Germany. The NS "A Song for Queensberry" made "Too Young" the winner. But one of the band members got ill, so they couldn't represent Germany. Then, Daniela Katzenberger with "Nothing's gonna stop me now" was chosen. But she was too busy in her Café on Mallorca, so Germany chose Johannes Oerding with "Nichts geht mehr", the first German entry in German. He reached Germanys 3rd 8th place in the final with 116 points, making Germanys second best result, but he scored Germanys worst Semifinal result: 8th with 60 points.

International Music Festival 4[]

Germany internal chose Discomakers ft. Jessica Jean with their song "Addiction" to represent Flag of Germany Germany at the forth edition of IMF. 

International Music Festival 5[]

On November 10, NDR announced that Lena will represent Germany with her song "Taken By A Stranger" in the Eurovision special edition. Lena won the semi-final with 101 points and came 15th in the final with 92 points.

International Music Festival 6[]

NDR confirmed the german participation in the sixth edition on 29 October 2013. On November 7, NDR revealed that the german representant would be Adel Tawil with his song "Lieder". Later, it was revealed to hold a national selection , having Erwin Kintop with "You're My Number One" as winner. But, the song was changed again. Bosse will represent Germany with "Kraniche". Being automatical qualified Bosse placed 11th in the final with 97 points.

Entries[]

Table key

     Winner
     Second place
     Third place
     Last place
     Automatically qualified to the final
     Did not qualify for the final
     Did not compete or was relegated
     Did not qualify from the quarter-final
Ed Artist Song Place Points Semi Points
#1 Linda Teodosiu "Alive" 8 89 1 79
#2 Mandy Capristo "Closer" 8 119 4 89
#3 Johannes Oerding "Nichts Geht Mehr" 8 116 8 60
#4 Discomakers ft. Jessica Jean "Addiction" 5 124 7 74
#5 Lena "Taken By A Stranger" 15 92 1 101
#6 Bosse "Kraniche" 11 97
'Big 6' Member
#7 Andreas Bourani "Eisberg" 14 108 10 77
#8 Helene Fischer "Atemlos Durch Die Nacht" 2 190 5 88
#9 Gabriella "Fighter" 4 217
'Big 6' Member
#10 Madeline Juno "Like Lovers Do" 3 204
'Big 6' Member
#11 Cascada "Blink" 7 153
'Big 6' Member
#12 Andreas Bourani "Auf Uns" 19 104 6 94
#13 Aneta "The One" 6 182 3 107
#14 Fettes Brot "Echo" 25 36
'Big 6' Member
#15 Roman Lob "Standing Still" 12 112 11 54
#16 Mia Diekow "Black Beauty" 5 162 1 142
#17 Madeline Juno "Day One" 3 156
'Big 6' Member
#18 Cory Lee "Play Dumb" 1 226
'Big 6' Member
#19 Kerstin Merlin "Himmel und Hölle" 3 168
'Big 6' Member
#20 Elaiza "Green" 18 72
'Big 6' Member
#21 Linda Hesse "Verbotene Liebe" 4 172 2 143
#22 Jo Marie Dominiak "Only Us" 15 92 11 63
#23 Jörn Schlönvoigt "All Deine Küsse"
Failed to qualify
15 41
#24 Alexa Feser "Glück" 8 123 1 122
#25 Frida Gold "6 Billionen" 12 115 3 106
#26 Lena "Traffic Lights" 1 292 1 208
#27 Balbina ft. Maeckes "Seife" 13 97 7 82
#28 Mia Diekow "Herz"
Failed to qualify
16 39
#29 Felix Jaehn ft. Jasmine Thompson "Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better)" 20 78 6 96
#30 Milk and Sugar "Canto del Pilón"
Failed to qualify
18 37
#31 Lena "Wild & Free" 6 140 1 153
#32 Madeline Juno "Into The Night" 3 150
'Big 6' Member
#33 Eff "Stimme" 24 52
'Big 6' Member
#34 Vanessa Mai "Ich Sterb Für Dich"
Failed to qualify
11 65
#35 Anna Naklab "Whole" 5 322 2 208
#36 Maite Kelly "Sieben Leben Für Dich" 26 49
'Big 6' Member
#37 Mark Forster "Chöre" Failed to qualify from Continental final
#38 Alice Merton "No Roots" 3 337 4 173
#39 Elif "Anlauf nehmen"
'Big 6' Member

Other contests[]

IMF Second Chance Contest[]

The contest takes place during the contest, usually during the second semi-final of the respective edition. It is not an televised event, but only through YouTube. Germany debuted in the first edition already, held for the twentyfirst edition.

Edn. Artist Song Final Points Place in ESFD
#21 Madeline Juno "Do It Again" 2nd 76 2nd out of 4


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