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ESC: Germany is in last place
Eurovision Song Contest is, if Germany is in the rear: While the responsible rings in view of the renewed disaster declarations, the fallen artist, with your appearance satisfied.
Germany has reached at the Eurovision Song Contest for the second Time in a row, only the last place. With only eleven points Jamie-Lee Kriewitz landed in Stockholm with the song “Ghost” on the back of the field of 26 finalists. The 18-Year-old mastered their appearance with start number ten in a blue Manga Outfit-dress with headdress and forest-stage image (article image). In the past year, Germany had come with Ann Sophie (“Black Smoke”) only on the last place with zero points. The win crisis-ridden Ukraine, Australia and Russia took this time.
On Saturday night, Jamie-Lee in the ARD television said, she was of course a bit sad, but she was not to blame. “I was very pleased with my appearance, and I think I have nothing to reproach myself.” You’ve been in Stockholm a “amazing time”. “I regret that this is never anything.” You hope that you should now wait on international tenders.
Jamie-Lee was one of the artists who fell in both the public and the Jury. Of the jurors you got from Georgia a point. In the audience Jamie-Lee repeated in the neighboring country of Switzerland, eight points, and in Austria two points and otherwise, everywhere will be empty.
The German representative Jamie-Lee in Stockholm
The winner of the casting show “The Voice of Germany” was selected at the end of February at the German preliminary round of the TV viewers. Originally, the competent channel had had become want to send NDR Xavier Naidoo, whose direct nomination but again conceded, as the protests against some political Statements of the singer (“This way”).
“Rather A Lack Of Understanding”
ARD entertainment coordinator Thomas Schreiber tried in the night, a possible explanation for the poor performance: “to the world and to the public in all age groups, it is pushed seems to be more a lack of understanding that a Manga-girl to the departure from Germany.” Their appearance was but “one a”.
The Ukrainian Jamala won with her song “1944”
The musician citizen Lars Dietrich, Jamie-Lee had accompanied in the past few days in Stockholm, was clueless about the result. “Better you wouldn’t be able to do it,” he said in the ARD to the appearance of the 18-Year-olds. That Germany could perform poorly, but had also predicted the bookmaker. The ARD had issued a Top Ten placement as a goal.
Consolation prize for Germany
After all, one entrant managed with close ties to Germany in the Top Ten for Armenia in the future Iweta Mukutschjan was Seventh. The 29-Year-old grew up in Hamburg and lives only in the past few years in their country of birth.
Dami im from Australia ended up with “Sound of Silence” came a close second
In first place with 534 points, the Ukraine landed this time, surprisingly. The Song “in 1944,” the Crimean Tatar Jamala (32) is a modern action-ballad. The song with electro elements, describes the expulsion of their minorities under Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, and was understood as criticism of Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014. Complaints against the allegedly currently-political content had rejected the ESC operator.
The final was held in the Globe Arena in Stockholm. The ESC is the most-watched music competition in the world. Estimated about 180 million viewers worldwide, the final show diesmald pursued in front of the screen, in the Stockholm Globe Arena is about 16,000 Fans watched. For the first time, the Live delivery this year-Transmission of the Show in the United States, China also transferred the shipment.
stu/SC (afp, dpa)