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Germany GERMANY 2021 - Jendrik Sigwart - I Don't Feel Hate

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escYOUnited

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I don't feel hate
I just feel sorry
You feel so very clever whenever you find another way to wear me down
But I don't feel hate
I just feel sorry
So you can wiggle with that middle finger, it'll never wiggle back to you
'Cause I don't feel

Sorry

I really don't care (ah, ah-ah) that you want to bash me (ah-ah, ah-ah)
Do it with flair and I'll let you be (I'll let you be common Eileen)
But don't you dare (don't you dare), mmm, to get angry (to get angry)
When you realize those words just don't hit me
What?

'Cause I don't feel hate
I just feel sorry
You feel so very clever whenever you find anothеr way to wear me down
But I don't feel hate
I just feel sorry
So you can wigglе with that middle finger, it'll never wiggle back to you
'Cause I don't feel hate

Sorry

I really don't mind (ah, ah-ah) to be your rival (ah-ah, ah-ah)
'Cause for your kind it's essential for survival (say what? He did not just say that)
Yes, I did (yes, I did), and I feel sorry (so sorry)
I don't feel hate, that's the whole point of this song (that's the song)
I guess you need patronization as some kind of validation
You won't cope with the frustration that your random me-fixation
Is another affirmation that you're just a hateful person
Who's not really better than me

Tap break, uh

I don't feel hate (don't feel hate)
I just feel sorry (I just feel sorry)
You feel so very clever whenever you find another way to wear me down (wear me down)
Meine Damen und Herren
But I don't feel hate (no, no, no)
Das war's mit "I Don't Feel Hate"
I just feel sorry (just feel sorry)
Ich hoffe, Sie haben noch ein derbe nices Leben, und bis bald
So you can wiggle with that middle finger, it'll never wiggle back to you (wiggle, wiggle, wiggle you)
'Cause I don't feel hate (no, no, no, no)
I just feel sorry (I just feel sorry)
You feel so very clever whenever you find another way to wear me down (don't wear me down)
But I don't feel hate (I don't feel hate)
I just feel sorry (I just feel sorry)
So you can wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle you (wiggle, wiggle, wiggle you)
'Cause I don't feel​
 
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I don't understand why you'd want to rig for Sister though; Sister sucked, and so did its fans!
But that nasty Thomas Schreiber created them, don't forget!

I am not sure what to think of it but he could could have rigged that.
 

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Its the same problem I had last year - you do not get a good song by explaining it like a mathematic term. ESC and music (or art) in general couldn't be further from that and I am positive that if Schreiber is gone, we could actually get enough people back to care for ESC in Germany again because of the quality of how our entry is chosen.

Where does that come from, did you watch the show last year? They showed graphs about the voting behaviour of the audience which explained a lot, not how they chose the song. Like what?
Edit: Also – Brainpool was involved from 2010 – 2017. Didn't always fare well with them now, did we?
Looking at how Germany votes at ESC, it doesnt feel that different from the rest of Europe. In the last years the televote points were.

Because we aren't different, the ESC is watched by people beyond ARD's target audience and has a pretty big sample size (in contrast to our NFs).
Boris simply put himself on a high horse again when he has no reason to be on one, rendering his statements pretty insignificant.
 
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Where does that come from, did you watch the show last year? They showed graphs about the voting behaviour of the audience which explained a lot, not how they chose the song. Like what?
I watched it last year. They were still trying to reationalize why people like a song. Hence even themselves made fun of it with that ridiculous Sky DuMont- MAZ.
My bad, I didn't know Brainpool was also behind the other selections so lets say then it was clearly the era Raab that was responsible for being better. With the recent output that Pro Sieben is trying without him - I am not sure if this would be a guaranteed return to glory. We may have the same The Voice-alumnis like before and maybe a few more relevant people of the caliber of that unfortunate Free European Song Contest last year but I am not sure if any of them would've actually fared well in the actual ESC. I guess we need someone who's really putting their heart into it and who is not out of touch with the current music scene. I wonder why NDR still sticks with ESC anyways. Why not let RBB take over for a few years (I know this is quite unrealistic but I just want to express some whishful thinking).
 

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I watched it last year. They were still trying to reationalize why people like a song. Hence even themselves made fun of it with that ridiculous Sky DuMont- MAZ.
My bad, I didn't know Brainpool was also behind the other selections so lets say then it was clearly the era Raab that was responsible for being better. With the recent output that Pro Sieben is trying without him - I am not sure if this would be a guaranteed return to glory. We may have the same The Voice-alumnis like before and maybe a few more relevant people of the caliber of that unfortunate Free European Song Contest last year but I am not sure if any of them would've actually fared well in the actual ESC. I guess we need someone who's really putting their heart into it and who is not out of touch with the current music scene. I wonder why NDR still sticks with ESC anyways. Why not let RBB take over for a few years (I know this is quite unrealistic but I just want to express some whishful thinking).
Really? Escapes my memory, maybe I need to rewatch as well, but I don’t think that was necessarily bad then when they came up with Violent Thing in return, which was widely positively received. And Sky was hilarious, don’t be so German :lol:

Yes, I’d also accredit Raab for most of our past successes. He was one, if not the biggest entertainer in Germany in his time and is also an amazing musician, of course he knows how to please an audience. But he loves the ESC while most of our big brains are simply not interested in it when the backlash can be so heavy. Why would you risk your national career because of one night of international recognition?
Michael Schulte was also a The Voice-alumni (outside of his Youtube channel – where’s that guy who said Youtubers should stick to Youtube? xcrazy), it does not mean everyone pulls a Jamie-Lee.
Like; it’s so easy to demand from an outsider’s perspective. I really don’t envy Herr Schreiber’s job, not in the slightest – each year he tried to provide an NF with musical diversity, he trusted the audience to pick the right entry (and let’s be honest, not all of them were bad, everyone always seemed to have one they liked) – and yet it’s him and the singer who will be blamed when it’s rightfully the audience who takes just as much responsibility. They had a choice after all.
 

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and yet it’s him and the singer who will be blamed when it’s rightfully the audience who takes just as much responsibility. They had a choice after all.
I still need to find the person to blame for that awful staging 2013. Glorious wasn't a winner song but with the right staging it could've been Top 10.


An avalanche of Daniela videos are coming.

Does Daniela feel hate for Jendrik's entry?

Awww her speaking german is so cute :'D
 

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But that nasty Thomas Schreiber created them, don't forget!

I am not sure what to think of it but he could could have rigged that.

I admit it was a bit (cough cough) strange the sisters were suddenly a candidate, joining the line-up last. I had always the impression the responsibles (Schreiber surely not alone) were thinking that Sisters would do better than all of the candidates they had yet so they helped a bit with the result. ;) And I can see why. Actually it's a typical mainstream song, female empowerment, two females on stage singing about supporting each other after hating each other, very tragic musicwise, also the way they sung it...perfect formula. Just like Michael Schulte the year before, who was doing great, they wanted something dramatic instead of party party and beautiful ballad. To me it had worked because I liked it. But then again I have a music taste far away from the usual ESC fan, probably, so I should have know I am one of the few who liked it. Doesn't change the fact I really like it and I don't know why some people ;) try to deny me liking this. Narrow minded people obviously so I still stick with Sisters are great! So is the song. And apart of the ridiculous exclamation mark in the bandname and Laura's awful dress/jumpsuit whatever they did NOTHING wrong. The staging was good, the performance was good, the sisters were really lovely in all the interviews before the contest... they just didn't meet the taste of the voters.
 

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I admit it was a bit (cough cough) strange the sisters were suddenly a candidate, joining the line-up last. I had always the impression the responsibles (Schreiber surely not alone) were thinking that Sisters would do better than all of the candidates they had yet so they helped a bit with the result. ;) And I can see why. Actually it's a typical mainstream song, female empowerment, two females on stage singing about supporting each other after hating each other, very tragic musicwise, also the way they sung it...perfect formula. Just like Michael Schulte the year before, who was doing great, they wanted something dramatic instead of party party and beautiful ballad. To me it had worked because I liked it. But then again I have a music taste far away from the usual ESC fan, probably, so I should have know I am one of the few who liked it. Doesn't change the fact I really like it and I don't know why some people ;) try to deny me liking this. Narrow minded people obviously so I still stick with Sisters are great! So is the song. And apart of the ridiculous exclamation mark in the bandname and Laura's awful dress/jumpsuit whatever they did NOTHING wrong. The staging was good, the performance was good, the sisters were really lovely in all the interviews before the contest... they just didn't meet the taste of the voters.

Well, that´s maybe a "slight" understatement, since they were in the bottom five in the televote basically everywhere, only :ch: had them 11th, and these were most likely Germans living there voting for them rather than Swiss people really liking this "song".
 

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staging was good
And that's where I disagree the most. The staging in the Grand Final was absolutely awful and that's what really put them last. The song was decent (I actually liked it) and they sang it well. The staging was a major flop as it always is, expect when we send Michael Schulte. He had great staging and did well.

They just walked down the second stage and then they stood there in this ocean of flags which did not match the song at all. If you close your eyes and listen to that song... do you think of a loud crowd and rainbow colors? No. So why did they go with that as the main visual that would also be in every recap?

I understand that the floating stage was probably not an option but that wasn't the only way to make this work.
They should've stayed on the main stage, dark backdrop, lighting just the person that sings in the first part. I imagined something like the staging of France this year. And then big flashes of light when the chorus hits. That would've elevated the whole thing to another dimension.
 

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But it kinda baffles me how there existed a soul out there who pushed for "Sisters" to win the national selection? I mean, the entry was always a bottom five entry lol
Now I don't know if Germans have a different taste but... why would you want Sisters to win when you're the head of delegation
 

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Why would we want Levina, Elaiza, Jamie-Lee... etc.? Germans have a horrible taste in music, at least the ones 10-25 yrs who are not in ESC fandom ;) Listen to the German top 100 and you'll find 95% bs. We either have gangsta rap or dull wannabe sophisticated German indie pop.
 

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Why would we want Levina, Elaiza, Jamie-Lee... etc.? Germans have a horrible taste in music, at least the ones 10-25 yrs who are not in ESC fandom ;) Listen to the German top 100 and you'll find 95% bs. We either have gangsta rap or dull wannabe sophisticated German indie pop.

Levina was the only Time were the german Televoters were right tbh. Everyone else would have been last. Elaiza did pretty ok at ESC and was pretty successfull outside Eurovision in german Radios. Jamie-Lee unfortunately had the Momentum on her Side.
 

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I still need to find the person to blame for that awful staging 2013. Glorious wasn't a winner song but with the right staging it could've been Top 10.

Maybe not even a Top 10 result, but I agree that the staging was lackluster. Never liked the idea of her staying on that additional stage above everyone else. Where was the "we" in "we can be glorious"? :p

And that's where I disagree the most. The staging in the Grand Final was absolutely awful and that's what really put them last. The song was decent (I actually liked it) and they sang it well. The staging was a major flop as it always is, expect when we send Michael Schulte. He had great staging and did well.

Also hard agree on this one. The song was never my favourite, but I found their performance in the NF always okayish. Their ESC performance was pure cringe though, as hard as it is to say.
 

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I admit it was a bit (cough cough) strange the sisters were suddenly a candidate, joining the line-up last. I had always the impression the responsibles (Schreiber surely not alone) were thinking that Sisters would do better than all of the candidates they had yet so they helped a bit with the result. ;) And I can see why. Actually it's a typical mainstream song, female empowerment, two females on stage singing about supporting each other after hating each other, very tragic musicwise, also the way they sung it...perfect formula. Just like Michael Schulte the year before, who was doing great, they wanted something dramatic instead of party party and beautiful ballad. To me it had worked because I liked it. But then again I have a music taste far away from the usual ESC fan, probably, so I should have know I am one of the few who liked it. Doesn't change the fact I really like it and I don't know why some people ;) try to deny me liking this. Narrow minded people obviously so I still stick with Sisters are great! So is the song. And apart of the ridiculous exclamation mark in the bandname and Laura's awful dress/jumpsuit whatever they did NOTHING wrong. The staging was good, the performance was good, the sisters were really lovely in all the interviews before the contest... they just didn't meet the taste of the voters.
The staging was awful and the song while kinda nice was still rather 'mah' and forgettable for 90% of viewers I bet. Also that whole act kinda lacked substance and screamed fake to everyone, I mean S!sters who are not sisters singing a song called 'Sister', lol. There was an air of tackiness around it that rather did estrange than appealed either to the televotes or the juries.

But at least that song carried some emotions unlike completely insipid 'Perfect Life' that was completely featureless in my reception. For me by far the worst German entry after 2008.
 
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Why would we want Levina, Elaiza, Jamie-Lee... etc.? Germans have a horrible taste in music, at least the ones 10-25 yrs who are not in ESC fandom ;) Listen to the German top 100 and you'll find 95% bs. We either have gangsta rap or dull wannabe sophisticated German indie pop.
Don't know why you single out that specific age group (that doesn't even make up half the audience) other than to feel better about yourself for being older, Andreas :rolleyes:
Always remember that the crowd 30+ love Matthias Reim and Andrea Berg and their bland generic Schlager 👀 So let's not talk about only specific generations lacking any taste.
 

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But at least that song carried some emotions unlike completely insipid 'Perfect Life' that was completely featureless in my reception. For me by far the worst German entry after 2008.

Levina is the poorest soul we had. Such a lovely girl with a smile brighter than my future and they gave her nothing to work with, and yet she still managed to get at least some points.
 
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