Germany GERMANY 2023 - Lord of the Lost - Blood and Glitter

[ESC United Mod Team]

 

[midnightsun]

Oh did she? Well at least it was low compared to other countries. But these kind of votes thankfully are not too dominant these days. Back then you could get 12 points from the televote if the contestant was from that country.

 

[LMLandLoreenfan]

That would be fabulous!

She should apply.

 

[Storm]

Detailed LOTL televote results

Austria 5th
Finland 6th
Switzerland 7th
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Australia 11th
Romania 11th
Czechia 12th
Latvia 12th
Poland 13th
France 14th
Italy 14th
Spain 14th
Lithuania 15th
Ukraine 15th
United Kingdom 15th
Georgia 16th
Greece 16th
Iceland 16th
Malta 16th
Poland 16th
Armenia 17th
Croatia 17th
Estonia 17th
Israel 17th
Netherlands 17th
Norway 17th
Serbia 17th
Azerbaijan 18th
Cyprus 18th
Slovenia 18th
Ireland 19th
Denmark 20th
Moldova 20th
San Marino 20th
Sweden 20th
Albania 22nd
Belgium 23rd

 

[Realest]

I guess we were around 20th-21st in the Average Televoting.

 

[midnightsun]

Detailed LOTL televote results

Austria 5th
Finland 6th
Switzerland 7th
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Australia 11th
Romania 11th
Czechia 12th
Latvia 12th
Poland 13th
France 14th
Italy 14th
Spain 14th
Lithuania 15th
Ukraine 15th
United Kingdom 15th
Georgia 16th
Greece 16th
Iceland 16th
Malta 16th
Poland 16th
Armenia 17th
Croatia 17th
Estonia 17th
Israel 17th
Netherlands 17th
Norway 17th
Serbia 17th
Azerbaijan 18th
Cyprus 18th
Slovenia 18th
Ireland 19th
Denmark 20th
Moldova 20th
San Marino 20th
Sweden 20th
Albania 22nd
Belgium 23rd

That definitely doesn’t scream last place!

If you remove the highest and lowest three places (like you would do to determine the exact average) we were in a range from 11th - 19th place and that’s definitely more accurate! They belong in that range!

 

[crashworld]

I was almost certain Germany would end up between 11-15 position because it has a good running order and a competent performance. Gutted that it ended last, totally did not deserve it. I mean I not a fan of the song, but after seeing the performance, I was sold. Just surprised people didn't connect with the performance. It's not even aggressive, so technically it shouldn't even turned people off.

 

[JenJen94]

Man, I didn't even like this song and I'm still disappointed. LOTL seem like such great guys, and I really thought that their sound and style would stand out and get Germany out of the bottom 5. I really worry what this will mean for the future of German songs, will it be another 5 years of blandery? I fear NDR will use this as 'proof' that going outside the box doesn't succeed. What does Germany need to do well? What was it that Michael Schulte had that broke the curse for that one year?

This is what I'm worried about....

 

[Chorizo]

I'm curious what approach Germany will take next year. They seem hopeless.

 

[midnightsun]

Why don’t we just send a dance banger? I mean, why do we always sent lame pop songs? Germany is one of the main countries of DJs, clubs, techno scene…
I mean I know I would dislike it but maybe not the rest of Europe

 

[GermanBango]

Something ethno/electro/indie would be lovely. Or a strong ballad. Honestly just having something I can fully get behind would be awesome. Haven’t had that in a long time. (Wasn’t even too fond of Schulte‘s song - the performance was great though)

 

[ekzuu]

too bad only time Germany sent a good entry in recent years was when eurovision was cancelled

that was a bop

 

[Irish Cameltoe]

Just a reminder that Iveta already tried to represent Germany in a year we had an internal selection and the NDR in the end chose JENDRIK

 

[Andromache]

I'm not the biggest fan of Ben's song but Imo it was our best attempt. That was a quality entry which would've had a chance with the juries. I simply want a good Eurovision entry. A power ballad, a yas queen bop, idk. Maybe we should just buy a song from another country like Azerbaijan does sometimes. Give Iveta something like Cleopatra and let her slay the televote, lol.

 

[Mainshow]

too bad only time Germany sent a good entry in recent years was when eurovision was cancelled

that was a bop

The live performance had bottom 5 written all over it, though.

 

[LakZaNokte]

Yeah, undeserved last place.

Personally, I enjoyed their sound and the melody shows up in my head from time to time.

Next year go with some lame dance and year after that just hit ‘em with Rammstein. Just a suggestion…

 

[gigi_copp3]

too bad only time Germany sent a good entry in recent years was when eurovision was cancelled

that was a bop

I always loved this entry... would his voice have been liked by the public?

 

[Storm]

I think the studio version of Violent Thing was really good and promising, but I feel like we would have had a Mae Muller situation on our hands in terms of live performance. Just probably not the right artist + a song that's not easy to pull off live.

 

[midnightsun]

too bad only time Germany sent a good entry in recent years was when eurovision was cancelled

that was a bop

This would have ended circa 19th place yesterday

 

[mauve]

I liked also Ben Dolic' song, but live it would have been a disaster. We performed once and it didn't sound good at all.

P.S. That's also what makes me worried. In our NF this year many were off-key. NDR should really listen them how they sing live beore they pull them into the whole thing.

 

[LMLandLoreenfan]

ARD will change everything again and come back to boring radio songs like in recent years. Gerling already said that indirectly...We should withdraw.