Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012

Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Country  Germany
National selection
Selection process Unser Star für Baku
100% Televoting
Selection date(s) Heats:
12 January 2012
19 January 2012
26 January 2012
2 February 2012
6 February 2012
Quarter-final:
9 February 2012
Semi-final:
13 February 2012
Final:
16 February 2012
Selected entrant Roman Lob
Selected song "Standing Still"
Finals performance
Final result 8th, 110 points
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2011 • 2012 • 2013►

Germany participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 and selected their entry in a series of competitive heats and a national final Unser Star für Baku, which was organised jointly by the public broadcasters ARD and NDR and the private television channel ProSieben.[1] Roman Lob represented Germany with the song "Standing Still", which placed 8th in the final, scoring 110 points.[2][3]

Unser Star für Baku

Logo of Unser Star für Baku

One week after the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, ARD confirmed their participation in the Eurovision 2012 in Baku.[4] On 15 June, ARD officially presented the national selection.[5] The method was the same as in 2010.

Changes

On 23 May, three time Eurovision producer and host of Eurovision 2011, Stefan Raab, officially announced his resignation from his roles in the German Eurovision selection as host, producer, mentor and jury president, but his support for the German Eurovision artist still remained.[6] He was replaced by Thomas Dürr, better known as Thomas D, singer of the German hip hop band Die Fantastischen Vier. On 25 November 2011, ARD announced several changes in the national selection. Sandra Rieß and Steven Gätjen replaced Matthias Opdenhövel and Sabine Heinrich as the hosts. The final of "Unser Star für Baku" took place on 16 February 2012.

Furthermore, instead of having guest judges on each show, Thomas D. was accompanied by two further constant judges, Alina Süggeler, lead singer of the band Frida Gold, and Stefan Raab despite his resignation from further involvement in the Eurovision Song Contest. A unique voting system was introduced. The public could already vote for the candidates while they were presented - intermediate results were presented on screen to the viewer and in the studio to candidates, judges and hosts during the show. The singer, who had the fewest votes then, perform first and had therefore the longest time to convince with their talent.[7]

Results summary

Color key
     –Contestant received the fewest public votes and was eliminated
     –Contestant received the most public votes
Weekly results per contestant
Show 1 Show 2 Show 3 Show 4 Show 5 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Roman Lob 2nd
14.9%		 N/A 1st
11.4%		 1st 1st 1st 1st Winner
50.7%
Ornella de Santis N/A 5th
12.3%		 3rd
10.1%		 3rd 5th 3rd 2nd Runner up
49.3%
Yana Gercke N/A 2nd
13.0%		 4th
10.1%		 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd Eliminated
(Semifinal)
Shelly Phillips 1st
15.5%		 N/A 6th
9.8%		 4th 2nd 4th 4th Eliminated
(Semifinal)
Katja Petri 5th
14.7%		 N/A 8th
9.6%		 6th 4th 5th Eliminated
(Quarterfinal)
Céline Huber 3rd
14.7%		 N/A 2nd
10.3%		 5th 6th Eliminated
(Show 5)
Umut Anil N/A 4th
12.5%		 7th
9.8%		 7th Eliminated
(Show 4)
Sebastian Dey N/A 3rd
12.7%		 5th
9.9%		 8th Eliminated
(Show 4)
Leonie Burgmer 4th
14.7%		 N/A 9th
9.6%		 Eliminated
(Show 3)
Rachel Scharnberg N/A 1st
13.3%		 10th
9.4%		 Eliminated
(Show 3)
Vera Reissmüller N/A 6th
12.3%		 Eliminated
(Show 2)
Andrew Fischer N/A 7th
9.4%		 Eliminated
(Show 2)
Tina Sander N/A 8th
7.1%		 Eliminated
(Show 2)
Jörg Müller-Lornsen N/A 9th
4.0%		 Eliminated
(Show 2)
Polly Zeiler N/A 10th
3.4%		 Eliminated
(Show 2)
Kai Nötting 6th
14.5%		 Eliminated
(Show 1)
Jil Rock 7th
5.9%		 Eliminated
(Show 1)
Yasmin Gueroui 8th
2.4%		 Eliminated
(Show 1)
Salih Özcan 9th
1.7%		 Eliminated
(Show 1)
Jan Verweij 10th
1.0%		 Eliminated
(Show 1)

Shows

Show 1 (12 January 2012)

[8]

DrawArtistSong (original artists)TelevotingResult
1Katja Petri"Marry You" (Bruno Mars)14.7%5th
2Jan Verweij"Closer to the Edge" (Thirty Seconds to Mars)1.0%10th
3Leonie Burgmer"Stronger Than Me" (Amy Winehouse)14.7%4th
4Yasmin Gueroui"Not Fair" (Lily Allen)2.4%8th
5Kai Nötting"More" (Usher)14.5%6th
6Shelly Phillips"Valerie" (The Zutons)15.5%1st
7Salih Özcan"Señorita" (Justin Timberlake)1.7%9th
8Céline Huber"Beautiful Disaster" (Kelly Clarkson)14.7%3rd
9Jil Rock"Moves Like Jagger" (Maroon 5)5.9%7th
10Roman Lob"After Tonight" (Justin Nozuka)14.9%2nd

Show 2 (19 January 2012)

[9]

DrawArtistSong (original artists)TelevotingResult
1Andrew Fischer"Tears In Heaven" (Eric Clapton)9.4%7th
2Polly Zeiler"Grenade" (Bruno Mars)3.4%10th
3Sebastian Dey"This Love" (Maroon 5)12.7%3rd
4Jörg Müller-Lornsen"Maybe Tomorrow" (Stereophonics)4.0%9th
5Ornella de Santis"Slow Motion"(Karina Pasian)12.3%5th
6Rachel Scharnberg"My Baby Left Me" (Rox) 13.3%1st
7Tina Sander"Geronimo" (Aura Dione)7.1%8th
8Umut Anil"Straight Up" (Paula Abdul)12.5%4th
9Yana Gercke"Price Tag" (Jessie J)13.0%2nd
10Vera Reissmüller"Fooled Me Again" (Lady Gaga)12.3%6th

Show 3 (26 January 2012)

[10]

DrawArtistSong (original artists)TelevotingResult
1Rachel Scharnberg"Like a Star" (Corinne Bailey Rae)9.4 %10th
2Leonie Burgmer"I Love Your Smile" (Charlie Winston)9.6%9th
3Sebastian Dey"Amnesie" (own composition)9.9%5th
4Katja Petri"Lego House" (Ed Sheeran)9.6%8th
5Umut Anil"Weitergehen" (Tim Bendzko)9.8%7th
6Céline Huber"How Come You Don't Call Me" (Alicia Keys)10.3%2nd
7Ornella de Santis"I Want You Back" (The Jackson Five)10.1%3rd
8Shelly Phillips"Forget You" (Cee Lo)9.8%6th
9Yana Gercke"Roxanne" (The Police)10.1%4th
10Roman Lob"Easy" (The Commodores)11.4%1st

Show 4 (2 February 2012)

[11][12]

DrawArtistSong (original artists)Result
1Sebastian Dey"Hey, Hey, Hey" (own composition)8th
2Katja Petri"The '59 Sound" (The Gaslight Anthem)6th
3Céline Huber"Right to Be Wrong" (Joss Stone)5th
4Umut Anil"Someone Like You" (Adele)7th
5Shelly Phillips"Waterfalls" (TLC)4th
6Ornella de Santis"Try" (Nelly Furtado)3rd
7Yana Gercke"Titanium" (David Guetta feat. Sia)2nd
8Roman Lob"Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" (Train)1st

Show 5 (6 February 2012)

[13][14]

DrawArtistSong (original artists)Result
1Katja Petri"Certain Someone" (own composition)4th
2Ornella de Santis"You Are The Sunshine Of My Life" (Stevie Wonder)5th
3Céline Huber"Russian Roulette" (Rihanna)6th
4Shelly Phillips"I Try" (Macy Gray)2nd
5Yana Gercke"We Found Love" (Rihanna)3rd
6Roman Lob"Drive" (Incubus)1st

Quarterfinal (9 February 2012)

[15][16]

DrawArtistSong 1 (original artists)DrawSong 2 (original artists)Result
1Katja Petri"All You Wanted" (Michelle Branch)6"Stay" (Hurts)5th
2Ornella de Santis"I'll Be There" (The Jackson Five)7"Love The Way You Lie (Part II)" (Rihanna)3rd
3Shelly Phillips"Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (Lauryn Hill)8"Have It All" (Jeremy Kay)4th
4Yana Gercke"Who Knew" (Pink)9"Talking to the Moon (Bruno Mars)2nd
5Roman Lob"You Give Me Something" (James Morrison)10"Day by Day" (own composition)1st

Semifinal (13 February 2012)

[17][18]

DrawArtistSong 1 (original artists)ResultDrawSong 2 (original artists)Result
1Shelly Phillips"Das Astronautenlied" (own composition)4th—Did not perform
"Can't Get You Out of My Head" (Kylie Minogue)		—
2Ornella de Santis"Eu Vou Ser Mais Eu" (own composition)3rd5"If I Ain't Got You" (Alicia Keys)2nd
3Yana Gercke"Rolling in the Deep" (Adele)2nd6"Skyscraper" (Demi Lovato)3rd
4Roman Lob"Bad Day" (Daniel Powter)1st7"Use Somebody" (Kings of Leon)1st

Final (16 February 2012)

[19][20]

DrawArtistSong (original artists)Songwriter(s)TelevotingResult
1Roman Lob"Conflicted"Martin Mulholland[21]6.5%6th
2Ornella de Santis"Quietly"Alex Geringas, Liz Vidal, Guy Roche[22]70%2nd
3Roman Lob"Alone"Gary Go, Emanuel Kiriakou[21]16.7%4th
4Ornella de Santis"Alone"Gary Go, Emanuel Kiriakou[22]17.6%3rd
5Roman Lob"Standing Still"Steve Robson, Jamie Cullum, Wayne Hector[21]76.8%1st
6Ornella de Santis"Standing Still"Steve Robson, Jamie Cullum, Wayne Hector[22]12.4%5th
Superfinal
DrawArtistSongSongwriter(s)TelevotingResult
1Ornella de Santis"Quietly"Alex Geringas, Liz Vidal, Guy Roche49,3%Runner-up
2Roman Lob"Standing Still"Steve Robson, Jamie Cullum, Wayne Hector50,7%Winner

At Eurovision

As a Big Five member, Germany was automatically qualified for the final, held on 26 May. Roman Lob was awarded 110 points in total and finished in 8th place.

Split Results

  • In the Final Germany came 8th with 110 points: the public awarded Germany 6th place with 125 points and the jury awarded 10th place with 98 points.[23]

Points awarded to Germany

Points awarded to Germany (Final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Germany

Jury points awarded by Germany

See also

References

  1. ↑ Simon Storvik-Green. "Germany starts the search for its star for Baku". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Grand Final". Eurovision.tv. Archived from the original on 2013-01-22.
  3. ↑ Brey, Marco (16 February 2012). "Roman Lob for Germany with "Standing Still"".
  4. ↑ Kirsch, Jürgen (15 June 2011). "Auch 2012: ARD und Raab suchen "ESC"-Kandidat". quotenmeter.de. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  5. ↑ ""Unser Star für Baku": Thomas D neuer Jury-Präsident". Eurovision.de. 2011-06-15. Archived from the original on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
  6. ↑ Niemeier, Timo (2011-05-23). "Stefan Raab beim "ESC": Eine Erfolgsgeschichte geht zu Ende". Quotenmeter.de. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
  7. ↑ Schering, Sidney (2012-01-09). "So läuft "Unser Star für Baku" ab". Quotenmeter.de. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  8. ↑ Luke G. "Germany: First five "Unser Star Für Baku" participants eliminated". ESCDaily.com. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  9. ↑ Luke G. "Germany: Next five "Unser Star Für Baku" participants eliminated". ESCDaily.com. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  10. ↑ Toronidis, Theofilos. "Germany: Next two "Unser Star Für Baku" participants eliminated". ESCDaily.com. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  11. ↑ Teuber, Verena. "4th heat of Unser Star für Baku - two more acts eliminated". Eurovisionary.com. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
  12. ↑ Nuhiu, Rinor. "Germany: Next two "Unser Stars" eliminated". ESCDaily.com. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
  13. ↑ Teuber, Verena. "Unser Star für Baku - line up for the quarter final completed". Eurovisionary.com. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
  14. ↑ Toronidis, Theofilos. "Germany: Results of Heat five!". ESCDaily.com. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
  15. ↑ Teuber, Verena. "Quarterfinal of Unser Star für Baku: one more artist eliminated - four candidates left". Eurovisionary.com. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  16. ↑ Toronidis, Theofilos. "Germany: Results of Heat six!". ESCDaily.com. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  17. ↑ Teuber, Verena. "Semifinal of Unser Star für Baku: Roman Lob and Ornella de Santis voted to the final". Eurovisionary.com. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  18. ↑ Klier, Marcos. "Live: Semi final in Germany". ESCToday.com. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  19. ↑ Teuber, Verena. "Roman Lob is Germany's star for Baku". Eurovisionary.com. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  20. ↑ Klier, Marcos. "Live: National final in Germany". ESCToday.com. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  21. 1 2 3 "Roman Lob". eurovision.de. Das Erste. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  22. 1 2 3 "Ornella de Santis". eurovision.de. Das Erste. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  23. ↑ Siim, Jarmo (18 June 2012). "Eurovision 2012 split jury-televote results revealed". Eurovision.tv.
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