Germany disappointed at the ESC 2025-despite a modern Raab song

Many a picture will be in the head: Erika Vikman and her really big microphone. Or the half -naked Armenian (« dirty! There blooms the imagination » – bild.de). But that’s the way it is with the Eurovision Song Contest: You have to be tough with this madness from Powerballadenethnogagapop and Carnival. At the end, after four hours, it was certain on Sunday night: The false Viennese won the ESC 2025, at least from a German perspective.

« JJ, now we have the chew! » The radio station had FM4 still titled. And indeed, the likeable last year’s winner nemo epigone convinced juries and the audience with a song, « Wasted Love », the (Conchita) sausage vibes connected with a techno bale.

German ESC performance: Tynnas voice shaky, Abor’s cello led-lit

As is well known from the end Angela Merkel. Stefan Raab as Merkel of the Eurovision Song Contest did that too: For him, only victory counted. He said at every occasion in the typical mix of self -confidence, great puzzling and fabric. In the ARDwho on the show stage after almost a decade Returned private broadcaster star cooperatedyou chatted that. One thought: Raab should find an ESC participant who won’t be the last! Can only get better!

It was not essential: 15th place for the Viennese siblings Abor & Tynna in Basel – after the twelfth place from the sincerely and already forgotten Isaak at the ESC 2024 in Malmö. Her song « Baller », which preliminary decision Jury President Raab had looked out of, ballerted a bit. But was not a cracker, not in Germany, not across Europe. Tynnas voice shaky, Abor’s cello LED illuminated, the appearance rather static. Well now.

Well now – too bad. Because the ESC thousand passassa Raab, who reliably reached top ten places in the competition as a discoverer/composer/song author/producer/singer, must be credited highly that « Baller » the most modern and unreindeable German ESC song in a long time was. Musically up to date, not any ESC last year’s winners and supposed ESC trends. But: It was obvious that the Eurovision Song Contest is primarily a TV show in which the (surprise) effect is important. And in advance on the, as one has recently said, Buzz. Means: on the roar in social media, around and over it. « Baller » triggered little, even Raab was powerless.

The Raab, which, on the side, who does not trigger much on the side: shortly before the ESC final, became public that his RTL-Show « You don’t win the million here ». At this point, media prospective people remember how Inga Leschek, Chief Content Officer at RTL Germany, cheered last September that the million-heavy Raab comeback deal is « the smartest thing I did in my life ». Well now.

Lalalala also make others at the ESC final

In any case, Raab had correctly recognized in the German preliminary decision that the ESC had to create “any recognition effect”. People should say: « That was the one with the cello or that with this » Lalalala « . » But Lalalala also make others – and much more, stronger and braver.

Spain sent a Shakira-Double, pressed into a narrow glitter fiddling (similar to Malta and Denmark), Estonia an upper-fashioned espresso troubadour, which turned on a disposable cup and danced like a jewelry, Sweden three admittedly grandiose speciallings, for Italy came a wild for Finland Latex erica.

It is worth mentioning, it stands for the adoption of this year’s ESC. Although old wisdom: the eye eats. Why JJ-the 24-year-old countertenor from Austria, who looks younger when he is-arrived so well with the juries? Because with him the wind machine blew wonderfully and he clung to a ship’s fattening cute, completely in black and white? Who already knows that? Who knows what Poland has to do with dragons and why chewed a statue of chewing gum at San Marino? No matter, esc. In the end, the European audience was decisive anyway. The meaning is obvious after great opera.

And so this ESC was also a real festival of joy – yes yes, and the music. But not for Germany, where he leads to foreign shame and frustration instead of rejoice from year to year. And again he moves to a national trauma. Germany, the sick man of Europe, ESC medium, nobody loves us! Times are difficult, the ESC rides us deeper into the crisis. Thank you very much too …

Others have it and are truly better. With their modern ballad variations or clam-like self-irony. Like the Swedes who simply go to the sauna to let off steam. « Bara Bada Bastu ». And in Germany? Like Merkel’s time, those of Raab are finally over. Now only someone in the ARD Complete in which you don’t dare to do anything in terms of ESC preliminary decision and either become recipes of success of yore, see: Raab, clings or becomes more desperate and sausage. Unfortunately not Conchita sausage-IG.