Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017
"Perfect Life" performed by Levina was selected as the German entry for Kyiv after gaining 69% of the votes in the fourth round.In 2016, the German entry "Ghost" performed by Jamie-Lee placed last out of twenty-six competing songs scoring 11 points.[2] Since 2013, NDR had set up national finals with several artists to choose both the song and performer to compete at Eurovision for Germany.[6][7] By the end of the process, it was announced that 2,493 applications were received and 33 performers were shortlisted by a six-member panel consisting of Thomas Schreiber (ARD entertainment coordinator, head of the fiction and entertainment department for NDR), Carola Conze (NDR representative, head of German delegation for Eurovision), Aditya Sharma (Radio Fritz lead music editor), Wolfgang Dalheimer (musical director), Jörg Grabosch (Brainpool managing director) and Claudia Gliedt (Raab TV head of music).[11] The five competing artists, selected by the six-member panel following a final casting round held at the Köln-Mülheim Studios in Cologne on 4 December 2016, were announced on 6 January 2017.[14] German and international composers and lyricists were directly called upon by NDR to submit their entries for the competition as candidate Eurovision songs.The LED screens displayed silver colours with black and white elements which began to multiply and rise upwards at the conclusion of the performance.Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency.This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.
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