"Sister" performed by S!sters was selected as the German entry for Tel Aviv after gaining the most points following the combination of votes.In 2018, the German entry "You Let Me Walk Alone" performed by Michael Schulte placed fourth of twenty-six competing songs scoring 340 points.[9] By the end of the process, it was announced that 965 applications were received and 198 performers were longlisted by a panel consisting of Christoph Pellander (head of German delegation for Eurovision), Thomas Niedermeyer (Digame general manager), Werner Klötsch (Digame managing director) and representatives of NDR.[10][11] 50 artists were further longlisted by a Eurovision panel consisting of 100 German television viewers put together according to selected criteria in cooperation with Simon-Kucher & Partners and Digame through surveys on social media in order to reflect the taste of the wider European audience, while an international jury panel consisting of 20 members who had been national juries for their respective countries at the Eurovision Song Contest shortlisted 15 artists to go through a workshop, held at the Maarwegstudio 2 in Cologne between 28 September and 2 October 2018, where they received vocal coaching and choreography training.[14] Between 5 and 9 November 2018, the six artists worked with 24 German and international composers and lyricists in a songwriting camp in order to create their candidate songs for the national final.On 6 April, Sisters performed during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the AFAS Live venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Edsilia Rombley and Marlayne.[30][31] S!sters were joined by four off-stage backing vocalists: Inga Lühning, Ray Lozano, Sonja Wiegand and Verena Heinz.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.