Carola Conze who was Head of Delegation in Germany for the past two contests has stepped down according to the ARD Entertainment Coordinator. In an interview with the Prinz Blog, Thomas Schreiber confirmed the news. Mr. Schreiber stated, that Carola Conze stepped down from her role because of personal reasons. While she was Head of Delegation, Germany came second last in 2017 and last in 2016.
Christoph Pellander new Head of Delegation
In the interview, Thomas Schreiber revealed, that Christoph Pellander is the new Head of Delegation for Germany. Mr. Pellander was an editor at the NDR for several years and worked on productions like “Tatortreiniger” & the 1000th episode of “Tatort”.
National selection for 2018
The German entry will be selected with a combination of public voting, a 100-member European panel and a jury of international experts. Thomas Schreiber expects more than 1.000 possible artists who will be reduced to 200 before these will be seen by the European panel. The NDR will produce short films of these 200 candidates who will be used for the ranking of the panel. The final 20 will work together with the NDR on potential songs for the national final. The first time, that the international jury will be part of the selection process is when it’s about to select the Top 5 out of the best 20 for the live shows. Moreover, even Ralph Siegel announced to send in a song for the national selection.
What do you think of the new Head of Delegation? Could this be the change for Germany in combination with the new selection process? Let us know in the comments below or on social media @ESCXTRA.
This year Germany was represented by Levina and “Perfect Life” finishing second last in the final
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