A Guide to Alternative Eurovision Programming

Germany – ‘World Wide Wohnzimmer’ plus other Eurovision programming

ARD has announced that it will be finding their Eurovision winner through two shows, with the schedule as follows:

9th May

• ESC-Halbfinale im “World Wide Wohnzimmer” – The 41 competing entries and the music video for their entries will be released. The viewers will then be able to vote for their favourite, via calling or online. Their vote will then be combined with the 100 person jury that selected Ben Dolic’s ‘Violent Things’. The ten acts with the highest votes will take part in the final.

16th May

• Deutsches “Finale” – Barbara Schöneberger will be hosting the final live from Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. The show will involve live performances from the ten finalists, as well as seeing what would have been Ben Dolic’s staging for ‘Violent Things’
• Eurovision: Europe Shine A Light – As with the rest of Europe, ARD will also be airing the EBU’s alternative programming. However, the airing of the show will be done on a 1 Hour Delay.
• Eurovision 2010 Grand Final Re-Run – A rerun of the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest will be aired after Eurovision: Europe Shine A Light, where it sees Germany winning with Lena and ‘Satellite’