Country Germany Selected song "Standing Still" | Selected entrant Roman Lob Final result 8th, 110 points | |
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Selection process Unser Star für Baku
100% Televoting Selection date(s) Heats:
12 January 2012
19 January 2012
26 January 2012
2 February 2012
6 February 2012
Quarter-final:
9 February 2012
Semi-final:
13 February 2012
Final:
16 February 2012 | ||
Germany participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 and selected their entry in a series of competitive heats and a national final Unser Star für Baku, which was organised jointly by the public broadcasters ARD and NDR and the private television channel ProSieben. Roman Lob represented Germany with the song "Standing Still", which placed 8th in the final, scoring 110 points.
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Unser Star für Baku
One week after the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, ARD confirmed their participation in the Eurovision 2012 in Baku. On 15 June, ARD officially presented the national selection. The method was the same as in 2010.
Changes
On 23 May, three time Eurovision producer and host of Eurovision 2011, Stefan Raab, officially announced his resignation from his roles in the German Eurovision selection as host, producer, mentor and jury president, but his support for the German Eurovision artist still remained. He was replaced by Thomas Dürr, better known as Thomas D, singer of the German hip hop band Die Fantastischen Vier. On 25 November 2011, ARD announced several changes in the national selection. Sandra Rieß and Steven Gätjen replaced Matthias Opdenhövel and Sabine Heinrich as the hosts. The final of "Unser Star für Baku" took place on 16 February 2012.
Furthermore, instead of having guest judges on each show, Thomas D. was accompanied by two further constant judges, Alina Süggeler, lead singer of the band Frida Gold, and Stefan Raab despite his resignation from further involvement in the Eurovision Song Contest. A unique voting system was introduced. The public could already vote for the candidates while they were presented - intermediate results were presented on screen to the viewer and in the studio to candidates, judges and hosts during the show. The singer, who had the fewest votes then, perform first and had therefore the longest time to convince with their talent.
Results summary
At Eurovision
As a Big Five member, Germany was automatically qualified for the final, held on 26 May. Roman Lob was awarded 110 points in total and finished in 8th place.