Stefan Raab tries again: he cooperates with the ARD and wants to use the ESC preliminary decision Germany again at the top of the most popular European singing competition bring. Time for a review of his greatest successes at the Eurovision Song Contest.
From Viva to the ESC: Raab’s musical beginnings
Stefan Raab was known as a musician before his ESC ambitions. In 1996 he composed the song “Here is the mouse” for the popular children’s series. For Guildo Horn composed Raab The song “Guildo loved you!”with which he finally also competed in the 1998 ESC. Raab’s first ESC attempt ended with the seventh place.
For his next attempt at ESC, Stefan Raab not only composed, but also sang himself. His song “Wadde Hadde Dudde there? “He performed at the ESC 2000 And convinced the audience by taking fifth place in the singing competition with 96 points. That was his second best ESC result so far.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldddohqizqtostefan Raab and Ralph Siegel: Germany’s ESC tests in the 2000s
For the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, Raab had the casting show Stefan searched for the Super Grand Prix star (SSDSGPS). There sat down Max Mutzke, who finally took eighth place at ESC.
Raab’s greatest competitor By the way, was Ralph Siegel at the timethat was similarly successful at the ESC. Siegel was able to convince with titles such as “Journey to Jerusalem” or “Let’s Get Happy” at the Eurovision Song Contest, even if he had more flops than Raab.
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The Lena era: How Stefan Raab finally achieved the ESC victory
For Stefan Raab, all doors were now open and so he tried again in 2010 with the ESC. With Our star for Oslo Cooperated with the ARD and wanted to find the next ESC star at home with the help of a constantly changing jury, but also the audience. His calculation opened: The audience chose Lena Meyer-Landrut, who with the song “Satelite” den first place at the ESC.
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Lena’s success led the ARD not only to adhere to the cooperation with Stefan Raab, but also Lena continued to participate as an interpreter. With our song for Germany, the audience should only be allowed to choose the song for Lena. “Taken by the Stranger” only reached 10th place at ESC – Raab’s worst result so far.
A year later, Stefan Raab wanted Our star for Baku Start one last time. The concept worked similarly to our star for Oslo and the audience was able to determine the star and the song by televoting. Roman praise finally prevailed And competed with the song “Standing Still” at the ESC 2012. He took 8th place And Stefan Raab retired from the ESC operation.
Chef’s matter ESC 2025: Where you can see the preliminary decision
Last year RTL, ARD and Stefan Raab announced that they German preliminary decision on the ESC 2025. The preliminary decision starts this week: On Friday at 8:15 p.m. it starts with chiefs ESC 2025 on RTL. The second show of the preliminary decision on RTL will follow on Saturday at 8:15 p.m. The semi -finals and finals follow a week later on February 22nd and March 1st.