ARD, the broadcaster in charge of Unser Song 2017, has today announced the voting system to be used in the show and how it will work.
It has been announced that the show will have four rounds, with a separate vote and elimination taking place after each. The rounds will go as follows:
- Round 1: The five competitors will each sing a cover song of their choice
- Round 2: The remaining three artists will each sing the first specially-composed Eurovision song, in their own unique arrangements
- Round 3: The two acts with the highest votes will second specially-composed Eurovision song. The public will then vote from the four performances of both of these artists’ Eurovision songs
- Round 4: The two performances with the highest votes will progress to this round. These two performances could be the same song by both artists, two songs by the same artist, or one performance from each artist. The winner will then be decided from this final two
ARD has not announced the inclusion of a jury in the show, and so it is to be assumed that the results will be decided entirely by the public.
Last month, it was announced that Axel Feige, Felicia Lu, Helene Nissen, Levina and Yosefin will be the five competitors in this year’s selection. Moreover, it has now been announced that the names of the two Eurovision songs that have been written for the show are “Wildfire” and “Perfect Life“. The lyrics to both of these songs have been released, and can be found through the links above. “Wildfire” has been written by Tofer Brown, Marit Larsen and Greg Holden, whereas “Perfect Life” was written by Lindsey Ray, Lindy Robbins and Dave Basset.
This year’s edition of Unser Song will take place on Thursday 9th February at 20:15 CET. The show will be hosted live in Cologne by Barbara Schöneberger, who also hosted last year’s German selection. This year’s selection aims to restore Germany to the success they found at the start of the decade. In the past four years they have placed in 21st, 18th, 27th and 26th, coming last in 2015 and 2016.
Source: eurovision.de
