24 contestants revealed
ARD, the German national broadcaster, has revealed the 24 participants of Chefsache ESC 2025 on an instagram post today.
As a reminder, 3,281 songs were sent to the broadcaster. Although we now have the candidates, we still don’t have the songs, and it has not been specified whether they will be revealed during the semi-finals or beforehand.
Here are the candidates for the German national final:
- Abor & Tynna
- ADINA
- Benjamin Braatz
- Cage
- Chase
- Cloudy June
- COSBY
- Enny-Mae x Paradigm
- Equa Tu
- FANNIE
- Feuerschwanz
- From Fall To Spring
- JALN
- Janine
- Jonathan Henrich
- JULIKA
- LEONORA
- LYZA
- Moss Kena
- NI-KA
- Noah Levi
- Parallel
- The Great Leslie
- Vincent Varus
The 24 participants will be split across two heats, with seven acts from each heat advancing to the semi-final. From there, nine finalists will be selected to compete in the Grand Final.
The composition of the semi-finals, whose qualifiers will be chosen solely by judges Stefan Raab, Yvonne Catterfeld and Elton, has not yet been revealed. The semi-finals and the second chance will be broadcast on 14, 15 and 22 February. The final is scheduled for 1 March, and this time it’s up to the audience only to decide!
Last year, Isaak represented Germany with “Always On the Run”. He finished 12th giving Germany its best result since 2018.