GERMANY

The German Final was held on February 14th at the TUI Arena in Hannover, hosted by Anke Engelke. The winner was chosen by radio voting (1/3), an "expert" jury (1/3) & televoting (1/3). The winner was "Glorious" performed by Cascada.

 

The whole show was well done by the Germans with every dong having a very distinct feel and look on the huge stage. For this song Natalie, the lead singer, is posed at the top of a flight of stairs flanked by wafting sheets. She is wearing a black basque with a short skirt and a big plume of net coming out of her arse. Below her are two backing singers who do very little. The camera angles help a lot as they focus in on the singer as well as the whole stage - makes it look like more is going on than there actually is.

 

The song is quite typical Cascada fayre but this is what you would expect. Natalie is a good singer and performer and her voice is not bad live. You can tell she has sung live many times before and seems to know the limitations of the voice/dance balance. The structure of the song is well balanced too. A mix of slow and fast beats give the song direction and ensures change of direction throughout. The song is quite predictable but this is needed in any Eurovision entry.

 

As I write there are reservations by the song - even to the point where the German broadcasters have seemingly employed a musicologist to see how close the similarities are to Loreen's "Euphoria". I would say that they are similar but not  to the point that the song will be disqualified. This said the runner up song by LaBrassBanda was the overwhelming favourite with the radio juries but was seemingly underscored with the 'expert' jury. So would *this* actually be a more popular choice...?

Watch this space...

 

Artist - Cascada

Song - Glorious
Music - Yann Peifer, Manuel Reuter, Andres Ballinas, Tony Cornelissen

Lyrics - Yann Peifer, Manuel Reuter, Andres Ballinas, Tony Cornelissen