5:57 "Katja the German Legend" Germans know what that means😏 I agree

@annip5573

5 жыл бұрын

I loved her as a child - because she could sing.

I still don't understand why "Black Smoke" finished last. The most underrated song on Eurovision ever. 😞😞

@heppolo

6 жыл бұрын

Leon's ''Planet Of Blue'' is the most underrated ever Eurovision song, it didn't even qualify in 1996.

@MrLPRubi

4 жыл бұрын

This was just a hate sign from europe to germany because of the refugee thing and because our shit land try to rule europe alone.

@fz7091

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrLPRubi Stupid politics should stay away from this competition

@MrLPRubi

3 жыл бұрын

@@fz7091 Yeah but sadly they doesn't

"Ghost" and "Black Smoke" deserved better.

@salbelm

4 жыл бұрын

Even if there was too many competitive songs in Eurovision 2016, i continue to think that Ghost deserve the top 10 of that year.

Texas Lightning "No no never" (2006) will stay for ever in my heart - so catchy

Who is from Germany? 🇩🇪

@muddyfeet69

6 жыл бұрын

I am

@christospanagiotidis6327

6 жыл бұрын

ICH AUCH LOL

@maroyukiko2304

6 жыл бұрын

I am too

@larryderentstellte2058

5 жыл бұрын

Ja, hier!!! XD

@subssinSUBIRVIDEOS-et3xq

5 жыл бұрын

Me no

Germany has 2 wins. but such amazing winners. Both won in a landslide, both memorable and both charted everywhere.

Damn Germany was awesome in the '80s.

@NorthSea_1981

5 жыл бұрын

Not only in the ESC at the time. The 80s was a good era in Germany at the time, at least in West Germany. All-time-high.

Every time I listen to " you let me walk alone", I always wanna cry, it seems this song hit the soft part of my heart and felt so much, Good luck to Germany in the future ESC, and I sincerely hope they will do well. ❤️🇩🇪

First!!! My favorite song from Germany is Standing Still by Roman Lob😍

@Kfssan

5 жыл бұрын

My favourite from Germany is 1979 😍

Before Michael this year my fav German entry was 2007. RIP Roger Cicero. 😢

@suleymantekingurmen7643

5 жыл бұрын

When did Roger die and why?

@dajnova1148

5 жыл бұрын

Süleyman Tekin Gürmen he died about 5 yrs ago. Some condition that runs in the family that caused a stroke.

Thank you Matt - for your good work Danke ♥

1979 in Israel is Dschingis Khan and 1999 in Israel is Reise nach Jerusalem. What in 2019? 🤔😂

@euro--towelie1890

6 жыл бұрын

Looney ScamanderLovegood Maybe 'OMG We Really Love Jerusalem Please Vote For Germany' haha 😂

@Luca-pd1lx

6 жыл бұрын

Also in Israel 1979 they came 4th In Israel 1999 the came 3rd Maybe in Israel 2019 they'll come 2nd?😂

@suleymantekingurmen7643

5 жыл бұрын

Probably Rammstein!

@Lonii04

5 жыл бұрын

BiBi 😂

@wonderfulhumanbeingwithagr6381

5 жыл бұрын

Sister

There is a very dramatic story to the 1984 entry of Mary Roos "Aufrecht gehen". Shortly before her performance she discovered that her husband at that time had cheated on her and than she had to sing this women empowering song. She revealed that story herself only a few months ago. The lyrics of the song must have been painful to sing that evening. www.vox.de/cms/sing-meinen-song-2018-diese-traurige-geschichte-steckt-hinter-mary-roos-esc-auftritt-zu-aufrecht-geh-n-4169602.html

One of the singers of the Les Humphries Singers was Jürgen Drews who is still today one of the best known celebrities in Germany. He is called in Germany "The king of Mallorca". He had an enormous hit in Germany with a cover of the Bellamy Brothers song Let your love flow aka Ein Bett im Kornfeld.

Dear Matt, thank you, thank you, thank you for this lovely video!!! I am German and this brought back many memories. I loved your comments, too, and I agree with you almost all the time. Would like to mention one song that didn't become so famous: 1983 Hoffmann & Hoffmann "Rücksicht", one of the most beautiful German songs ever made.

4th for Dschingis Kahn is just unjust...after all this years this is one of the most remembered songs of Eurovision, and not just in Germany. Also I don't get how Texas Lighting didn't do better. The song is such a great Quickstep! And I think Eliza won that year because, let's be frank, the song of Unheilig just wasn't that great. It was generic and forgettable. And I was a big fan of Unheilig and looked forward to having them and Eurovision, but when I actually heard their song I immediately was rooting for whatever band did the Nordic style fisher song to win, because that was at least authentic. So I actually DO think that Eliza had the best song of the three by far, just not the right song for Eurovision. You need to listen to it a few times to truly fall in love with it, and you have only one shot to convince the audience during Eurovision.

@ESCunited

6 жыл бұрын

I know, right?!?

@heppolo

6 жыл бұрын

The biggest blunder of Germany was not choosing Gregorian in 2016.

Just love you comments! So insightful. 😀

Wonderful video - I forgot all the really good entries of my childhood - a lot of them were hits.

Loved Cascada 2013 ❤ went to see her live in January in the UK and hopefully going to see her again live in September again within the UK ☺

I loved 1982'sentry as I was born that year. I love to sing along to it when it comes around.

@EmoBearRights

2 жыл бұрын

The English language version was the second single I ever bought. These days I have increased respect for how well it scans in English how well it was translated especially since the next attempt for La Vie Est Cadeux if I with my limited French know it lost pretty much all of its meaning in the translation making it kinda shit. I think Nicole did perform the song in English for either the 60th anniversary concert.

Great video! I actually liked the No Angels' song a lot:)

Matt! You must be kidding! Gitte from Denmark, who sang "Junger Tag" in 1973 was a huge star in Germany in the 1960es, 70es and 80'es. She went to Germany and won the Schlagerfestspiele in 1964 with "Ich will nen Cowboy als Mann", when she was only 17 years old. Before she moved to Germany, she was an immensely popular child star in Denmark. She now lives in Berlin and is still performing.

@Happydancer9

5 жыл бұрын

As a Brit, I know of Gitte as she sang "Ich bin die Frau, die dich liebt"

Black smoke is the biggest crime for me. Especially if we'll count what their 2010 winning song was like

@heppolo

6 жыл бұрын

Leon's ''Planet Of Blue'' is the biggest crime in 1996 (DQ), the song was very modern and would have spiced up the 1996 contest just like Gina G

7:40 Random Fact: "Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein" is a very popular song, still.

@BubbleBass261

4 жыл бұрын

I love Joy and I miss her :(

wow are you half german wow great to see you react to your home country lovley video.

17:08 Roger Cicero actually died in March of 2016. RIP😶

Gitte was and is extremely famous in Germany and Austria. In the sixties ( "ich will nen Cowboy als Mann") she and Rex Gildo were seen as Germany's dream couple, nobody back than knew it was only a marketing strategy and Rex wasn't really interested in her, but that's another story. 2012 she appeared in Germany's successful show "Let's dance" and had to quit because sadly her mother died. Over the decades she had around 30 singles in the German charts. Vom Stadtpark die Laternen (mit Rex Gildo) Ich hab’ die Liebe verspielt in Monte Carlo Junger Tag So schön kann doch kein Mann sein

@ESCunited

6 жыл бұрын

Ah, thanks. I did not no know that.

@gittechristensen4277

6 жыл бұрын

But we have not forgotten her, back home in Denmark... Well, at least those of us, who is old enough! 😉 I have a single, where she as a child, was singing with her dad 😊

@gittechristensen4277

6 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/c6uVj8yBp8vefZc.html Giftes med farmand - Marrying daddy!

@lindonesc

6 жыл бұрын

@@gittechristensen4277 How sweet!

@lindonesc

6 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite songs of her is one of her last hits in Germany " Freu dich bloß nicht zu früh" I like it more than the original. Here sung live, amazing kzread.info/dash/bejne/l4it1synnceyc5M.html

Dschingis Khan even got a chinese version, which says a lot about the popularity of that song. Though I personally think they should have entered with "Moskau", considering how popular that turned out to be (and still is)

My top ten German entries: 1.) Nicole: Ein Bissen Frieden 2.) Wind: Fur Alle 3.) Lena Valaitis: Johnny Blue 4.) Mary Roos: Nur die Liebe läßt uns leben 5.) Katja Ebstein: Diese Welt 6.) Katja Ebstein: Theater 7.) Katja Ebstein: Wunder gibt es immer wieder 8.) Wencke Myhre: Ein Hoch Der Liebe 9.) Margot Eskens: Die Zeiger Der Uhr 10.) Inge Bruck: Anouschka

Awww I actually liked their 2009 Entry tbh 😭♥️ I thought it was a fun and catchy song...yes the performance was a little too adult for a family show but I didn’t think it was bad vocally...I just think it deserved better

My favourite is the very first entry, Im Wartesaal zum großen Glück, something special about that song

2005 Gracia's producer was entangled in a chart manipulation scandal. Allegedly, he bought the singles of Gracia to boost her career. She said she didn't know and refused to step aside from the ESC.

@muddyfeet69

6 жыл бұрын

after you mentioned that I remember that - that was a scandal

Hai Matt. Loved to see the old songs again. Ofcourse Germany was underrated in the '50 '60 and '70, becaus of the war. Loved Conny Froboess, one of my favorites. Realy, you don't know Gitte. Even I as a Dutchy know her. Djingis Khan is one of the classics. And ofcours Nicole loved her aswell. Down on memory lane I remembered Nino de Angelo. Don't remember this song, but " Jenzeits von Eden" und " Gardian angel are my favorites.

I was surprised you didn't say "Oh yes my Polish friends you wanna claim Katja Ebstein? but she belongs to us, Germany" as her real name is Karin Witkiewicz and she was born in Gniewkowo, Poland :D I love her songs! Such classics. I also remember as a kid "Ein bißchen Frieden" but in Polish version cover sung by Polish singer of Greek descent, Eleni. I never had a clue this is German song until I got seriously interested in Eurovision! If anyone is curious about Polish version >kzread.info/dash/bejne/X416krdvZ8LQaag.html In more recent history: I will probably never get over 0 points for Black Smoke. I can risk a statement that it's my favortite German song in years from 2000 and beyond. Second would be Elaiza and with time my favorite Lena song became Taken by a Stranger instead of Satellite - 3rd/4th place in recent times. I also very much like the guys, Roman Lob and Michael Schulte.

Silver Convention had four singles in the US charts Fly, Robin, Fly kzread.info/dash/bejne/hIFrlMuQkdDPabA.html Save me Madhouse Summernights And one of the singers- the Austrian Penny McLean - had an enormous hit in Germany, Austria and Switzerland called Lady Bump kzread.info/dash/bejne/hJ-mxs-fZ6rge8o.html The song had its own dance. kzread.info/dash/bejne/gpd8pqR_dqjblto.html

3:33 I can't believe she voiced Zira in Lion King 2.

I love Lena! Her songs are my two favourites :)

@EmoBearRights

2 жыл бұрын

Am I weird that I think Taken By A Stranger is better than Satellite and wish Lena had won in 2011 rather the previous year.

Thank you for this video. How do you now feel about Germany's 2019 entry S!sters "Sister"? When I watched Germany's national final 2019 online from the UK, on Friday 22 February 2019, I ranked it third out of seven in My Eurovision Scoreboard. At the time, I thought it was one of the better songs that evening, but as other countries gradually announced their songs in the weeks that followed, this became one of my least liked ESC 2019 entries. Going by the Grand Final performance alone, I liked the way the ladies took turns to sing individually during the first verse, and how they sang together with good harmony during the choruses. The single and multiple images of the ladies' faces on the background screens added impact, as did the falling fireworks at the end. Nonetheless, I guessed this was destined for near bottom of the scoreboard in the ESC 2019 Grand Final.

@ESCunited

4 жыл бұрын

Hi, I think it was okay, middle of the road. Which is why it flopped, middle of the road doesn't earn your many points.

Ein knall rotes gummiboot is actually a translated version of a danish song with Birte Kjær its called den knald røde gummibåd which is the same title as the one I German just in danish

Thank you for a great video! I loved Roger Cicero and Frauen regiern Die Welt! After seeing him in ESC I listened to a lot of his music. Didn’t know he passed away. That really makes me sad. My two other favorites from Germany are Lena with Satellite and Michael Schulte with You Let Me Walk Alone.

Ok, my top 3 German Eurovision songs (from the Netherlands): 1) Nicole - Ein bißchen Frieden 2) Conny Froboess - Zwei kleine Italiener 3) Wind - Laß die Sonne in dein Herz

Texas Lightning is probably the song that is most frequently played on German radio stations

In 1981 UK won before "Johny Blue", not Johnny Logan

Lena hat sich innerhalb eines Jahres so krass verändert... 2010 wirkte sie einfach wie ein crazy Teenager der einfach Spaß hat am Singen und auf der Bühne stehen und 2011 war sie dann überhaupt nicht so, sondern eher sexy und mysteriös...

I'm still disappointed that Avantasia didn't represent Germany in 2016. They would have done so much better. Same goes for Andreas Kümmert in 2015... but yeah, that was not our fault.

I've been an ESC follower since Lena won. Now how do you convince a North American radio station to start playing her new single, "Thank You (for Knockin' Me Down)"?

Congrats on the new mic, and what are you thoughts about Ben Zucker? IF he represent Germany next year, does he have chance to win Eurovision?

@ESCunited

6 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure who Ben Zucker is, gotta check him out.

@lailaagrado

6 жыл бұрын

once you do, i would love to hear your verdict :) as profesional EV judge :)

I got tl ask, where is that poll where we can vote which country you’ll react to next?

@lukasgornitzka2911

6 жыл бұрын

*to

@ESCunited

6 жыл бұрын

You need to be subscribed to our channel and go to the community area kzread.infocommunity

1963 Heidi Brühl acted in one of the most famous Columbo episodes The most dangerous match along side Peter Falk and Laurence Harvey 1973 German title Schach dem Mörder

Ann in 2015 and in 2017 deserved much better positions. Can I ask at the beginning of you videos do you say "what's up you fools"? My hearing isn't great haha

I was actually happy to see Germany climbing again in the scoreboard. I hope this will motivate Germany to send more good entries.

I listened to the 1997 one alongside the show.

19:35 I actually loved Elaiza and that song. I still love it😍

My favorite German entry will always be Wind- Für Alle. With Ein bisschen Frieden as 2nd, and Frauen regiern die welt as 3rd.🙂

I love 2006, 2012 and 2014, but 2009 is one of my all time favourite Eurovision entries 😂🙈

Why so laggy?

There is one more subject I'd like to mention. I got interested recently in German non-qualification in 1996 with Leon's "Blauer Planet". This song had part of lyrcis in English. I am surprised people don''t mention this at all - this is of course under assumption that national final version was send to EBU for this prequalification/semifinal round. I wonder how did it not get full disqualification in the first place? That's a bit of a shocker. Few words in English were allowed in 1997 (Austria, Norway, Bosnia used it), but not in 1996 as far as I know. It had blatantly in chorus "Planet of blue I love you", word "Countdown" repeated all over the song plus doing the actual countdown in English. Perhaps it wasn't juries dislike for Euro dance/techno but some point deduction occured because of rules. Perhaps some countries sticked to national language rule and gave him null point or placed him last. He came 24th so pretty much just missed the cut for the final. What would happen if he actually qualified. Protests from other countries? Germany forced to change lyrics?

1962 Conny Froboess had her first hit at the age of eight! The ESC entry won the German Schlager Festival and was one month number one in the German Charts. She sang it also in a very popular Austrian movie, that was a big hit in the German speaking countries. She got no point from Italy. Later she saw herself primarily as an actress and refused to sing her old hits. Once she said, not that she wouldn't like to do it but she couldn't do it anymore, because her voice was much lower and she hadn't practiced singing anymore.

Where did you find the videos to react to

09:30 I’m sure somebodies probably pointed it out already but wrong year Matt, Johnny Logan won the previous year, 1980. Buck’s Fizz won in 1981. Germany really was a strong contender around the 80s and I never realised they’d had so many top 5 finishes. I’ve loved their winning song from 1982 since the first time I heard it. I always find it strange how especially in more recent years all the big 5 countries tend to sing partly or entirely in their own language but Germany always sings in English.

I remember when people completely ripped this year's entry apart like "Another last place" and that stuff. I just said "Watch out, possibly a top 10, at least top 15" And guess who was right? The thing with German's though is that they are never satisfied. They'll always criticize everything and be all negative. That's one of the thing's I don't like about the German public. Always so negative.

@swanpride

6 жыл бұрын

Well, I didn't expect it to reach top ten either, I was expecting it scoring somewhere in the middle. But, to be fair, that assessment was based on the assumption that he would perform only once and without knowing how the stage performance would look like. Performing twice and the presence of the song on the internet beforehand helped the song immensely, and what they came up with for the stage was pretty great. Basically, it wasn't that I didn't like the entry, it's that I put it into one category with Eliza, a song which is actually pretty great but you need to hear a few times to really connect with.

@okraglinek9101

6 жыл бұрын

I said that it'd win the televote and finish top 3 rip

Technically Germany participited on 1996 with Blauer planet, why didn't you reacted to it? It's like when a country lose in the semifinal, still participated but didn't make it to the big show. They even had a performance!

@ESCunited

6 жыл бұрын

It's different than the Semis, they never actually took part. It was an audio-only selection and they never performed onstage. It was never technically considered a participation and Germany officially missed out that year.

@heppolo

6 жыл бұрын

still robbed though

Mekado was my favourite German entry. So catchy.

You have to appreciate lena because she basically said "if you want my crown you are going to have to take it from me in musical combat" not many winners do that

Please do the Netherlands next🙂🇳🇱

You put Titanium instead of Perfect Life.

What place would have Andreas Kümmert 2015 achieved ? Better than Ann Sophie?

@ESCunited

6 жыл бұрын

I can say in all confidence that he wouldn't have scored lower!

@lindonesc

6 жыл бұрын

@@ESCunited 😁 well that's easy to do.

Lena participated against Bucks Fizz not Johnny Logan

Siw Malmkvist is actually born in Sweden.

Remembering the ‘80. In my teens, watching die drehscheibe with Dieter Thomas Heck ZDF 20.15 uhr. Saw all these songs and loving them. Germany was realy underraeted . And this comming from a Dutch woman.😊😊😊

Yes, Walter Andreas Schwarz was more talking then singing, but it got deep sad lyrics about losses. And if you know that Walter Andreas Schwarz was a Holocaust Survivor, it gets an extra touch.

Satellite was a good song but Lena's English made my skin crawl, "Lave, oh Lave" still gives me a shiver up my spine.

Siw Malmkvist is from Sweden

Dita von teese is very well known but they really used her as a gimmick when they easily could have used her talents in the performance more

The problem with "Liebeskummer lohnt sich nicht" is, that Christian Bruhn wrote it back in 1964 so Siw couldn't sing it.

I actually like Germany 2014,2015 ,2016 and 2018

my favourite German entries: 1. Hoffmann & Hoffmann - Rücksicht 2. Lena Valaitis - Johnny Blue - beautiful 3. Joy Fleming - Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein - amazing singer 4. Stefan Raab - Wadde Hadde Dudde Da - so over-the-top 5. Lena - Taken By A Stranger - very mysterious 6. Nicole - Ein bißchen Frieden - a very cute song 7. Guildo Horn - Guildo Hat Euch Lieb - manic, crazy, everything 8. Roger Cicero - Frauen regieren die Welt - love jazz and swing in Eurovision 9. Surpriz - Reise Nach Jerusalem - a very optimistic entry 10. Lena - Satellite - cute little Lily Allen-like song, so catchy BUT: Leon - Planet Of Blue would have been my #7 had it qualified

A fun fact about 1982; It was the first time Israel gave Germany 12 points. If you watch the voting from that year you can hear gasps.

@thr4017

6 жыл бұрын

Right, here is a video from that: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ameql9yJk7u6h6Q.htmlm5s

Litterally the only songs I know in German is Dskingkhas Kahn and his brother song Moscau. Its such a good songs

Ich bin mir nicht ganz sicher, aber ich glaube, ich bin 1979 eingestiegen (heißt: Ich war wach bei der Punktevergabe!). Naja, Geschmäcker verändern sich. Ich fand Dschingis Khan und Feuer als Kind ganz, ganz toll, und jetzt... Also meine deutschen Top Five sind: 1. "No, no never" 2. "Lass die Sonne in dein Herz" 3. "Frauen regieren die Welt" 4. "Theater" 5."Bonne nuit, ma cherie"

20:18 I think she won because she had a big Fanbase, but only because she won The Voice of Germany the year before.

17:37 this song could be from Jedward as well.

Is it bad that I really love Miss kiss kiss bang? It’s in my favorite eurovision songs playlist 😂

Lena Valaitis had a silly text, that is why we did gert no points from switzerland and austria

Do you think Germany had a hard time in the early years since world war 2 was still pretty fresh in people's mind?

Münchner Freiheit: "Ohne dich" and "Solang' man Träume noch leben kann".

Is it me or I like Taken By a Stranger more than Satellite

are youfrom Germany

Johnny Logan didn't win in 1981.

Matt!! Thanks for giving all those vids!! But listen back, Jonny Logan didnt win in 1981............................

@ESCunited

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I realized shortly after that I was one year off. As said, I have to go fast, not much time to think it through :)

@FizzPunk

6 жыл бұрын

I know you knew................................Making your mind UP!!

@TumbleTower

4 жыл бұрын

I spotted that too. Johnny Logan won in 1980 with "What's Another Year?". The 1981 winner was Bucks Fizz - "Making Your Mind Up".

you should react to austrias songs next

Lena Valaitis has Lithuania ethnicity just a fun fact

1979: Dschinghis Khan was incredible!! I love this entry so so much 1980: I love it 1982: Nice song :) 1999: Good :) My runner-up after Bosnia 2003: 😁 2005: Good 2009: This is catchy 2010: Lena's moves made Satellite interesting. Ok, the song is very catchy and her voice is good 2011: This was really interesting. Best song of Germany in this century 2012: Good ! 2015: Very good song. I love it in the National Finals but what happened in ESC final? 2016: I love her style. The song is good but I wanna see Gregorian in ESC 2018: Good voice

14:02 Am I the only one who really likes this Song?😅

Another great trip down memory lane.....love Germany at Eurovision......but Bucks Fizz won in 81 not Johnny Logan so Lena Valitis definitely should have won (and. Uk is my country!) Joy Flemming should have won as should Silver Convention as should Roman Lobb .....and Let's Be Happy is still a camp classic!

@muddyfeet69

6 жыл бұрын

chris Cowling - I ♥ you for your kind words

@MichaelSpengler

2 жыл бұрын

@@muddyfeet69 Silver convention were big at that time, especually the singer Penny McLean.. if you have not check: Lady Bump by her..

React to Austria pls😍

I feel frustrated that people don’t know who dita von Teese is. Anyways my fav Germany song is actually black smoke oop

I miss Stefan Raab too!

How can you watch a performance of Lale Andersen and not bring up Lili Marleen? THE hit of WW2.

Whow i love 2013 - cant believe cascada came so at the bottom

@schusterlehrling

2 жыл бұрын

Actually Johhny Logan won in 1980 against Katja Ebstein. Lena (good name for a German ESC singer!) Valaitis lost to Bucks Fizz.