Unfortunately this article is not available in English and has been automatically translated. Please visit our homepage for all English content or get an overview of all English articles here. You can also request a translation by sending us an email.

There are more details known about the selection procedure in Germany, after Xavier Naidoo’s participation was recalled.

In november, the German broadcaster announced that Xavier Naidoo would be sent to Stockholm. The audience was also unhappy about the internal selection and Naidoo was under fire. NDR decided his home shortly afterwards.

In the meantime, more info on the way one goes in search of a new candidate. On 25 February 2016 Unser Song für Stockholm takes place. Ten artists will take office with the public. This year there will be no wild card of the Clubkonzert as the previous years.

It is not yet clear whether the program presents Barbara Schöneberger . The Keulense firm brainpool will again take care of the production. That is the company behind Stefan Raab. He stood in 2000 itself on the Eurovision stage in Stockholm and presented the show in Düsseldorf in 2011. In december the German entertainer has said goodbye to his tv career.

Who are the ten candidates, continues to wait. The names of Mia, BOY, Olli Schulz, AnnenMayKantereit, Benne, Joris, Namika, Cäthe, Wilhelm Tell Me, Miu and Sara Hartman were circulating on the internet, but the NDR has confirmed that these names are not correct.

Last year, there was also a lot of drama in the German preliminary round. When Andreas Kümmert won the German final, but he let the ticket over to Ann Sophie. That, in turn, scored zero points in Vienna, along with host country Austria. Previously the German representatives from 1964 and 1965 al puntenloos terminated.