Overview
- Program director Christine Strobl said the 2025 tie-up was undertaken to win, and repeating it after falling short “feels not good.”
- SWR will lead Germany’s Eurovision 2026 effort, and the search for acts is already underway.
- ARD will not pursue a new cooperation with a private broadcaster for 2026, though future partnerships are possible under an equal-footing model.
- Germany’s 2025 act Abor & Tynna placed 15th in Basel with 151 points, splitting 77 from juries and 74 from the televote.
- Strobl welcomed an EBU meeting in December on Israel’s participation and said broadcaster Kan meets the union’s eligibility requirements.