Overview

• Siegel told dpa he wants to try competing for Germany again at the Eurovision Song Contest.
• His musical Zeppelin is set to return to the Festspielhaus Füssen on 16 October, and he says two further musicals are nearly finished.
• He criticized how little German-language music is played on radio and TV and called for 50 percent of programming to be in German.
• He said he has survived cancer and heart surgery and now lives with polyneuropathy, yet he continues to work.
• With a catalog exceeding 2,000 songs and an ESC win for Nicole in 1982, he reflected on his career and acknowledged past heavy drinking.