AMERICAN LISTENS TO GERMAN MUSIC FOR THE FIRST TIME 🇩🇪🇺🇸 Eurovision Edition
Вставка
- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- As a Germany it's an honor to introduce my friend Zoe from Las Vegas to the wonderful world of the Eurovision Song Contest.
She's never seen the show before, so I've picked out 10 performances from the last 68 years for her.
In this video she has to guess if it's a top 5 or bottom 5 song.
Dear Zoe: Thank you so much for joining in on this fun❤️
1:22 ➡️ Lord of the Lost 🇩🇪 2023
3:48 ➡️ Joy Fleming 🇩🇪 1975
6:00 ➡️ Nicole 🇩🇪 1982
8:33 ➡️ Stefan Raab 🇩🇪 2000
11:24 ➡️ Alex swings Oscar sings 🇩🇪 2009
13:29 ➡️ Katja Ebstein 🇩🇪 1970
15:30 ➡️ Lena 🇩🇪 2010
17:30 ➡️ Jendrik 🇩🇪 2021
19:19 ➡️ Mary Roos 🇩🇪 1972
21:35 ➡️ Ann Sophie 🇩🇪 2015
23:12 🎉 RESULTS
WE ALSO DID A VIDEO WHERE I SHOWED ZOE MORE SONGS🎥
• FIRST TIME EVER WATCHI...
#eurovision #eurovision2024 #esc24 #eurovisionsongcontest #eurovisionreaction #germany #firstlisten #reaction #reactionvideo #american #americanreacts #unitedbymusic
____
DISCLAIMER: I do not own the audio-visual content.
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS.
![Lp. Сердце Вселенной #60 РОЖДЕНИЕ ЛОЛОЛОШКИ [Финал] • Майнкрафт](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/YoR0pAV9FVQ/mqdefault.jpg)
"They did Joy dirty." Yes, they did.
"They did her dirty” here referred to Ann Sophie. But yes, you're right, it can also refer to Joy.
Hope your channel blows up!! The production quality is top notch, I love it! Greetings from the Netherlands ☺️
Thank you SO much 🥹 that really motivates me
Ann Sophie and Jamie-Lee are two German acts that to this day I don't get how they placed so low.
did you see jamies outfit
Ann Sophie was not selected in Germany for ESC, Andreas Kümmert won but he decided (after he won) that he will give up his place to Ann Sophie. Maybe that influenced some people
Ann Sophie had she same style as Trijntje Oosterhuis(NL) which also didnt qualify so maybe it was kinda dater or something i have no clue
Blood & Glitter is one of my favourite Eurovision entries ever. This is why I love Eurovision, it introduces me to acts I might never have had to oportunity to hear otherwise. Within a week of hearing B & G, I'd bought every studio album from Lord of the Lost, with the exceotuion of their classical crossover works. I listen to them every single day.
Ohhhhh Yes!
Joy Flemming ❤ Legendary
Mir gefiel Taken By A Stranger von Lena so viel besser... aber schwer gleich zweimal hintereinander zu gewinnen.
Danke für ein weiteres tolles Video! ❤
Grüße aus Köln!
danke für deinen lieben Kommentar :)
Taken by a stanger war der viel, viel interessantere Song (was nicht notwendigerweise besser heißt)
You have to understand the time and world events in the 80s to understand why Nicole won. The Cold War was so present, threatened to escalate and people in Europe just wanted real peace. The song simply captured people's attitude to life at the time and that's why people loved this song.
oh yes you are right :) that is probably the reason
Do we really think enough people understood German to take that into consideration at the time? In my case I just like the song, did so long before I learned some German in school.
@@janpersson9818as I remember, she was singing parts of it (or maybe just the refrain) in different languages.
@@juwen7908 I'm pretty sure that was not in the ESC performance as I have seen that quite a few times. I searched for the English version now and it's the first time I have listened to that. As with Nena's 99 luftballons it's 99 times better in German.
@@janpersson9818 She sang the refrain of the Song in different languages. Italian, english, french, spanish and german. And after she won the contest the howl Song was recorded in many different languages.
Very entertaining video, had a great time watching it...thanks! Really great selection of songs as well (maybe could have used some Nussecken und Himbeereis...but maybe next time 😄)
Good idea :) thanks for your comment
Liebe es komplett dass man sieht wie sehr du die Songs liebst, endlich mal ein echter ESC-Fan, so wie du schaue ich auch immer wenn ich die Sachen von Mary Roos, Joy Fleming and Katja Ebstein schaue ❤
Vielen Dank für deinen netten Kommentar :) Die Songs sind auch einfach der Hammer :)
The interesting thing is, if you look at the german contributions as a whole, we are in the Top 10 of most successful countries, though our 70s to 90s period was REALLY good (for the most part), while the last 13 years were not so kind, except for 2 surprises (Michael Schulte und Isaak). But that bad period somehow made us look extremely bad (other countries just had the advantage of that happening before the Internet ^^). Watch Schlager-Lucas "Germany in Eurovision" and you get a really good feel of how good we actually are on the average basis. - Fun video for sure, keep it up!
thanks for your comment :)
Swedish person here - With Nicole's song from 1982 you need nothing more to be a solid ESC country in my eyes. It is THE song that defines Eurovision for me.
I missed Dschingis Khan in that list.
Same. I would have picked either Dschinghis Khan or at least used "Theater" from Katja Ebstein to not have three 70s ballads.
And Johnny Blue.
Great video, loved the idea and the execution, too. Had lots of fun, thanks! 😄
Thank you so much :)
Germany in 2000 🤣 I don't know why, but i like it
same here 🤣
Hmm... Do you perhaps have the "My Eurovision Scoreboard" application, thanks to which you can clearly arrange all the songs from specific years of the Eurovision Song Contest in a short listening session? If so, could you provide your nickname? 😅
Hm - no Cascada and no Lena Valaitis with Jonny Blue?
Ann Sophie didn't deserve the last place - the song is so much better than that. Not necessarily a winner, but she deserved a place in the middle of the field.
PS: Alex Swings Oscar Sings was in 2009, not 2008 - and he didn't finish in the bottom five (Sweden, Malta, Lithuania, Spain and Finland where in the bottom five that year). In 2008 we were in 23rd place with the No Angels.
Joy Flemming is amazing I dont speak a word of German but have always loved this song. She rocked it that night.
you are so right :)
Sehr schönes Video ^^ Gerne mehr. Ich liebe das Format. Daumen hoch
Danke dir :)
You should have reacted to all of the german entries in a compilation video ^^ There are some bangers, especially in the 70s and 80s :)
You kept your word 😃 Here we go again with Zoe and with song by Lena which is my favourite one! Thx for the entertainment 🎉
Thanks for your comment ☺️
Lord of the Lost is one of my favourite bands and I'm still a little sad about the ranking 😅
I might be the only one that likes I Don't Feel Hate...🤣🤣🤣
Amazing video, can you do it with other countries? I loved it
good idea : )
"i don't feel hate" is for me one of the worst Eurovision songs of the 21st century, so I guess so - you're the only person who likes it! 😉😅
Hi Im from Sweden and my favorite German Eurovision song except for ofc Nicole is acually the group Wind with the song Fur Alle and it came 2nd. I also like the other Mary Roos song that she sang in 1984 I think, better than the one from 1972 which is my birth year.
the good old times :) like that :) thanks for your comment
I wrote it already but to be sure you can notice it: "Mary Roos had another ESC appearance in 1984 with "Aufrecht gehn"/ "Go Upright." The day before, she found out from a phone call from a friend of her husband that the friend was pregnant. From Mary's husband. The lyrics of the song are awesome with the context. But she was of course out of control during her performance."
Nice reaction. And you two need to do a part 2,3,4... There is so much more, right? 😉
there is soooo much more :D It's a petty that Zoe is leaving soon :(
Joy was amazing! THE best german soul voice ever. You should also listen to her former bands "Joy Unlimited" or even "Joy & The Hit Kids". They played more of a Beat/Soul/R'n'B type of music. Joy Unlimited's album "Schmetterlinge" is available on Spotify and definitely worth a listen. R.I.P. Joy
you are so right, she is amazing :) thanks for the recommendation
Feuer should've been on this list, she would've really liked it!
You should have included some more Raab productions e.g. like "Guido hat Euch lieb" 😁
Actually Stefan Raab is one of the most successful Eurovision producers from Germany - Lena's was also one of his songs.
Lord of the lost, best band 😌😂 loved the video (and so many of them deserved better…)
you are so right :)
Uwielbiam filmy z Eurowizji. Oglądam ten konkurs co roku od 2004 roku, od 12 roku życia. Poproszę więcej odsłon z reakcji na różne piosenki.
Pozdrowienia z Polski
That was great fun, and very entertaining that Zoe got almost every one of them wrong! 😂
It's still a travesty that Blood and Glitter lost.
Thanks for your comment :)
The song by Joy Fleming was translated into Dutch years later with the title Zing met me mee. It became a hit for Gerard Joling, who also competed in Eurovision in 1988. I was hoping that you would also show the entry by Guildo Horn, titled Guildo hat euch lieb. When I need a good laugh I sometimes watch this hilarious performance on UA-cam. I believe it was written by Stefan Raab whose entry is one of the ones that you showed here.
ohh I did not know that about the Joy Fleming song :o thank you :)
@@AK_loves_Eurovision No, I didn’t know it either when the Dutch version was a hit. Only a couple of years later I heard the original song in a UA-cam compilation like yours about the Eurovision Song Contest. Then I thought that the German song sounded familiar and then realized that I knew the Dutch version, which has completely different lyrics by the way.
It was so sad that Ann Sophie came last. It ruined her self esteem. She was (still is) so talented, but was too afraid to show herself performing the years after ESC…. 🥺 she didn’t deserve that. Her entry definitely had Top 10 potential ✨
Joy Fleming? Legend. Nothing more to say 🤩
you are sooooooo right :)
Bitte mehr davon 😅❤
Danke :) freut mich, wenn es dir gefällt :)
Eurovison is also a political, everytime Germany has a good standing around the other countries they are placed better.
Also the situation the world is in has a big influence like Nicole with " ein bisschen Frieden" hit the spirit of the time, because the fear of existing and starting wars the massage " a little peace" helped the song a lot.
In the last years Ukraine got good positions on the Eurovision, and in my opinion it was not because the song or talent at least not alone.
Joy was made fun of like an old matron and the dress was forced on her. She was 30 yo.
Nicole's song spoke to people's hearts because it was the time of the nuclear arms race and cold war. In the GDR it wasn't welcomed and wasn't played on the radio because they (the higher ups) didn't just want "a little peace". I guess it was more that West Germany won and the socialistic countrys didn't competed at all.
Mary Roos had another ESC appearance in 1984 with "Aufrecht gehn"/"Go Upright." The day before, she found out from a phone call from a friend of her husband that the friend was pregnant. From Mary's husband. The lyrics of the song are awesome with the context. But no ones knew about it. But she was of course out of control during her performance.
Guildo Horn's song was written by Stefan Raab, also to break up the ESC's rigid image. Guildo was the first artist to leave the stage during the performance.
Since you talked about Las Vegas, look at the opening of the ESC 2011 in Düsseldorf. approx. 8 min. Video title Eurovision Song Contest 2011 - Grand Final - Full Show
(Imo you shouldn't tell her before how many ⬆️ and ⬇️ songs it will be.)
Thanks for your comment :) A lot of good information
I agree with you, that 'I don't feel hate' is childish. But if I had kids, I would be afraid of playing it to them, cause probably they would like it and play it again and again and... (Dauerschleife)
until my head exploded 🤯🤣
Greetings from Berlin 😎
Love the reaction and the concept but girl i know you didn't choose Wunder gibt es immer wieder over Theater
AK.. You are Eurovision star ⭐🇬🇷💛
hahhhaa no I am not :D but thank you :)
@@AK_loves_Eurovision you are a dj Eurovision girl🎙️😏
We should have sent Electric Callboy. I still don't get why they decided against them.
I agree, that Joy Fleming’s song was one of the best, that Germany ever sent to the competition. Ann Sophie also gave a powerful performance and was really robbed in 2015. On the other end of the scale and as the worst of these ten entries, I would place „Ein bisschen Frieden“ from Nicole, which is just super kitschy and annoying.
Kitschy in Eurovision, say it ain't so ;) I like it and one of the Eurovision winners I'll remember more quickly should I have to make a list out of my head.
While it's absolutely not my style I like "Ein bisschen Frieden" a lot. The message is great and I really like her voice.
Schade, Texas Lightning und Guildo Horn hast du definitiv vergessen. Chance verpasst. Ihr müsst einen zweiten Teil machen mit Dschingis Kahn oder Lena Valaites
gute Idee :)
everyone who stans Joy Fleming has good taste haha
@@whatthehellisthisname haha thanks 😊 she is a legend 🎉
More of this her reaction to german music
Lena Meyer is legendary ❤
Echt tolles Video! Ihr solltet mal "Allemagne zero points" von Jan Böhmermann zusammen angucken, wäre bestimmt lustig.
ohhh ja :) Das muss ich Zoe mal zeigen
Ich glaub einfach, dass Problem bei Ann-Sophie war, dass sie in den Vorentscheids nicht die erste Wahl war. War zumindest die Zeit, wo das ja so richtig losging, dass genug Leute die einzelnen Vorentscheids der Länder auch verfolgt haben. Und soweit ich noch in Erinnerung habe, war das ja medial sehr präsent, dass Andreas Kümmert zurückgetreten ist und sie somit Nachrückerin war. Würde mich nicht wundern, wenn das dann auch im Ausland die Runde gemacht hat und daher vielleicht der Fokus auf andere Teilnehmer gewandert ist. Ich mein, 2022 und 2023 haben perfekt gezeigt, dass der letzte Platz nicht gleich heißt, dass man überhaupt nicht beim Publikum ankommt. Bei den beiden Jahren lagen wir in den einzelnen Länder-Votings recht gut im Mittelfeld, nicht häufig auch knapp an der Top10 vorbei. Nur leider muss man in der Bewertung mind. unter den 10 besten kommen, um überhaupt Punkte erzielen zu können. Hab mich mit der 2015er Punktevergabe nicht so ausführlich beschäftigt, kann mir aber vorstellen, dass da ein ähnliches Problem vorliegt. Und wir dürfen auch nicht vergessen: 2015 war ein extrem starkes Jahr, wäre sie mit dem Song ein Jahr später gestartet, sähe das ganze vielleicht ganz anders aus!😄
Voll gut analysiert 😳 du hast Recht. Ich kann mir auch vorstellen, dass jede/r Kommentator:in vor ihrem Auftritt gesagt hat „She’s only the second choice”. Hat dann einen komischen Beigeschmack. Und 2015 war echt stark. Habe „goodbye to yesterday“ immer noch in meiner playlist :D
@@AK_loves_Eurovision Oh ja der Song ist echt n Ohrwurm! Ich persönlich komm immer noch nicht damit klar, dass Italien trotz der hohen Televotes nur 3. geworden ist 🫣
Und danke, hab von 2016-23 so ne kleine Affinität gehabt und mich intensiver damit beschäftigt, nachdem aber der NDR in der Vorauswahl n Rückschritt gemacht hatte, hats mir zumindest dieses Jahr die Freude daran genommen 😅
I miss Wir geben ne Party
hahhhhaaa great song ;D
Darf ich fragen, wo in Deutschland du lebst? :)
for me jamie-Lee and S!sters deserved better places, i missed Guildo Horn :D
Wo ist Michael Schulte You let me walk alome?
vielleicht im nächsten Video :)
JA!! Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein ist der beste Song, der nie den Contest gewonnen hat!
Schade das 1998 nicht vertreten war.
Wo war Guildo Horn ?????
vielleicht beim nächsten Mal :)
Waas kein Dschingis Khan? :D
Vielleicht beim nächsten Mal :D
You can regarera on Titanic 1997 pls pls
💋💓
Guildo Horn is the best
Since Lena I don't know any of these and i am German. But the rock group was criminally low rated
In Eurovision waren nie die guten Lieder von Deutschland !
.....ernsthaft ?