Germany: Lord of Lost to Eurovision 2023 with the song 'Blood & Glitter'

• The gothic metal band from Hamburg, Lord of Lost, won the German national final singing 'Blood & Glitter' and will be representing the country at Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool.

  German has decided to rock the rooftop off in Liverpool with Lord of Lorst bringing their 'Blood & Glitter' at Eurovision 2023. 

  The Germany national final for Eurovision 2023 'Unser Lied für Liverpool' took place this evening at the MMC Studios in Cologne. The show saw a total of eight contestants taking the stage while the show will be hosted by Barbara Schöneberger. 

  Namely the eight acts that competed in this evening's national final were: 

   

  TRONG – “Dare to be Different“

  
  René Miller – “Concrete Heart“

  
  Anica Russo – “Once Upon a Dream“

  
  Lonely Spring – “Misfit“

  
  Will Church – “Hold On“

  
  Patty Gurdy – “Melodies of Hope“

  
  Ikke Hüftgold – “Lied mit gutem Text”

  
  Lord Of The Lost – “Blood and Glitter“

   

  Frida Gold with “Alle Frauen in mir sind müde”, was initially set to take part in the final but due to illness she decided to withdraw from the selection. 

   

  The results

  The outcome of the selection was influenced by an online voting which had already opened days before the show, televoting during the show and jury voting. The results from the online voting were added to those of the televoting and contributed together by 50% to the final results.

  The rest 50% was determined by an international jury formed by music experts and professionals coming from eight countries. Specifically, the jurors that formed the 8 international juries came from Switzerland, the Netherlands, Finland, Spain, Lithuania, Ukraine, Austria and the United Kingdom. Each jury awarded 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 points to the contestants. 

  In the Jury voting Will Church with 'Hold On' came first followed by Anica Russo in second place while Rene Miller came third. 

  Draw	Song									Total
  5	"Hold On"	12	10	8	12	12	12	12	12	90
  3	"Once Upon a Dream"	8	4	10	2	10	10	10	3	57
  2	"Concrete Heart"	10	8	4	10	3	8	3	8	54
  1	"Dare to Be Different"	4	12	2	6	8	6	4	10	52
  9	"Blood and Glitter"	6	3	12	3	4	3	8	4	43
  4	"Misfit"	2	6	6	4	6	4	6	6	40
  6	"Melodies of Hope"	3	1	3	8	2	2	2	1	22
  7	"Lied mit gutem Text"	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	10

   

  However in the other 50% of the results, public voted gave to  Lord of Lost , a massive total 146 points while Ikke Huftgold came second with 101 points and Parry Gurdy finished third. Inspite of coming 5th in the Jury voting Lord of Lost were crowned winners after the public votes was added in. 

  Here is how the scoreboard turned out with all the votings included: 

  9	Lord of the Lost	"Blood and Glitter"	43	146	189	1
  7	Ikke Hüftgold	"Lied mit gutem Text"	10	101	111	2
  5	Will Church	"Hold On"	90	21	111	3
  1	Trong	"Dare to Be Different"	52	19	71	4
  4	Lonely Spring	"Misfit"	40	30	70	5
  3	Anica Russo	"Once Upon a Dream"	57	8	65	6
  2	René Miller	"Concrete Heart"	54	8	62	7
  6	Patty Gurdy	"Melodies of Hope"	22	34	56	8

  A few words for Lord of Lost

  Lord of the Lost is a German gothic metal band from Hamburg. The band was formed by singer and frontman Chris Harms.

  Lord of the Lost was founded in mid-2007 by Chris Harms as a solo project. While working on the initial songs and publishing them on MySpace, Harms received a lot of positive reception and realized that he would require a full band to play them live. He recruited other musicians from his friends in the Hamburg music scene to form the band and begin working on the first album.Harms originally called the project Lord, but changed the name of the band to Lord of the Lost to avoid possible name disputes with Lordi and The Lords.Before Lord of the Lost, Harms was a singer and guitarist of the rock band Philiae (1999–2004), a guitarist and second singer with the glam metal band The Pleasures (2004–2007), as well as a musician on various projects like Big Boy and Unterart.
  

  The debut single Dry the Rain was released in 2009 and the debut album Fears was released in 2010 with the independent label Out of Line. In spring 2011, the band released Sex on Legs as the first single from their second album, Antagony. In summer 2012, Lord of the Lost released their third album Die Tomorrow. 

  In February 2014, drummer Christian Schellhorn left the band and was replaced by Tobias Mertens. In December 2016, guitarist Bo Six announced that he would be leaving the band for professional and private reasons. In early January 2017, the band announced their new guitarist π (Pi).In July 2017, Tobias Mertens announced that, for private and professional reasons, he would be taking a time-out from Lord of the Lost.Niklas Kahl has stepped in as drummer for live performances.

  Up to date the band consists of the following members: 

  • Chris "The Lord" Harms – vocals, guitar, cello (2007–present)
  • Class Grenayde (Klaas Helmecke) – bass (2008–present)
  • Gared Dirge (Gerrit Heinemann) – piano, synthesizer, percussion, guitar, theremin (2010–present)
  • π (Pi Stoffers) – guitar (2016–present)
  • Niklas Kahl – drums (2017–present)

   

  Germany as a Big-5 country has a secured spot in the Grand final show set for May 13, 2023. 

   

   

   

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Angelos D.
Loyal follower of the Eurovision Song Contest since 1987, I've made the competition one of the stories of my life. After attending as accredited press the event for 13 consecutive years along with the 2017-2024 JESC editions, I also enjoy the last three years sharing more Eurovision music through the Eurofans radio's project.