German broadcaster, SWR, has confirmed to ESCToday that Germany will compete at the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest in Switzerland.
Thus Germany joins the list of countries who have so far confirmed their participation at the forthcoming 2026 Eurovision edition.
As of 2026 German broadcaster SWR will be responsible for coordinating Germany’s involvement at the the Eurovision Song Contest. NDR has officially handed over the baton to SWR. NDR has been responsible for Germany’s Eurovision project for the past years.
Hence for the forthcoming Eurovision season SWR will be responsible to organize the German Eurovision selection. SWR has already kicked off initial preparations for Eurovision 2026.
SWR and ARD are yet to determine the mechanism Germany will use to select the 2026 Germany act and entry. More details regarding the German Eurovision 2026 plan of action are expected to be unveiled in due time.
Germany in Eurovision
Germany debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1956 and is one of the founder members of the competition. The country has won the competition twice (1982, 2010) and succesfully has hosted the event thrice (Frankfurt 1958, Munich 1983, Dusseldorf 2011).
Germany has participated 68 times at the Eurovision Song Contest and has only missed out once when it was relegated in 1996. In 1996 a special audio semi-final was held for the Eurovision edition in Oslo, Germany was one of the non-qualifying nations along with Denmark, Israel, Russia, Hungary, Romania and North Macedonia (FYR Macedonia).
Abor & Tynna represented Germany at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel with their entry ‘Baller’ achieving a 15th place in the Grand Final.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rrWZ6cldsA
