Sarah, Engels, the 2026 German Eurovision hopeful, has released the official music vide of her Eurovision entry ‘Fire’.

Sarah Engels was crowned the winner of the 2026 German national final and will have the grand honour of flying the German flag at the ESC 2026 in Vienna with her entry ‘Fire‘. She has released the official music video of her ESC entry:

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.


Sanjay (Sergio) joined esctoday.com in December 2006 as an editor. He was appointed as the Head of Press of ESCToday.com in 2011. Hereafter in 2016 he was promoted as the Head of International Relations & Communications at ESCToday. Sergio has covered the Eurovision Song Contest live 23 times since 2000, having worked for several international magazines and media outlets.