Sarah Engels, the 2026 German Eurovision hopeful has covered the Italian 1958 Eurovision entry ‘Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu’ by Domenico Modugno.

Sarah Engels was crowned the winner of the 2026 German national final and will have the grand honour of representing Italy at the forthcoming 2026 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna with her entry ‘Fire’.

She has covered Domenico Modugno‘s iconic1958 Eurovision entry ‘Nel Blue Dipinto Di Blue‘:

Germany at Eurovision

Germany is one of the founder members of the Eurovision Song Contest having debuted in the very first contest in 1956. The country has won the contest twice (1982/ 2010) and hosted the event thrice: Frankfurt Am Main (1957), Munich (1983), Dusseldorf (2011).


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.