Whilst reaction to the three German songs have been on the whole positive, there are some rumbling undertones of discontent circulating about two of the three entries. Whilst Roger Cicero's entry has become very popular since eurovision.de published the three German entries online earlier this week, the songs by Monrose and Heinz Rudolf Kunzeare been questioned for orginality. esctoday.com spoke to NDR today and confirmed that the songs are not under suspicion.
The Eurovision-austria team reported onthe are striking similarities between the Monrose entry and Shiri Maimon's Hasheket Shenishar, which came fourth for Israel in 2005 at the Eurovision Song Contest. They also claim a more than similar link between Heinz Rudolf Kunze's song and Start me up by the Rolling Stones! They have published a comparison link that can be found here.
esctoday.com contacted NDR and have discussed the songs in depth. There have been no complaints of plagarism to the broadcaster, but reproaches will be checked. Although there are similarities between the songs and the songs linked to them, the same can be said for thousands of songs.
Suggestions of similarities between songs competing in national finals and other songs are common place, and there is not enough evidence to suggest plagarism. NDR believes that the songs meet all the criteria to stand and there is no investigation. The three songs published will go forward and participate in the German final.
