Germany was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Save the Best for Us", written by Ignacio Uriarte, Kai Oliver Krug, and Thomas Meilstrup, and performed by Bjarne. The German participating broadcasters on behalf of ARD, member (NDR) and children's television channel Kika, selected their entry through a national final.
Background
Prior to the 2024 contest, Germany had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest three times since its debut in ; before their first appearance, Germany was set to take part in and , but withdrew from both editions before the contest was held. The country entered the competition twice before , when it took a "creative break" due to partial travel warnings for host country Armenia issued by the Federal Foreign Office, however still broadcast the contest on Kika. Germany returned , represented by Fia with the song "", and ended up in 9th place out of 16 entries with 107 points, marking its first entrance into the top ten and therefore its best result in the contest to date.
Children's television channel Kika, a joint venture of the German national broadcasters ARD and ZDF, broadcasts the event within Germany and organises the selection of the nation's entry in collaboration with the northern German broadcaster NDR, which had also been responsible for organising Germany's participation at the adult contest since 1996.
Before Junior Eurovision
National final NDR and Kika confirmed their intention to participate in the 2024 contest on 15 May 2024, also revealing that the selection process for the German entry would follow a similar format to and not feature a submission process for interested artists, as the organisers instead opted to scout for potential participants behind closed doors.
The German entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 was selected through a national final, as announced on 19 June 2024. The five participants were chosen in collaboration with the production company and unveiled on 21 June, along with one-minute excerpts of the demo versions of their songs and presentation videos recorded in Hamburg; a voting platform was launched immediately afterwards where viewers from Germany, as well as neighbouring Austria and Switzerland, could cast their votes until 30 June. The winner was selected by a 50/50 combination of votes from an international jury and the online vote, with the latter taking precedence in the event of a tie, and announced on 1 July 2024. ArtistSongSongwriter(s)JuryOnlinevotePlaceBellamore"Too Cool"3rd3rd3 Bjarne"Save the Best for Us"1st1st1Franz""5th5th5Greta"All of Me"4th4th4Julius""2nd2nd2
Preparation The full version of "Save the Best for Us" was recorded in late July and early August 2024, and was released in September 2024.
At Junior Eurovision The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is set to take place at in Madrid, Spain on 16 November 2024. Germany will perform 11th, following and preceding the .
Voting
At the end of the show, Germany received 14 points from juries and 57 points from online voting, placing 11th.
+ Points awarded to Germany Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point Germany received 57 points from the online vote
+ Points awarded by Germany Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Detailed voting results The following members comprised the German jury:https://junioreurovision.tv/event/madrid-2024/final/jury Louis Munsch Markus Pingel Anna Hirschgänger Elin Mia Hoffmann Jenny Beyer
+ Draw Country Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points 01 14 11 10 10 13 15 02 9 14 1 13 8 7 4 03 1 2 11 14 9 4 7 04 12 12 6 4 12 11 05 15 15 3 8 6 10 1 06 4 6 7 2 2 3 8 07 13 13 8 12 14 16 08 8 9 16 6 7 12 09 2 7 9 1 3 2 10 10 3 4 12 11 16 8 3 11 12 11 5 14 9 10 13 13 16 16 5 16 11 14 14 6 8 15 3 15 9 2 15 5 1 2 7 1 1 12 16 7 10 4 15 4 6 5 17 10 3 13 5 5 5 6
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