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Immune to bankruptcy: Jendrik is still happy
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The Hamburg singer Jendrik, 26, was never considered a favorite in the Eurovision Song Contest held yesterday.
It was surprising that his song “I don't feel hate” met with so little approval: Jendrik only achieved 25th place and thus the penultimate place in Rotterdam.
The spectators in 39 countries let him go completely empty, after all he got three points from the juries, namely two from Austria and one from Romania.
Only Great Britain did worse with a double zero.
Three out of a total of 4554 points - this disastrous result does not spoil the good mood of the ESC candidate: »I am really happy!
That's full of shit to say now, isn't it?
But I'm honest, "Jendrik told the" Bild "newspaper.
He had already suspected in the run-up to the competition that he would not meet expectations.
But he achieved his goal by convincing the German juries of his song: »I knew that› I don't feel Hate ‹was not my best song, I have better ones,« says Jendrik, »but I also knew that I am selected by the German juries for the ESC only with this song.
A little sneaky, isn't it? "
Jendrik: The main thing is to have more followers
Apparently his own career and social media presence were more important to Jendrik than an ESC triumph: "I got 8,000 new followers on Instagram today, since my nomination there have been 30,000," said the singer.
“I have now also saved up a bit of money that I will invest in the production of new music.
I'll be recording new songs next week. "
The fact that Jendrik calculated a setback does not seem to bother the responsible broadcaster NDR either.
There the failure was taken up calmly, it wasn't the first.
Germany was penultimate two and four years ago, and last five and six years ago, and in 2015 it received zero points.
The German ESC bankruptcy series of the past few years was only interrupted once in 2018 when Michael Schulte landed in fourth place.
The last great success was a long time ago and is rooted in the Stefan Raab era: In 2010 Lena Meyer-Landrut won with »Satellite«.
The winner in Rotterdam has now been Italy - the country's third victory after 1990 and 1964.
French-language songs and contributions from France and Switzerland came in second and third.
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