Doctor from North Rhine-Westphalia wants to represent Germany at ESC - and this is what his swingeling song sounds like

Created: 01/05/2022, 05:46 AM

From: Julia Hanigk

Who will sing for Germany at the next ESC in Italy?

Among the applicants is a doctor who normally works in the hospital.

Borken - Germany's participation in the ESC has not been crowned with success lately.

Lena Meyer-Landrut landed first place with “Satellite” in 2010, but no one has been able to build on that.

Last year, Jendrik Sigwart only came second to last with his song, after which he gave drunken interviews.

So now the question arises again for 2022: Who dares to get into the ring?

The metal band "Eskimo Callboy" had already expressed interest.

Your drummer David Friedrich is also known from his participation in the RTL show “Die Bachelorette”, which he won, even if his relationship didn't last.

ESC 2022: Will a doctor sing for Germany next?

Now a new candidate is starting the conversation: Dr.

Alexander Brock.

The 58-year-old is actually a doctor and heads the internal medicine department at St. Marien Hospital in Borken.

In addition to his job, the doctor appears under his stage name "Doc Brock".

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how the ESC application came about: “[...] rather coincidentally.

I sat with my producer, with whom I have been working for a long time, and we saw that you can now apply for the ESC.

So we thought: “Let's just apply.” “That was in November - an application“ from the hip ”, he explains.

With a swing song called "Swingelingding for Europe".

ESC 2022: "Hope for a benevolent jury and nice reactions from the audience"

The musician-doctor uses singing as a change from his stressful everyday clinical routine.

“Writing, singing and producing songs is a real strength booster for me.

In my free time I need something that distracts me from the stress of the hospital and that's where the music is ideal.

I just feel lucky when I deal with this topic, ”says Alexander Brock.

He goes on to explain: “Of course I'm curious to see how far I'll get and hope for a benevolent jury and nice reactions from the audience.

But music remains my hobby, the job in the hospital is still in the foreground. ”In any case, he gets support from his colleagues.

A decision as to who will be allowed to compete for Germany will be made by ARD in March 2022.