Winner of the preliminary round
From church appearances to the big ESC stage: This is Isaak Guderian
Isaak Guderian is going to the ESC for Germany
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Singer Isaak Guderian asserted himself against strong competition in the German ESC preliminary round. How the East Westphalian came to music and what we should definitely not expect from his ESC appearance.
“From the tip of my toes to the top of my hair, I’m so excited,” says Isaak Guderian about the upcoming ESC this year. The East Westphalian will compete for Germany in Malmö. The bar isn’t set particularly high; the Hamburg band Lord of the Lost ultimately took last place last year. ESC expert and presenter Barbara Schöneberger said after the preliminary decision that she was optimistic about this year’s song contest.
ESC 2024: This is Isaak Guderian
“Always on the Run”, Isaak’s winning title, is quite catchy. A melodic pop song whose chorus definitely has the potential to be a sing-along – especially in a large ESC hall in Malmö. The song is about Isaac’s tendency to focus on the beautiful things in his life. He likes to push negative things aside, he said in his official ESC interview. “Which isn’t healthy at all,” he relented. “This creates a huge thunderstorm and I run away from it,” he explained. “Always on the Run”.
After Lord of the Lost represented Hamburg at the ESC last year, Isaak, a musician from North Rhine-Westphalia, is now in the race. He was born in Espelkamp, a town of 25,000 people in the Minden-Lübbecke district. He already tried his luck as a street musician and in various talent shows (including “X Factor” in 2011), but great success did not materialize. Until now.
The first time he was on stage was in his community, he revealed. Even as a child, he loved being close to music: “My father was an elder and worship leader and I was already singing and playing the drums as a little boy,” said Isaak.
Married to a woman
Isaak has often caused a stir on the street with his appearance, he told “Brisant” last summer. Many people think he is gay because of his looks. “It doesn’t add up in people’s minds that someone is walking around and on the one hand is wearing a bobble-headed earring, a piercing in their nose, dyes their hair and has a perm, and yet on the other hand is married to a woman and has two children,” he said at the time.
“I decided to wear nail polish when I heard someone say about me, ‘Has Isaak dyed his hair? Is he gay? That looks so gay.’ At that moment I thought, ‘Even more reason to do it! Nose piercing, earring, nail polish, here we go!'” he explained on Instagram.
He expects points primarily from Iceland – and there is a personal reason for that. Isaak is half Icelandic. So if he doesn’t get a point from the island, “they should be ashamed of themselves,” said the singer. Of course, it is not yet clear what his appearance will look like. Only one thing should be clear: that he doesn’t dance. When asked about his favorite dance moves with which he could convince Europe, Isaak said: “I don’t dance.”
The ESC final will take place on May 11th this year.
source: ESC Youtube
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