The singer and former Grand Prix participant Guildo Horn pleads for a German break at the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) in view of the series of bankruptcies. “Unfortunately, the light at the end of the tunnel seems to be off,” wrote the 60-year-old on Monday night in a Facebook post. “My tip: Just take a break and invest the money you save (Germany is one of the major sponsors of the ESC) sensibly.”
A lot of useful things came to mind, such as building day-care centers or supporting the food bank, says Horn. “Maybe in a few years we’ll start again with a new responsible creative team with a certain lightness of being. That helps immensely when making music!”
Horn competed at ESC 1998 in Birmingham 25 years ago. The Trierer came in seventh with the song “Guildo hat Euch lieb!”
In Germany at the ESC, he feels “reminded of our current national football team,” wrote Horn. “There have been no successes for years, but at the official level you don’t dare to make a real new start and keep stirring the same sticky bowl.” But that’s not going to happen.
The reason why Germany’s rock band Lord Of The Lost ended up at the bottom “in such a mediocre starting field” is a sign that Germany doesn’t seem to be a favorite in Europe, said Horn. “There’s a lot to speculate about as to ‘why’. I might do that when I’m even older.”
In any case, he couldn’t remember any song from the song contest finale, the singer wrote. “I was never really taken with me.” The title of the Swedish repeat winner Loreen is the second infusion of something she has experienced for a long time. (dpa)