Chefsache ESC 2025 – Wer singt für Deutschland? In a
competition spanning four shows from 14 February to 1 March 2025, the selection of 3,281 applicants was narrowed down to 24 competing acts who performed cover songs and their own original songs. Following the elimination of 15 more acts, the final and superfinal took place on 1 March. As opposed to previous years, the winner was solely selected through public voting. An early favourite of jury panel members
Conchita Wurst and
Nico Santos, the duo won the public voting with 34.9% of all the votes. As a nod to their father, a cellist of the
Vienna Philharmonic, their performance most notably included the destruction of a cello.
At Eurovision The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 took place at
St. Jakobshalle in
Basel, Switzerland, and consisted of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 13 and 15 May and the final on 17 May 2025. As is a member of the
Big Five, "Baller" automatically qualified for the grand final. Nevertheless, the song was performed in the second semi-final albeit in a non-competitive spot, between 's
Yuval Raphael and 's
Princ. Abor & Tynna performed a repeat of their performance in the grand final on 17 May. The song was performed 16th, after 's
Justyna Steczkowska and before 's
Klavdia. In the final, "Baller" received 77 points from the juries (including two sets of 12 points from and ) and 74 points from the televote (including one set of 12 points from the artists' native ), making a total of 151 points, resulting in 15th place. ==Track listing==