Germany competed in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in France, which was held on 26 November 2023 in Nice.
[1][2] The song was notable for being the first time a Junior Eurovision participant performed in sign language as well as vocals.
[8] However, in early August it was reported that more details regarding the country's participation would be revealed at the end of the month,[9] and on 23 August it was revealed that a national final with 5 acts approached by the public broadcaster NDR would be held in September to select the German act for the contest instead.
Following the combination of the results of the online voting (50%) and an international expert jury (50%), German child singer of Chinese descent Fia was announced as the winner of the selection on 18 September.
[11][14][15][16] The international jury consisted of singers Kelvin Jones, Tom Gregory and Christopher, as well as other, unnamed members from France, Germany, Poland, Portugal and the United Kingdom.
[22] The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 took place at Palais Nikaïa in Nice, France on 26 November 2023.
The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and began right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes.