# Germany in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024

Germany is set to take part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Madrid, Spain, with "Save the Best for Us" performed by Bjarne. ARD consortium member Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) and children's television channel Kika are responsible for the country's participation in the contest, and selected the German entrant and song through a national final.

## Background

Prior to the 2024 contest, Germany had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest three times since its debut in 2020; before their first appearance, Germany was set to take part in 2003 and 2004, however withdrew from both editions before the contest was held. The country entered the competition twice before 2022, when it took a "creative break" due to partial travel warnings for host country Armenia issued by the Federal Foreign Office, however still broadcast the contest on Kika. Germany returned the following year, represented by Fia with the song "Ohne Worte", and ended up in 9th place out of 16 entries with 107 points, marking its first entrance into the top ten and therefore its best result in the contest to date.
Children's television channel Kika, a joint venture of the German national broadcasters ARD and ZDF, broadcasts the event within Germany and organises the selection of the nation's entry in collaboration with the northern German broadcaster NDR, which had also been responsible for organising Germany's participation at the adult contest since 1996.

## Before Junior Eurovision
### National final

NDR and Kika confirmed their intention to participate in the 2024 contest on 15 May 2024, also revealing that the selection process for the German entry would follow a similar format to 2023 and not feature a submission process for interested artists, as the organisers instead opted to scout for potential participants behind closed doors.
The German entry for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 was selected through a national final, as announced on 19 June 2024. The five participants were chosen in collaboration with the production company Bildergarten Entertainment [de] and unveiled on 21 June, along with one-minute excerpts of the demo versions of their songs and presentation videos recorded in Hamburg; a voting platform was launched immediately afterwards where viewers from Germany, as well as neighbouring Austria and Switzerland, could cast their votes until 30 June. The winner was selected by a 50/50 combination of votes from an international jury and the online vote, with the latter taking precedence in the event of a tie, and announced on 1 July 2024.
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Jury | Online vote | Place |
| Bellamore | "Too Cool" | Debby van Dooren [de]Simon Tellier | 3rd | 3rd | 3 |
| Bjarne | "Save the Best for Us" | Ignacio UriarteKai Oliver KrugThomas Meilstrup | 1st | 1st | 1 |
| Franz | "Komplett" | David Jürgens [de]Guido von MonrathMartin Fliegenschmidt [de]Vincent Matscheko | 5th | 5th | 5 |
| Greta | "All of Me" | Nico BosslauTeodora ŠpirićThomas Thurner | 4th | 4th | 4 |
| Julius | "Jupiter" | Debby van DoorenSimon Tellier | 2nd | 2nd | 2 |

### Preparation

The full version of "Save the Best for Us" was recorded in late July and early August 2024, and was released in September 2024.

## At Junior Eurovision

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is set to take place at Caja Mágica in Madrid, Spain on 16 November 2024. Germany will perform 11th, following Spain and preceding the Netherlands.

### Voting

The same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition will be used, where the results will be determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. Every country has a national jury that consists of three music industry professionals and two children aged between 10 and 15 who are citizens of the country they represent. The rankings of those jurors are combined to make an overall top ten.
The online voting consists of two phases. The first phase of the online voting will begin on 15 November 2024 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances is shown on the contest's website Junioreurovision.tv before the viewers can vote. After this, voters will also have the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting will end on 16 November at 17:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting will take place during the live show and begin right after the last performance and will be open for 15 minutes. International viewers will be able vote for three songs. They will also be able to vote for their own country's song. These votes will then be turned into points which will be determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song receives 10% of the votes, it will receive 10% of the available points.