That might be true, but when i decided to participate, i also decided that i will only consider german-language songs. If everyone picks english songs, this competition makes no sense in my opinion.
I also could have picked songs by Robin Schulz, Felix Jaehn, Zedd and so on ... but then this competition comes just down to "who wins" and i then i wouldnt be interested in it anymore, i think the aim should be to pick:
- lesser know artists from your home country that most foreign/non-german people would otherwise never hear of
- songs in the country's own language, because language is the key to understand other cultures and maybe some people will see that german can be a very nice-sounding language too
For example, this used to be one of my favorite songs when i was young and i still like it, but how exactly does it "represent" Germany? It could be from artists from any other country and you wouldn't hear the difference, so what is the point of entering it as a german song in a competition ... ?
I also could have picked this song, but it would have been the same problem ...