Overview
- Anna-Carina Woitschack, who performed on Saturday’s live ZDF show from Göttingen, sang “Dieses Gefühl” as her parents watched in the audience.
- Her father, Wendolin Woitschack, 81, fought back tears during the performance in a rare public outing after a long illness.
- Coverage recalls his medical course, with a lymph node cancer diagnosis in summer 2024, two failed chemotherapies, and an antibody therapy in August 2025 that brought improvement.
- Germany’s ESC act Sarah Engels used the broadcast to test staging for Vienna, switching to two dancers and a black‑gold outfit as she continues to refine the performance before the May 16 final.
- Around three million people watched the live broadcast, which mixed star turns with lighter bits like a Vanessa Mai–Beatrice Egli music quiz that ended with a joking nod to Mai’s family link to Andrea Berg.