The singer Malik Harris will represent Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) in Turin in May.
Harris won the German preliminary round against five competitors on Friday evening with his song "Rockstars".
The 24-year-old from Landsberg am Lech was able to assert himself in the sum of the votes from radio listeners and television viewers.
After juries had recently determined the German ESC starter, ARD had radio listeners and television viewers vote this year.
In the vote of the radio stations, Harris was still in second place behind the duo Mael and Jonas.
But because he received by far the most votes from the television audience, he was able to prevail in the end.
The show, moderated by Barbara Schöneberger, was also marked by the war in Ukraine.
In a moving performance, the Ukrainian ESC winner from 2014, Jamala, sang her then winning song "1944".
Jamala, who fled Kyiv herself, called on people to help end the war.
The ESC final, which will take place on May 14th, is in Italy because last year the Italian band Maneskin won the world's most acclaimed music competition.