GERMANY Yesterday Iveta Mukuchyan claimed she was considered as an option to represent Germany in Eurovision but she thinks that NDR’s negative decision was due to the Eurovision 2016 Green Room incident with the NAGORNO-KARABAKH flag.
Today, NDR gave explanations to regional fan site in Germany stating that indeed Iveta was shortlisted as potential representative. But the reason for not choosing her was not the incident or any other political one. Simply, NDR doesn’t want to be represented in Eurovision with an artist already been on the Eurovision stage.
THE NDR STATEMENT
For the selection process, Digame and NDR agreed that Germany should not be represented at Eurovision by artists who have already competed for another country. Iveta Mukuchyan was mistakenly included in the first selection for 2021 and Digame was informed. For the sole reason that he had already participated in Eurovision for Armenia, he was cancelled for the selection. There was no other reason or separate agreement with the NDR. Political statements played no role.