ARD - The German Broadcasting Service informed that the final of Chefsache 2025 - The German preselection for ESC 2025 will be on 1/3/25. The German preselection for ESC 2025 consist of 3 rounds and 1 Grand Final. 3281 songs had reached the ARD commitee.  The ARD commitee are going to select 24 songs to partcipate in the Chefsache. In the first  rounds on 14&15/2/24 , In each first rounds 12 songs are going to compete and 7 songs from each round will proceed to the third round on 22/2/25. . In the third round Stefan Raab and the committee are going to decide which 9 songs of the 14 are going to proceed to final. In the final on 1/3/25 public voting only are going to determine the German representative to ESC 2025.