For the first time since 2007, Germany are sending a song in their native language to the Eurovision Song Contest and that song will be ‘Baller’ by Abor & Tynna.
Read on to learn about the sibling duo, their career so far and their journey to Eurovision 2025.
Who are Abor & Tynna?
Abor & Tynna are the stage names of brother and sister duo Attila and Tünde Bornemisza who were born in Vienna to a Hungarian father and a Romanian mother. Their father has been a cellist with the Vienna Philharmonic for over 30 years and both Abor and Tynna were classically trained as children, with Tynna winning national and state prizes for her flute playing while Abor followed in his father’s footsteps and learned the cello.
As he got older, Abor became interested in technology and discovered the music-making software GarageBand. In 2016, Abor uploaded a song onto SoundCloud with Tynna featured as the vocalist. Their mother subsequently shared this on her Facebook page where it caught the attention of a producer who invited the pair to his recording studio in Vienna which kick-started their music career.
Career and the Road to Eurovision
Although Abor & Tynna are representing Germany this year, they could have represented Austria. Around 2020, the siblings were approached to participate in the internal selection for Austria’s Eurovision entry; they declined, having never performed live before. Instead, they released a handful of singles which caught the attention of music industry professionals, leading Abor & Tynna to be the support act of Nina Chuba‘s opening show of her Glas tour in Bremen in April 2024.
At the suggestion of their record label, Jive Germany, Abor & Tynna applied for the German national final Chefsache ESC – Wer singt für Deutschland? They initially auditioned for the process with the song ‘Babylon’ which features on their debut album ‘Bittersüß’, which was released on 14th February to coincide with the first show of Chefsache ESC.
Due to the format of Chefsache ESC, which saw participants perform either covers or their original works in the early heats, it was not certain which album track (if any) would be in contention to represent Germany. It was later revealed at the post-show press conference that an English-language song had been written specifically to go to Eurovision. However, this all changed thanks to Chefsache ESC’s producer Stefan Raab, who heard a clip of ‘Baller’ on the pair’s Instagram page and felt the song’s catchy hook would be a good fit for the contest. It was also Raab who suggested Abor & Tynna smash their cello at the climax of their performance, something the pair were initially reluctant to do but later told German online magazine bleistiftrocker.de they now felt had “charm”.
The final of Chefsache ESC took place on Saturday 1st March with the nine acts performing their Eurovision entry as well as a cover to a panel of expert jurors who then chose five acts to go to the second round, which was decided exclusively by televote. Abor & Tynna emerged as the winner of both the jury and televote rounds with Eurovision 2014 winner Conchita Wurst in particular praising the duo. Abor & Tynna were off to Basel!
Eurovision 2025
As a member of the Big Five, Germany automatically qualify for a spot in the final. However, Abor & Tynna will also have a chance to impress audiences in the second half of the second semi-final where they will perform before Serbia. They will also get the chance to make a lasting impression on eurofans in the run-up to the contest through participation in the Amsterdam, London and Madrid pre-parties.
Regardless of how Abor & Tynna fare in May, they are playing a significant part in Eurovision history: ‘Baller’ is the first song Germany have sent in German since 2007 and 2025 is the first year since 1997 (when the so-called ‘language rule’ required all participants to sing in one of their native languages) that all members of the Big Five are singing in their native language.
We certainly wish Abor & Tynna the best of luck and can’t wait to see them in Basel!
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