Jendrik Sigwart
He apologizes for his interviews after the ESC
Jendrik Sigwart during his performance in Rotterdam
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Jendrik Sigwart has apologized for the interviews he gave after his bankruptcy at the Eurovision Song Contest.
After his ESC bankruptcy last Saturday (May 22), singer and musical actor Jendrik Sigwart (26) remained positive. Both on Instagram and in the interviews after the final of the Eurovision Song Contest, the 26-year-old was exuberantly in a good mood, there was no trace of disappointment. But for an interview that Sigwart gave to the “Bild” newspaper, he was heavily criticized on social media. Now the singer has taken a stand and apologized.
“Now is the time to learn how to write better songs. Sorry to the Germans out there who feel offended by me,” writes Sigwart on Instagram to a videoby going into more detail. “Of course I would have liked to have had more points. And of course I get a lot of hatred now,” explains Sigwart. He would be able to understand that after the “drunk interviews”.
He doesn’t want to sink into self-pity
But: sinking into self-pity now does not correspond to his character. For him, the task now is to learn how to write better songs and put better shows into practice. In addition, he does not want to give any more “drunk interviews”. Nevertheless, he is grateful for the experience and by participating in the ESC he has fulfilled a dream. “And not getting the zero points as a German act? It wouldn’t be the whole real experience,” continued Sigwart. But he understood the criticism and was sorry.
Sigwart was criticized for this statement
Immediately after the ESC final, Sigwart answered the reporter’s questions on the red carpet. Said to the “Bild” newspaper the apparently drunk singer: “I suspected two months ago that I would not meet the expectations of the others. But honestly: It was my goal to come to the ESC! And I did that by joining the German juries I knew that ‘I don’t feel Hate’ was not my best song, I had better ones, but I also knew that the German juries only selected me for the ESC with this song right? “
Despite his bad placement, he was “really happy” as the penultimate with just three points. Statements for which Sigwart had to take a lot of criticism, especially on Twitter. Sigwart just shared on Twitter on his channel an angry post from a user and wrote: “There’s a drunk Jendrik talking, who was just second to last. Of course I’m sad. I screwed it up. I’m sorry. As if I had known that I would be selected! Sorry for these arrogant answers, there was too much euphoria and alcohol in the game. “