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We survived another night in the Euroclub. A night that started out with the Georgian food, wine and Anri and finished with Eurovision music.

Delegation parties are one of the Eurovision traditions we really like. Countries organise parties for invited guests or all accredited press or something in between the two. What the actual goal of these parties is, I don't know, but they are fun. They probably hope it will give the artists of that particular country an extra boost and some extra publicity. Anri Jokhadze, this year's Georgian representative and the host of the party gave proof of the fact that he actually is a very good singer and entertainer.

With Rick stuck in Sweden at home on the couch while his colleagues are having a ball at the hall, here's his analysis of how the first rehearsals went.

Now that all the songs are announced, it's time for the 12points staff to discuss their best and worst entries for ESC 2012.

Here at 12points.tv headquarters, we spend most of our spare hours this time of year thinking and dissecting all things Eurovision. Now that all the songs have been announced for Baku, each of our founders has written a little something about their favorites (and least favourites) for this year. We know you won't agree with some of our choices but that's OK, the joy of Eurovision should allow for some lively debate about the merits or each entry.

++ Euphoria disqualified?? ++  Dutch battles announced ++ No enthusiam for the Georgian and Montenegrin entries here ++ ..

Before the song Euphoria by Loreen actually is allowed to be released it already seems to be on its way to become an international hit. Euphoria, one of the qualifiers in the first heat of Melodifestivalen this year is a favorit among fans. Untill the day of the Swedish national final the song amy not be published, but somehow it already slipped out and now even made its way into a trailer of a Spanish TV series, reports Eurovision fansite Escdaily. Although this is against the contest rules, Loreen is not likely to be disqualified. Warner Music and SVT are trying hard to get the transmission of the trailer stopped (watch it below).

The Georgian candidate for Baku is Anri Jokhadze. He won the national final this afternoon with I'm a Joker. A total of nine acts participated in Georgia, the rest of the results was not published.

Yes, it is carnaval. And for those not celebrating, there is the 3rd Swedish semi, some finals and a song presentation.

Tonight, at around 20:25 the fourth night of the Sanremo festival will be the only event, tomorrow however there is much more. Already in the morning, at 11:30 CET the ESC schedule starts with the Ukrainian final.

++Croatian Nina Badrić plans no sex till ESC++ ABBA is back! ++ UMK is the word in Finland tonight ++ Vive La France ++ ..

Four times Nina Badrić tried to get a ticket for Eurovision already. Now that she finally managed to get the chance to represent Croatia, she will make sure she is ready for it! "I've decided to prepare myself in the best possible way. Therefore, there is no sex before June," 39-year-old Nina Badrić told Croatian daily newspaper Vecernji List. We feel sorry for Bernard Krasnić, Nina's husband.

News Round-up of the day. Montenegro will be back in Eurovision land, Rambo Amadeus is going to be their man in Baku.

Today the Monetengrin broadcaster revealed that the country will be back in Eurovision, this year after having been away for a couple of years. Rambo Amadeus is going to represent the country, a song has not been selected yet.Rambo's real name is Antonije Pušić , a 48 year old that has been active in the Yugoslavian countries since the end of the 1980's.

Montenegro took part in the Eurovision Song Contest from 2007 to 2009, but never managed to reach the final.

News Round-up of the day. Some more details have been announced - no internet selection this year.

Last week RTP announced that the Portuguese final is going to take place on 10 March, today some more information about the national selection in Poland was added. Unlike in recent years there will not be an internet selection. Artists with a record deal on their CV are invited to attend one of the castings organised. The Portugese hope to get a total of 12 acts for their final this way. After the selection of the artists the songs will be selected. All songs will have to be sung in Portuguese.

News Round-up of the day, today on Finland's national day, ilkar.blogspot.com reminds me of a real ESC diva.

If you manage to reach the top of the album charts in 6 decades, you are a real star! Katri Helena, responsible for the 1979 and 1993 Eurovision entries for Finland did manage to do this. Read more here.