++ Messy start for Sanremo - The second evening in the Sanremo festivan will be dedicated to the first four Giovani's as well as all 14 A-category candidates. This should ahve been four but due to a mess up in the voting procedure no results could be announced yeaterday. Since there was no backup plan for the voting, all 14 will be back on stage tonight, where 4 will have to leave before the next show tomorrow night.
++ Eurofest in Belarus - At 16:00 CET the Belarusian final started, and a winner has been selected. Alena Lanskaya will represent the country. Her winning song All my Life can still be replaced however.
++ Hardrock hallelujah - Lordi drummer Tonmi Lillman (38) has died, according to a statement on the band's website. Lillman joined the band at the end of 2010, when the previous drummer left.
++ Azeri neighbors getting ready – Georgia will select its Eurovision entry on 19 February.
++ Azerbaijan condemns anti-Azerbaijan campaigns - At least that's what they call it. We call it skepticism, which is very just when talking about a country that is not doing well in international reports about human rights. On the other side we do sincerely hope the Eurovision Song Contest will give a positive impulse to the country in that respect. So we are not participating in any Azerbaijan bashing, but we will remain critical. Looking forward to a great contest!
++ We are getting ready for the German final tomorrow by the way, weizen beer, brezels and berliner pastries...check!
