++ Ticket sales starting soon - The EBU has announced that ticket sales for both the semi finals and the final will start on 28 February.More details will follow as soon as we know them.
++ Roman or Ornella? - Tonight we'll know who will represent Germany, at 20:15 ARD/Das Erste will broadcast the final of Unser Star Für Baku, the German national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. Roman Lob will be battling against Ornella de Santis. The German representative in Eurovision 2012 will be decided via televoting alone. A jury consisting of Thomas D, Alina Süggeler and Stefan Raab is going to give advice. A webcast is available here.
++ Sanremo honors Italian classics - The third day of the 62nd Sanremo-festival is completely devoted to the Italian song. Some Italian classics will get a new (sometimes English) version. Guest performances will include Goran Bregović, Sergio Dalma and Noa. All performances from the first two days of the festival can be watched here.
The results from last night: The following acts lost (but will get a second chance tonight): Marlene Kuntz – Canzone per un figlio; Gigi D'Alessio e Loredana Bertè – Respirare; Pierdavide Carone e Lucio Dalla – Nanì e Anema; Irene Fornaciari – Il mio grande mistero.
The following acts got a ticket to the Giovani final: Alessandro Casillo – E' Vero; Marco Guazzone – Guasto; Erica Mou – Nella Vasca Da Bagno Del Tempo; Io Ho Sempre Voglia – Incredibile
If you want a minute-to-minute report from last night, you can find it here.
++ To the Max - Max Barskih completes national final line-up in Ukraine. Ukraine will select it's Eurovision entry this Saturday, at 11:30 CET in the morning. See the entire line-up here.
++ The Song Has Two Key Changes! - The Schlagerboys interviewed Youngblood, one of the acts in this week's edition of Melodifestivalen. They will perform a song written by Fredrik Kempe (or Sir Fredrik of Kempe as they call him) . The boys are excited, because the song has no less then two key changes... Fredrik Kempe always delivers! Kempe wrote the Swedish Eurovision entries in 2008, 2009 and 2011 and the Norwegian one in 2010. Apart from Youngblood's song, he is also responsible for Charlotte Perrelli's song in the fourth semi, next week.
