Germany 12 Points is the name of the 2022 German national selection. The show starts at 21:00 CET and you can watch it here and here. There are six contestants, the winner will be chosen by televoting only. The contestants are: 1 Rockstars Malik Harris 2 I swear to God Maël & Jonas 3 Alive Eros Atomus 4 Soap Emily Roberts 5 Anxiety Felicia Lu 6 Hallo Welt Nico Suave & Team Liebe Felicia Lu took part in the first heat in 2017.

The second semifinal of the Serbian national selection, Pesma za Evroviziju, will be held tonight. The show will start at 21.00 CET and you can watch it on Youtube. The contestants are: Srđan Lažić, “Tražim te” Julijana Vincan, “Istina i laži” Marko Nikolić, “Dođi da te volim” Zoe Kida, “Bejbi” Orkestar Aleksandra Sofronijevića, “Anđele moj” Chegi & Braća Bluz Band, “Devojko sa plamenom u očima” Euterpa, “Nedostaješ” Dušan Svilar, “Samo ne reci da voliš” Ivana Vladović & Jovana Stanimirović, “Prijaće ti” Gift, “Haos” Zejna Murkić, “Nema te” Sara Jo, “Muškarčina (Zabranjeno voće)” Marija Mirković, “Požuri, požuri” Rocher Etno Band, “Hajde sad nek’ svak’ peva” Vasco, “Znaš li” Tijana Dapčević, “Ljubi svog čoveka” Gramophonedzie, “Pošinjem da ludim” Naiva, “Skidam” The finalists are in bold letters. Zoe Kida became 8th in the 2008 national selection.Dušan Svilar became 2nd in 2013 and 3rd in 2018.Tijana Dapčević represented North-Macedonia in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. She also took part in the preselection in Serbia and Montenegro in 2006.Naiva was the runner up in the 2020 preselection.

Today, the Dutch entry “De diepte”, sung by S10, is presented. On december 7th last year, it was announced that S10 (pronounce: esteen), whose real name is Stien den Hollander, was chosen to represent the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin. Today, S10 presented her song “De diepte”. It is the first Dutch entry sung in Dutch since 2010. Yesterday, a video in which Cesar Sampson, Duncan Laurence, Stefania and Jeangu Macrooy commented on the song already. Therefore, we already knew that it’s a sad song. This is the song itself:  

The first semifinal of the Serbian national selection, Pesma za Evroviziju, will be held tonight. The show will start at 21.00 CET and you can watch it here. Warning: it seems you have to register first. The ‘login with Facebook’ button does not work. The contestants are: Sanja Bogosavljević, “Priđi mi” VIS Limunada, “Pesma ljubavi” Zorja Pajić, “Zorja” Bojana Mašković, “Dama” Boris Subotić, “Vrati mi” Ivona Pantelić, “Znam” Bane Lalić & MVP, “Tu gde ljubav tu me postoji mrak” Angellina, “Origami” Ana Stanić, “Put bez povratka” Julija, “Brižna” Aca Lukas, “Oskar” Konstrakta, “In corpore sano” Igor Simić, “Nisam ja” Mia, “Blanko” Jelena Pajić, “Pogledi” Biber, “Dve godine i šes’ dana” Marija Mikić, “Ljubav me inspiriše” Lift, “Drama” The finalists are in bold letters.   Sanja Bogosavljević was a member of Beauty Queens, the 2007 backing vocals behind Marija Serifović’ “Molitva”. They also took part in the 2008 (3rd) and 2009 (4th) national finals. As a soloist, Sanja took part in the 2020 semifinal.Bojana Mašković took part in the 2020 semifinal.Igor Simić was 3rd in the 2020 national final.Biber was 4th in 2018.Lift was 11th in 2020.

Famous band The Rasmus is chosen to represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin. The song “Jezebel” is written by Lauri Ylönen and the famous American composer Desmond Child. Finland will perform in the first half of the second semifinal. The full results are: The Rasmus, Jezebel, 310 pts. Cyan Kicks, “Hurricane”, 221 pts. Bess, “Ram pam pam”, 204 pts. Isaac Sene, “Kuuma jäbä”, 127 pts. Olivera, “Thank God I’m an atheist”, 121 pts. Young Hearted, “Sun numero”, 91 pts. Tommi Läntinen, “Elämä kantaa mua”, 56 pts.    

Tonight, the first semifinal of the Icelandic national selection, Söngvakeppnin, starts. The show will be on at 20.45 CET and you can watch it here. 5 songs will compete, two will head to the final. The songs are: Amarosis, “Don’t you know” Stefán Óli, “Ljósið” Haffi Haff, “Gía” Stefanía Svavarsdóttir, “Hjartað mitt” Sigga, Beta & Elin, “Með hækkandi sól” The finalists are in bold letters. Haffi Haff took part in the 2008 semifinals.Stefanía Svavarsdóttir was involved in the 2015 semifinals.Note that Sigga is NOT the Sigga who represented Iceland on three occasions.

Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) is the Finnish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. It will be held tonight at 20.00 CET and you can watch it here, here (English commentary) or here (Swedish commentary). One name of international fame is included: The Rasmus, a rock band who had their breakthrough with the song “In the shadows” in 2003. This is the full list of participants: 1 Jezebel The Rasmus 2 Kuuma jäbä Isaac Sene 3 Thank God I’m an atheist Olivera 4 Ram pam pam Bess 5 Sun numero Younghearted 6 Hurricane Cyan Kicks 7 Elämä kantaa mua Tommi Läntinen   Tommi Läntinen was the only one who took part in the Finnish national selection before: he was involved in the 2005 semifinals.  

The Swedish national selection Melodifestivalen will continue tonight with it’s 4th heat. The show will start at 20.00 CET and you can watch it here. Two participants will go directly to the final, while two others will go to the semifinal (what was previously called ‘andra chancen’). These are the participants:  Anna Bergendahl, “High power” (semifinal) Lillasyster, “Till our days are over” (semifinal) Malin Christin, “Synd om mig” Tenori, “La stella” Medina, “In i damman” (final) Angelino, “The end” Klara Hammarström, “Run to the hills” (final) The songs that went through are in bold letters.   Anna Bergendahl won Melodifestivalen 2010 and thus represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest. In 2019, she became 10th. In 2020 she was 3rd.Lillasyster came to andra chancen in 2021.Sami Rekik (Medina) took part in the 2021 semifinals.Klara Hammarström took part in the 2020 semifinals and became 6th in 2021.