Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

While I was fully emergen in Sanremo Germany had its Unser Song final and Levina won with Perfect life .  First round: Helene - Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash) Yosefin - Love On Top (Beyonce)  Felicia - Dancing On My Own (Robyn) Axel - You Know My Name (Chris Cornel) Levina - When We Were Young (Adele) Second round Helene - Wildfire Axel - Wildfire Levina - Wildfie Third round Axel - Perfect life Levina - Perfect life Final round Levina - Wildfire Levina - Perfect life

Oh Germany! When did you become the new Belarus? Oh yes, two years ago with Andreas Kümmert. Then you continued last year with Xavier Naidoo and now you have the Sadi gate. Sigh. Really?  Anyways, it appears Wilhelm Richter aka Sadi withdraw thanks to forthcoming trouble with the law, and states he can't be dealing with it all:  "Reports about me are causing such a lot of hustle and bustle - I'd like to clarify and process that, but I am amazed at what I am being accused of, and I was totally looking forward to taking part, but I don't want to do it under these circumstances. So I'm not going to be in Cologne on February 9th" Yosefin Buohler will replace him. She's got already a lot experience and did also Swedish Idol (she's half Swedish). Wanna bet now Yosefin wins it all?

Germany has picked the five finalists for the national final. They decided to go back to the newcomer thing after failing big time with big names. Two last places in a row is not easy to get but Germany did it.... These five newcomers are hoping to become a new Lena (who's in the jury btw) and have been chosen amongst 2000 applications. It's worth remembering they were first cut to 33 - among then Nathan Trent who was then picked by ORF for Austria! Now ARD will look suitable songs for these five from German and foreign top producers and writers.  Axel Maximilian Feige (28) from Hamburg started playing piano att rha age of 5. At 15 he started his first (progressive) rock band, later played in various bands of blues and alternative rock. At the moment he's in bands Absolem Max and Diazpora. He's also a studio, wedding and street musician.  Felicia Lu Kürbiß (21) from Frellassing started acting and singing at the kindergarten. Logically she entered a musical ed...

Germany's revamped selection continues. Almost 2500 young fresh talents applied for the job, and now they have been narrowed to 33, and they will eventually become only five for the national final, after the jury had auditioned and had some serious thinking.  No big names amongst them but only unknown newbies with the exception of surprisingly few talent show wannabes; KaiSchernbeck and Sina Rösener from the Voice, neither of them turned any chairs though. Elvira Michieve aka Elli Mishiyeva has done German Popstars back in 2006 and entered a girlband that didn't last long, and she has also tried the Azerbaijani national selection in 2010. Felicia Lu Kürbiß tried a taent show Rising Star a couple of years ago in vain. Alessandro Capasso, Alex Scuderi, Anja Licht, Axel Feige, Beccy (Rebecca Zabler), Coopa (Charlene Stanienda), Elvira Michieva, Felicia Lu Kürbiß, Florian Brückl, Helene Nissen, Jo Marie Dominiak, Kai Schernbeck, Leonie Krakowski, Levina, Lisa Toh, Luisa ...