Tonight, the German national final for the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest will be held. Five acts will compete for the ticket to Belgrade and the winner will be chosen by televoting.
Rehearsals
You can read more about the rehearsals here.
The show
The show will start at 20:15 on ARD and will be hosted by Thomas Hermanns at the Schaupielhaus in Hamburg. The five acts will perform their songs in two rounds of televoting – the first round will select the top two. As always, the placings of the other artists are highly unlikely to be officially revealed. Apart from the five supporters of the singers, Marc Bator, Kim Fisher, Tetje Mierendorf, Oliver Pocher and Katja Ebstein (Germany 1970, 1971 and 1980), the following acts will appear in the show: Ruslana, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 for Ukraine, Charlotte Perelli, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 for Sweden and currently contestant inthis year's Melodifestivalen and Marija Serifovic, winner for Serbia in Helsinki. Furthermore, Roger Cicero, who represented Germany in 2007, will be a guest.
Webcast
A webcast will probably be provided on eurovision.de.
Line-up
- Carolin Fortenbacher – Hinterm Ozean (Beyond the ocean)
- Marquess – La histeria (The hysteria)
- Cinema Bizarre – Forever or never
- Tommy Reeve – Just one woman
- No Angels – Disappear
Although Germany is a big four country and therefore directly qualified for the Eurovision Song Contest final on 24th May, the country has voting rights in the first semi final on 20th May, too. In 2007, Germany finished 19th with Roger Cicero and Frauen regiern die Welt.
