Germany: Roman Lob - "Standing Still"

Germany has confirmed participation in Eurovision Song Contest 2012. They automatically qualified for the final as part of the "Big Five". Germany selected their song and artist using a similar format to the one they used in 2010 and 2011. Their entry was decided on February 16, 2012 in a show called "Unser Star für Baku". Casting sessions took place in the city of Köln before the competition. Unser Star für Baku was broadcast on Das Erste and ProSieben. One of Germany's most successful artists, Thomas Dürr was the leader of the jury which gave expert opinions of all candidates. Sandra Riess and Steven Gätjen were the presenters of the show. There were 8 shows starting on January 12th and ending with the national final on February 16. 20 artists competed in the shows. In the 1st and 2nd shows, 10 artists battled in each with 5 from each moving on to the heats.

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First round qualifiers (January 12)

Katja Petri
Leoni Burgmer
Shelly Phillips
Céline Huber
Roman Lob

Second round qualifiers (January 19)

Sebastian Dey
Ornella de Santis
Rachel Scharnberg
Umut Anil
Yana Gercke

Heat 1 qualifiers (January 26) - Qualifiers in bold

Rachel Scharnberg (OUT)
Leonie Burgmer (OUT)
Sebastian Dey
Katja Petri
Umut Anil
Céline Huber
Ornella de Santis
Shelly Phillips
Yana Gercke
Roman Lob

Heat 2 qualifiers (February 2) - Qualifiers in bold

Sebastian Dey
Katja Petri
Céline Huber
Umut Anil (OUT)
Shelly Phillips
Ornella de Santis
Yana Gercke
Roman Lob

Heat 3 qualifiers (February 6) - Qualifiers in bold

Katja Petri
Ornella de Santis
Céline Huber (OUT)
Shelly Phillips
Yana Gercke
Roman Lob

Heat 4 qualifiers (February 9) - Qualifiers in bold

Roman Lob
Yana Gercke
Ornella de Santis
Shelly Phillips
Katja Petri (OUT)

Semi-Final (February 13) - Qualifiers in bold

Roman Lob
Yana Gercke
Ornella de Santis
Shelly Phillips

Final (February 16)

The finalists sang 3 songs each. The best song from each artist advanced to the superfinal where Roman Lob won with "Standing Still". Ornella de Santis sang "Quietly" in the superfinal.

Ornella de Santis
Roman Lob (WINNER)

Calendar

All programs starts at 20:15 CET. There will not be any official webcast for the first few rounds at least.

January 12: First show
January 19: Second show
January 26: Heat 1
February 2: Heat 2
February 6: Heat 3
February 9: Quarter-final
February 13: Semi-final
February 16: Final

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