Selection: Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK)
Wins: 1 (2006)
2020: Aksel Kankaanranta - Looking Back
2021: Blind Channel - Dark Side

Current Bookmakers: 12th

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Blind Channel won Finland’s national selection in a landslide, which is a win for late 90s early Naughties rock. When I first heard this song I thought of Evanescence and Korn, which sounds like a ( Read more... )

This year I don't have much time and I have a lot going on in my personal life, so to get through Eurovision 2019 I will be doing a verses series with two songs from the same semi (or final) so without further ado...

Finland - 1 win
Darude feat. Sebastian Rejman - "Look Away"

Verses

Iceland - 0 wins
Hatari - "Hatrið mun sigra"

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Repetitive Dull Soulless ( Read more... )

Appearances: 51
Wins: 1
Selection method: Singer: Internally selected. Song: National final Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2018
Vote: Jury and public vote combined
Winner: Saara Aalto
Song: Monsters

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Saara co-wrote this song with the writers of the 2015 winning song Heroes, which wold indicate this could be a winner if Heroes won for being a great song rather ( Read more... )

Finland
Semi Final 1
Artist: Norma John
Song: Blackbird
Odds: $41

Word of the day:
Ihmemaassa - In wonderland
Doubt that one will be useful any time soon

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This act comprises of a singer who came third in Finland's X-Factor (Leena Tirronen) and her long time friend (Lasse Piirainen). I generally hate 'talent' show winners, but presently this is my ( Read more... )

Finland
Previous entries: 49
Wins: 1 Lordi - Hard Rock Hallelujah
First Entry: 1961 Laila Kinnunen - Valoa ikkunassa
Most recent entry: 2015 Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät - Aina mun pitää
National Anthem: Maamme

2016:

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Sandhja - Sing it away ( Read more... )

Finland
Population: 5 474 094
Area: 338 424 km2
Language: Finnish (Swedish, Sami)
Eurovision Attendances: 48
Eurovision wins: 1 (2006)

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Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät - Aina Mun Pitää ( Read more... )

This is all of the semi final 2 performers this year. SPOILER ALERT this has details of their performances as well as a link to their rehearsals. If you want to keep how dire the acts are a surprise, please stop reading now

There is always one Eurovision semi that is far better than the other. This is not the better semi.

Anyways

( full list of second semi finalists )

Finland took forever to work out how to win a Eurovision and finally work it out, they just needed a little Hard Rock Hallelujah. This year instead of hard rock they are sending softcockrock.

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Artist: Softengine ( Read more... )

Country: Finland

History...
Debut: 1961
Previous Appearances: 46
Wins: 1 (2006 - Lordi 'Hard Rock Hallelujah')

2013...
Artist: Krista Siegfrids
Song: Marry Me

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I think it is kind of appropriate that at the start of the clip you see she lives in a trailer. This is he trash anthem of a new generation ( Read more... )

Performer: Pernilla Karlsson
Song: När Jag Blundar

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Out of 540 songs submitted to be the potential representative for Finland in Eurovision, this is what was chosen. rally says alot about how poor the the other 539 songs were really. They could have sent this or this (is it just me or is 80's music big in Finland), but no, they sent this.

This is such ( Read more... )