Granthems + Eurovision 2012 = Awesomeness: Finland Delete

Oh Finland.

This Years National Final Procedure –

To Select their 2011 song, the Finns held 3 Rounds. First, YLE (The Finnish Broadcaster) chose 15 songs from the Publicly Submitted songs to compete in an Internet Quarter Final, where Internet voters chose 3 Songs to join the 12 commissioned songs in the Semi Final Round. Then, the 15 Semi Finalists were divided into 3 Semi Finals, where a Televote chose the 3 Finalists and an “Expert” Jury chose 1 Wild Card. In the Final, there will be 2 Rounds of Televoting. The First Round will select the top 3 Songs and the Second Round will select the Winner.

In order to be prepared for any result, I will present 2 National Finals for Finland, the First with My favorite 3 songs from the Quarter Final competing in the Semi Finals. The Second will use the 3 Songs selected by the Finnish Public.

Let’s start with the Actual Finnish Selections –

01 – Quarter Final –
Number Title Qualified
01. Fool Of Yourself
02. Miracle
03. We Are One
04. Shallow Waters
05. The Prisoner
06. Every Day
07. It Is You
08. Man In Squalor
09. Give Me Power To Resist
10. Share Your Life
11. Rapture In Time Q
12. Blessed With Love Q
13. This Is My Life
14. Good Enough Q
15. Gooseberry

Semi Final 01 –
Songs –
01 – I’m Not The One Who’s Sorry – Automatic Eye
02 – Synkän Maan Tango (The Tango Of The Gloomly Land) – Marko Maunuksela
03 – Luojani Mun (My Creator) – Johanna Iivanainen
04 – Puppets – Jonna
05 – Rapture In Time - Cardiant

Number Title Televote Place Q?
01. Who’s Sorry 22.5% 2nd F
02. Synkän 20.8% 3rd F
03. Luojani 19.2% 4th
04. Puppets 25% 1st F
05. Rapture 12.5% 5th

Semi Final 02 –
Songs –
01 – Strong – Soma Manuchar
02 – Da Da Dam – Paradise Oskar
03 – Party To Party – Jimi Constantine
04 – Sydämeni Kaksi Maata (The Two Lands Of My Heart – Milana Misic
05 – Good Enough – Father McKenzie
Number Title Televote Place Q?
01. Strong 15.5% 3rd F
02. Da Da Dam 06.7% 5th
03. Party To 37.3% 1st F
04. Sydämeni 28.5% 2nd F
05. Good Enough 12% 4th WC

Semi Final 03 –
Songs –
01 – Dancing In The Dark – Eveliina Määttä
02 - Täältä Maailmaan (From Here To The World) – Sami Hintsanen
03 – Seis! (Stop!) – Tommi Soidinmäki
04 – Blessed With Love – Saara Aalto
05 – Pamela – Stala And So.
Number Title Televote Place Q?
01. Dancing In 27.5% 2nd F
02. Täältä 05.8% 5th
03. Seis! 34.9% 1st F
04. Blessed With 18.5% 3rd F
05. Pamela 13.3% 4th

Final –

In the Final, I chose my winner in 2 Rounds. In the First Round, I listened to the 10 Songs 5 times and awarded points after each Listen. The top 3 Songs advanced to the Second Round, where I awarded Televotes based on what felt right.

Round 01 –
Num. Title 01 02 03 04 05 Total Place
01. Synkän 05 04 07 04 06 27 6th
02. Blessed 03 01 01 02 01 08 10th
03. Party 08 05 10 08 05 36 5th
04. Seis! 12 07 06 12 07 43 2nd
05. Sorry 07 10 05 07 08 37 4th
06. Strong 01 03 02 10 03 19 8th
07. Good 04 06 03 05 04 22 7th
08. Puppets 10 12 08 06 12 48 1st
09. Dancing 06 08 12 03 10 39 3rd
10. Sydämeni 02 02 04 01 02 11 9th

Round 02 –
Number Title Televote Place
01. Seis! 47 258 3rd
02. Puppets 63 401 1st
03. Dancing In The Dark 58 923 2nd

My Top 3 -

1st - Puppets - Jonna -