Yay! Finland! After begin regulated out of the 2003 Contest (despite having high hopes on a pretty catchy modern song from 2002), the Finns decided to try this Semi Final system everyone was fussing over. Tehy chose 20 Songs to compete in 2 Semi Finals for the 12 Spots in the Final. Despite being initially praised for selected mostly modern, catchy songs, the hopes of the Finns were once again dashed by the "Juries", who in selected the top 6 Songs in the final who advanced to the Second Round, where a Televote chose the winner, failed to give a single point to a huge favorite, the winner of the Second Semi Final, and my personal favorite. That said, it was still a pretty awesome try for Finland, even though they failed to make it out the Semi Final.
Anywho, for my selection, i used the same Semi Final system and voting (With a few tweaks to avoid shared placings) to chose my 12 Finalists.
Number - Title (Translation) - Artist - Votes - Place
Semi Final 01 -
01 - Dance My Heart Away - Heidi Kyrö And JUST - 13.5% - 3rd
02 - I Can't Stop Lovin' You - Kirsti Ranto - 16.9% - 2nd
03 - What If - Karoliina Kallio - 02% - 8th
04 - Mouse In The Misery - Komissio - 01.8% - 9th
05 - A Little Crazy - Anna Stenlund - 39% - 1st
06 - You Don't Need To Go - Iina And Gary - 04.3% - 7th
07 - I Don't Need To Say - Geir Rönning - 01.7% - 10th
08 - Higher Ground - Sheidi - 07% - 5th
09 - Takes 2 To Tango - Jari Sillanpää - 05.8% - 6th
10 - Toarie - Riikka - 08% - 4th
Semi Final 02 -
01 - Can't Stop Loving You - Patrick Linman - 09.1% - 6th
02 - 'Til The End Of Time - Arja Koriseva - 14.5% - 3rd
03 - Should I Run, Should I Hide - Sonja Biskop - 17.9% - 2nd
04 - Rain On Water - Johanna Försti - 10.8% - 4th
05 - Like Believers Do - Jonna K. - 09.9% - 5th
06 - One Year Of Love - Jan Mikael - 02.4% - 10th
07 - Eleventh Hours - Susann Sonntag - 19.3% - 1st
08 - Reason - Mira - 06.5% - 7th
09 - Seven Times Seven - Danny And D'Voices - 04.4% - 9th
10 - My Everlasting - Mirella - 05.2% - 8th
Final -
In the Final, i used the same system as in the actual Final and chosen my winner in Two Rounds. In the First Round, I listened to the songs 6 Times, and after each listen gave points to the songs (based on feeling after each listen but also trying to keep fairness in mind). The top 6 Songs advanced to the Second Round, where i chose my winner by awarding "Televotes".
Round 01 -
Num. - Title - 01 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 06 - Total - Place
01 - Like Believers Do - X - X - 02 - X - X - X - 02 Points - 10th
02 - Toarie - 08 - 01 - X - X - X - 02 - 11 Points - 5th =
03 - Rain On Water - X - X - 04 - X - X - X - 04 Points - 8th =
04 - Higher Ground - X - X - X - 04 - X - X - 04 Points - 8th =
05 - Eleventh Hour - 06 - 10 - 06 - 08 - 08 - 10 - 48 Points - 1st
06 - Dance My Heart Away - 02 - X - X - X - 01 - 04 - 07 Points - 7th
07 - 'Til The End Of Time - X - 08 - 01 - X - 02 - 11 Points - 5th =
08 - Takes 2 To Tango - 01 - X - X - X - X - X - 01 Point - 11th =
09 - A Little Crazy - 10 - 02 - 08 - 06 - 10 - 06 - 42 Points - 2nd
10 - I Can't Stop Lovin' You - X - 04 - X - 10 - 04 - X - 18 Points - 4th
11 - Can't Stop Lovin' You - X - X - X - 01 - X - X - 01 Point - 11th =
12 - Should I Run, Should I Hide - 04 - 06 - 10 - 02 - 06 - 08 - 36 Points - 3rd
Round 02 -
01 - Toarie - 15 210 Votes - 6th
02 - Eleventh Hour - 98 987 Votes - 1st
03 - 'Til The End Of Time - 32 693 Votes - 4th
04 - A Little Crazy - 66 548 Votes - 2nd
05 - I Can't Stop Lovin' You - 28 935 Votes - 5th
06 - Should I Run, Should I Hide - 38 169 Votes - 3rd
Comments -
From the moment i heard it, i've been completely head over heels in love with "Eleventh Hour" and cursed the Finns for not sending it. Cursed them i say! My First top 3 were "Eleventh Hour", "'Til The End Of Time" and "I Can't Stop Lovin' You". In 2006, after a horrible break up, I really got into "A Little Crazy" and "Should I Run, Should I Hide" and they became my 2nd and 3rd....although the order has changed many times over the years. Recently (like since 2009), "Toarie" has clicked with me and over taken "Dance My Heart Away" to complete my top 6.
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