Scandinavian Saturday
It’s official – National Final season is most certainly here. Every Saturday from now until mid-March, some Eurovision national final will happen somewhere across Europe. Hurrah!
Last night it was all going off in Scandinavia, with Norway, Finland and Iceland picking their first finalists. So what happened?
ICELAND
I’m pleased to say that my support for Blomaborn worked! The sweet little pop number is through to their national final, along with Afram (which I did remark on its good chorus), and
Husin Hafa Augu (on which I did not once remark upon). The second semi-final is next Saturday, and the songs will be revealed this week.
FINLAND
It’s always a tough job following up a winner, and it’s a task that has seen mixed results in recent years. Who can forget Latvia scoring just 5 points on home turf in 2003? Yikes. I’m sure the Finns won’t want that to happen to them.
The Finnish finals work like this – twelve artists will compete in their national final and these were announced a few months ago. They’ve been split into four semi-finals, in which three artists will perform two songs each. It is up to the Finnish televoters to choose which song each act will perform in the final. Got it? Good.
Last night it was the turn of band Jani & Jetsetters, Finnish Pop Idol winner Hanna Pakarinen, and death metal band Thunderstone. Here are the three songs that they will take to their national final…
Jani & Jetsetters – Musta Sulhanen
Hanna Pakarinen – Leave Me Alone
Thunderstone – Face In The Mirror
NORWAY
The selection process in Norway works like this. There are three-semi finals in which six songs take part. After televoting, the top two songs with the most votes automatically qualify for their national final. The songs finishing in 3rd and 4th place go into a “Second Chance Round” in which two songs will be chosen. In the end, eight songs take part in the Norweigan Melodi Grand Prix.
Last night, the MGP kicked off in style (it’s one of my favourite national finals!), with the following two songs through to the final:
Infinity – Hooked On You
Torhild Sivertsen & Funky Family – Love On The Dancefloor
Finishing 3rd and 4th, and going through to the second chance round:
Stian Joneid – Are You Ready
Blue Moon Band – Goodbye To Yesterday
Next announcement – Belarus tomorrow!
Last night it was all going off in Scandinavia, with Norway, Finland and Iceland picking their first finalists. So what happened?
ICELAND
I’m pleased to say that my support for Blomaborn worked! The sweet little pop number is through to their national final, along with Afram (which I did remark on its good chorus), and
Husin Hafa Augu (on which I did not once remark upon). The second semi-final is next Saturday, and the songs will be revealed this week.
FINLAND
It’s always a tough job following up a winner, and it’s a task that has seen mixed results in recent years. Who can forget Latvia scoring just 5 points on home turf in 2003? Yikes. I’m sure the Finns won’t want that to happen to them.
The Finnish finals work like this – twelve artists will compete in their national final and these were announced a few months ago. They’ve been split into four semi-finals, in which three artists will perform two songs each. It is up to the Finnish televoters to choose which song each act will perform in the final. Got it? Good.
Last night it was the turn of band Jani & Jetsetters, Finnish Pop Idol winner Hanna Pakarinen, and death metal band Thunderstone. Here are the three songs that they will take to their national final…
Jani & Jetsetters – Musta Sulhanen
Hanna Pakarinen – Leave Me Alone
Thunderstone – Face In The Mirror
NORWAY
The selection process in Norway works like this. There are three-semi finals in which six songs take part. After televoting, the top two songs with the most votes automatically qualify for their national final. The songs finishing in 3rd and 4th place go into a “Second Chance Round” in which two songs will be chosen. In the end, eight songs take part in the Norweigan Melodi Grand Prix.
Last night, the MGP kicked off in style (it’s one of my favourite national finals!), with the following two songs through to the final:
Infinity – Hooked On You
Torhild Sivertsen & Funky Family – Love On The Dancefloor
Finishing 3rd and 4th, and going through to the second chance round:
Stian Joneid – Are You Ready
Blue Moon Band – Goodbye To Yesterday
Next announcement – Belarus tomorrow!
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