Tommi Soidinmäki, one of the semifinalists in Euroviisut 2011 tells in a recent Viisukuppila.fi interview he has been dreaming about entering Euroviisut for many years now. "I was thrilled when I got an invitation from YLE. I don't care if I don't get to the final, just being part of all this is great. A childhood dream!" he says. "Petri Laaksonen contacted me and asked if I already had a song. We had been thinking about an uptempo song with producer Ilkka Vainio since the beginning and when he heard his entry we knew we had it. A power song with a touching story." Kyösti Salokorpi has written the lyrics dealing with the inequality in the world. Many have read it in local context, or the Romanian gipsies begging in the streets of Helsinki and the lyrics seem to divide the fan opinion. (This blogger isn't so thrilled about the lyrics I must confess.) If he wins the song will be performed in English in Dusseldorf. "So many times I have thought that unfortunately we cannot succeed in Finnish. The story will remain similar in the English version" he says. His backing group will include Jenna Bågeberg (Tango Queen 2007, Euroviisut 2008), Marika Tuhkala and Hannu Lepola (from Rajaton). He will have also two dancers, both known from the reality TV-serie Dance Minttu Sinkkonen and Henri Sarajärvi. At the moment his Seis! is in the second place in the Viisukuppila.fi and escstats.com's joint poll. As a fan of Euroviisut Tommi has of course many memories about Eurovision, one of the dearest being the night when Lordi won. "I was having a gig and someone from audience yelled Lordi has won Eurovision! I sung right away a bit of Hard rock hallelujah and was so excited even afterwords that when driving home at night still being so high on happiness missed my road and did an extra 100 kms to get home!"
Tommi Soidinmäki will be singing Seis! in the third semifinal on January 28, 2011.
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