The annual Tangomarkkinat circus has reached its final stage last night and tomorrow night the six finalists will battle out the crown and we will see who will follow the footsteps of Marko Maunuksela, last year's Tango King. Unlike the past two years when the winners Amadeus and Maunuksela were also granted a spot in the Euroviisut semifinal line up the winner does not get that extra award. Nothing stops him/her or any other finalist to try to get into Euroviisut 2012 anyways as the competition is open to anyone.
Many are saying we should have a female winner this time after two male winners but the biggest favourite is Heikki Koskelo. He already won Suomi Iskelmä SM 2010 contest and the polls indicate him as the clear favourite. The other male finalists Tino Ahlgren and Antti Ahopelto who has taken part in both kids and teenage competition before are also strong having reached the final already before. The female favourite in the first round was Maria Tyyster who was in the final already last year and the other finalists are Mervi Koponen and Heidi Pakarinen. Here's a short recap of all of them.
Tangomarkkinat is organized for the 27th time in Seinäjoki and is the biggest Finnish music festival along with the national Eurovision selection, even if stricly tied to its genre but then, tango is nearly more Finnish these days than it is Argentinian....
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