Both Finland and Switzerland (amongst many others) are accepting song submissions until September 30. While YLE has kept it secret so far for the songs with one exception. The very first song sent in was apparently a rap duo from Espoo Kakskaks. You can hear their song Anna aikaa featuring Aliisa here. Time will tell if they make it further. More details has also been revealed. A jury will pick up 12 songs to be produced in radio versions. Eight of them will proceed to the club gig selection and finally there will be six songs left for the frand final in late February 2012.
In Switzerland 34 songs are online here when writing this. There are once again some very sad "artists" putting their efforts through but also some better stuff and even some familiar names like Ultra Naté and Maria Lawson. Some natives are worth mentioning, too, like Abacay & Tommy Fresh, Loic Schumacher, Morillon, Rafael Malul, Silviu Iancu and Wohlgensinger. And then there are artists from the USA, Italy, Israel, Serbia, UK, Sweden, Belgium and Croatia. But propably most songs will be added the last minute. So far there isn't a real winner, is there? Well, there's Ultra Naté who is fabulous just being herself but I'm not really into an American with no ties to Switzerland (or any other for that matter) to represant the country...
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