The 37th Syksyn Sävel was held in MTV3 studios in Helsinki tonight. Unfortunately it was a poorly staged rather amateurish offering this year with songs that could have taken part in the 70's or 80's mostly but that's no wonder when you look at the artists internally selected for it - most of them had their last hit in the 70's or 80's, or in some cases 90's. With a few exceptions who indeed turned out to be the best ones. Suvi Teräsniska was high above the rest with her elegant, dramatic pop perfection Täydellinen elämä. No wonder she scored almost 30% of the votes. Milana Misic had also a very strong song, with a touch of French chanson. Stig from UMK continues going more and more mainstream and he was rather enjoyable. Finally Neljän Suora, one of the rare acts actually being popular in the 2010's also had a song that will be another hit for them for sure. Finally, a hands up for Vicky Rosti, who looked more stunning than ever and also seemed to enjoy her uptempo number a lot.
The rest were rather mediocre and outdated and one can only wonder what likes of Muska, Kake Randelin and Markku Aro were doing there with songs of this quality? Searching for a new hit? No way. After they they haven't had one for 30 years anyways... And Ressu & Jussi sounded exactly like they did when they last had hits, in the early 1990's. Antti Railio may be the Voice of Finland 2013 winner but his song just wasn't good enough... '
As happy as I was for Syksyn Sävel's comeback in 2011 I'm not so sure if it was a good idea after all if it's fallen to this state in only 3 editions again - just like in early 1990's when it was cancelled.... On the positive side the new era winners have both had big hits (Jari Sillanpää and Jesse Kaikuranta) and Suvi is going to follow that trend for sure.
As happy as I was for Syksyn Sävel's comeback in 2011 I'm not so sure if it was a good idea after all if it's fallen to this state in only 3 editions again - just like in early 1990's when it was cancelled.... On the positive side the new era winners have both had big hits (Jari Sillanpää and Jesse Kaikuranta) and Suvi is going to follow that trend for sure.
The winner was decided by televotes alone with all funds going to fond a new children's hospital and people were able to donate money all though the evening. The guest stars were Vesa-Matti Loiri featuring Jenni Vartiainen adding another Eurovision artist to the evening. Their duet Halvalla was rather haunting moment and they could be just the Finnish Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin....
Markku Aro - Anna tulta
Antti Railio - Ruostunut ankkuri
Muska Babitzin - Nämä kyyneleet
Ressu & Jussi - Sydän särkyy
Kake Randelin - Suomalainen sisu
Virve Rosti - Ystävälle
Pate Mustajärvi - Pirunpolkka
Milana Misic - Tuedäthän mistä mut löytää
Freeman - Kavereita vaan
Suvi Teräsniska - Täydellinen elämä
Stig - Niks ja naks
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