This said, YLE did a great job. Each staging had an idea and was well done. Teflon Brothers feat. Pandora was a bit over the top (and vocally clearly the weakest) and one could not think the Darude example when Look away was wonderfully staged in UMK and won, and then it was literally down scaled and watered down for ESC.... All the others gave their best and worked, including Danny with his funeral symbolism and minimalism and Ilta's beautiful staging and touching performance. Oskr and Aksel clearly ate each others votes and if only one of them was in running he would have ended up the runner up most likely. And poor Laura, she really did not have any chance from the start.....
Antti Tuisku was surprisingly good as the host but not being his musical fan there was a bit too much of him musically....
Back to Blind Channel. I wasn't exactly their fan and still the song won't be high on my playlists but it works on stage and it was indeed very effective. So, good luck in Rotterdam!
1. Blind Channel - Dark side (jury 72 + televotes 479) 551
2. Teflon Brothers feat. Pandora - I love you (30 + 150) 180
3. Ilta - Kelle mä soitan (48 + 101) 149
4. Oskr - Lie (62 + 53) 115
5. Aksel - Hurt (56 + 52) 108
6. Danny - Sinä päivänä kun kaikki rakastaa mua (22 + 38) 60
7. Laura - Play (4 + 9) 13
Antti Tuisku and last year's runner up Erika Vikman performed the opening muber with their hits:
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