Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Kuunkuiskaajat along with superfavourite Eläkeläiset and Linn with the votes from the Swedish speakers made it to the final from the third and last Euroviisut 2010 semifinal. YLE's secret jury also granted one wild card and that went to Maria Lund, also from this last semifinal. So the line up for the final next Saturday is ready: Amadeus - Anastacia Nina Lassander - Cider hill Pentti Hietanen - Il mondo é qui Antti Kleemola - Sun puolella Heli Kajo - Annankadun kulmassa Sister Twister - Love at the first sight Kuunkuiskaajat - Työlki ellää Eläkeläiset - Hulluna humpasta Linn - Fatal moment Maria Lund - Sydän ymmärtää So we have six songs in Finnish, 3 in English and one in Italian. Amadeus and Maria Lund most likely will sing in English if they win, and Antti Kleemola has a Spanish text ready for the song...

The third and last semifinal in Finland takes place tonight. Another 3 songs will qualify for next week's final and YLE will also announce the chosen wildcard amongst Bääbs, Boys of the band, Monday, Veeti Kallio and the two unlucky tonight. Superfavourite - unfortunately - Eläkeläiset is expected to qualify but after then the competition is quite open... The Swedish speaking population will propably vote Linn to the final just like they did with Twisted Sister last week. Fans seem to go for Osmo Ikonen while Maria Lund is also rather popular amongst the elderly generations. My vote goes for Kuunkuiskaajat, they could also be the black horse in Euroviisut 2010 and if not qualifying directly might be the wildcard? THE SHOW IS ABOUT TO START  The show has started but Jaana seems to be still sleeping...... Maria Lund - Sydän ymmärtää Maria  has a very 50's look as does her backing group, dancers. White and blue are the colors. Maria dances along with her dancers provi...

And here are my thoughts about the third and last semifinal of Euroviisut 2010. MARIA LUND - Sydän ymmärtää (Heart understands) Maria, who already danced for Finland in Eurovision dance contest follows the musical style she adapted a couple of years ago and does it well; 50's-60's girly pop tunes with the way of singing and pronouncing of those old records. She has done mainly covers (a very similar thing to German The Baseballs, btw) and this one could wasily be one as well. Unfortunately it is a bit bland, missing a memorable hook but for sure it will be entertaining on stage. Propably will qualify. OSMO IKONEN - Heaven or hell Osmo is very respected and talented musician and he already had his taste of Euroviisut last year with Signmark nearly making it to Moscow. The song is very soulful and groovy, maybe the most international sounding one of all these songs. It will stood out here for sure, but is it strong enough for Oslo? Maybe not. Should qualify though. KUU...

The three qualifiers Bääbs, Linn Nygård and Sister Twister had their first official Euroviisut 2010 happening today when they were in YLE and were presented to the media. Linn and Sister Twister are already veterans in this as they have done MGP Nordic 2007 but Bääbs is a real newbie. But ever since they were through she has been working hard for the project and finding right people to work with for the staging and performance. She has no record label backing and all the efforts come from her and her team's own pockets. Stay tuned for Bääbs new here on my blog shortly! Bääbs will join BOB, Pentti Hietanen, Nina Lassander and Amadeus in semifinal 1. Sister Twister goes to second semifinal with Heli Kajo, Veeti Kallio, Antti Kleemola and Monday. Linn Nygård will complete the third semifinal with Eläkeläiset, Osmo Ikonen, Kuunkuiskaajat and Maria Lund.

Linn Nygård (17) will take part in Euroviisut 2010 with Sebastian Holmgård with Fatal moment after qualifying from the open web selection. Linn came second in the Finnish MGP 2007 but eventually did better in the Nordic final with En liten önskan than the winners Sister Twister placing 4th. She's studying in the Pietarsaari music institute and also does theater and dance. She has released one single so far, Over you .