Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Well, sort of. Gipsy singing group from Finland Suoralähetys took the first prize of 7.000 euros and recording contract, followed by Grupo Kaney from Cuba and Luca Cannavó from Italy. Suoralähetys has been singing together since 2002 and they aim at Eurovision 2010. Let's wait and see... In 2007 they were still 5 and  took part in  Talent Suomi with some dreadful religious stuff. They qualified for the second round. And here are the Ourvision 2009 semifinalists.

Best singers vovally were awarded in last night's Ourvision final. Moldovan Iolanta Savva (18) won the contest and gets a recording deal. Estonian Kadi Vija (22) came second and Norlan Leygonier Santana from Cuba was third. The winner will perform in the Maailma kylässä (World visiting us) festival in Helsinki in May and well as The night of Arts in August. Congrats Iolanta, well done and well deserved!

The Ourvision singing contest, a far cry from ever dreamed Worldvision Song Contest will have its second edition tomorrow night in prestigious Finlandia Hall in Helsinki (where the Welcoming Party was held last year!). Ten acts made it to the final in the continental semifinals over the winter and this time around it's bigger and better: the winner gets a recording contract and a chance to make a music video! Maybe next year we will also hear original songs and turn this from a sort of a karaoke contest into a real thing? Time will tell.... The Asiavision finalists are Lesmana Vilmi (Indonesia) and Adi Subari (Indonesia) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AZE2iTiNg0 The Arabvision finalists are Jawhar Karim (Iraq) and Mounir El-Bentite (Morocco) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E48ieqtD7QY The Americavision finalists are Pascal Gaudion (Canada) and Norlan Leygonier Santana (Cuba) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUTl-cp2sRQ The Afrovision finalists are I.T.D aka Jabril Mohammed ...