Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

  We have already reached 100 entries as of yesterday for this month's #Finpop2023 - the hiots from streaming platforms, charts and radio waves but here are some more! Enjoy! Käärijä - Huhhahhei Diandra - Night in Paris Sani - Kaunis Aliisa Syrjä - Perillä

Vain elämää is a hugely popular semi reality music program where top artists get together for a week and each day is dedicated to one of them. The day's artist sits through lunch and dinner telling about own life and career while the others each perform a cover song of this artist's repertoire. At the moment the season 11 is airing. The season always gives birth to countless streaming hits, restarts careers, cements the up and coming ones and sells out Hartwall Arena for a concert later in the year.  The artists are so already so many, and fit also the other given #umk2021 categories like past Eurovision stars and Emma award winners. Withoiut further a do, here the very unlikely big stars come: Jannika B - Kaksi jotka pelkää Petra - Miljoona syytä Mira Luoti - Plää plää plää Sani - Tulin tänne sua varten Reino Nordin - Antaudun Nikke Ankara - Rikkinäinen prinsessa Juha Tapio - Päiväni ilman sinua Mikael Gabriel - Oli aikoi Erin - Yhtenä sunnuntaina Ellinoora - Nartut Anna Puu -...

Samuli Edelmann will release his new album Pienellä kivellä next week. The album was mainly recorded in Malta where he lives these days and its first single Ei mitään hätää is one of the biggest hits on radios this fall. Several songwriters have been involved, including Hanna Pakarinen and Chisu! Last year he scored big with a duet album with Jippu with #1 hit Jos sä tahdot niin . Before that he released a trilogy of psalms and religious music. And countless pop hits and platinum selling albums since 1992, including Euroviisut 1991 runner up Peggy and Olen luonasi sun from 1998 with Sani.  Besides that he is a very respected actor both in movies and TV. He is currently filming a new movie called Tie pohjoiseen that will be his 25th. That follows his first Hollywood film. He is starring next to Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible 4 - Ghost protocol that will premiere in December 2011. It seems nothing is impossible for this talented artist! His other musical goodies include Palava...

The new choir leaders for this season's Kuorosota (War of the choirs), based on American formet Clash of the choirs , have been revealed and the biggest surprise is Mr Lordi himself who will lead the Rovaniemi choir. Also Hanna Pakarinen will be there with Lappeenranta choir, Kaija Koo with Tuusula, Jussi Selo of Uniklubi with Hämeenkyrö, Ressu Redford with Turku and Indica's Jonsu with Espoo. Mr Lordi is a runaway poll favourite to win and personally I must say this is the most interesting cast of choir leaders to date. And I mean choir leaders, not judges like some websites have written as they are NOT judges. The only judge on the show is the televoting audience. The choir leaders create a choir from their hometowns, pick up the songs they perform and train them the best they can and are conducting the choir and sometimes participating in the singing on live TV-shows. Each week one choir drops out and the winner choir wins a money prize for their home city's youth...

Jaana Pelkonen and Peltsi Peltola are presenting live from Tampere Fair and Sports Center the Finnish final for Eurovision song contest 2009 in Moscow. Tonight's propably the coldest night of the year with temperatures around -20C in most parts of Finland but in the sold out hall it's hot with 1.800 people! Before the final there will be a second chance round for the songs that didn't qualify directly. The entry chosen tonight will be Finland's 43rd entry. Finland has had a very rocky past in the contest finishing usually in the last places until the monstreous victory of Lordi in 2006. Finland has now been present in the final ever since. The show has started with Teräsbetoni presenting a new version of their last year's winner Missä miehet ratsastaa .The stage looks pretty fantastic! Jaana looks very glamorous tonight and Peltsi, well... casual as always. THE SECOND CHANCE ROUND : 01. Passionworks fr. Tony Turunen - Surrender Passionworks is the big fan favourite...

The show has just started and Jaana & Peltsi are on stage for the usual greetings. The Tohloppi studio in Tampere is filled with Eurovision fans as usual. Now to green room with Peltsi... First one on stage is Sani who has adapted a full 60's look. The staging is also a full display of Finnish design with Marimekko dresses and Eero Aarnio's Pallotuoli (Ball chair). 01. Sani - Doctor doctor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_k0-P7sR00 Sani has on stage, besides the before mentioned ball chair, three female dancers and two backing vocalists performing an act that owes to 60's girlgroups, Pernilla Wahlgren's Lena Philipsson penned Tvillingsjä l and a bit of Paul Oscar. Good vocals, fun presentation.... Back to green room with Passionworks. Tony Turunen is ex-Nightwish Tarja Turunen's little brother. The song has been completely reworked with Eurovision in mind since its very first version. 02. Passionworks ft Tony Turunen - Surrender http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...

Tonight Finland goes on with its semifinals and it might be the most interesting heat of them all. Superfvourites Passionworks ft Tony Turunen and Waldo's People are both in, as well as Remu who has a lot of fans and you can't count Sani out either! This could be the heat where everyone qualifies or tonight or in 2nd chance later. Listen to the songs here: http://euroviisut.yle.fi/euroviisut/2009-01-05/karsintakappaleet-2009 Sani - Doctor doctor Passionworks ft Tony Turunen - Surrender Remu - Planeetta Waldo's People - Lose control

The talk about the Finnish Euroviisut entries is hot on many chatrooms and blogs and it seems, as usual, that foreign people think it's a very good selection of songs while Finns tend to think it's worthless, there's nothing good and whoever go to Moscow will put us in shame. Things never change! Passionworks seems to be the favourite but I don't see, or hear, why? It's not bad. But it's nothing special unless they're really really good on stage. But I will judge and comment once we get into the business for real. For now just groups of songs without further comments based on 2-3 listenings. The songs I'd love to see and hear in Moscow: Kwan, Remu, Janita The songs I will be less passionate if they win: Sani, Passionworks, Waldo's People The songs I would hate to see going to Moscow (it doesn't mean they are bad necessarily): Riikka, Tapani Kansa, Tiara, Jari Sillanpää, Vink The outsider: Signmark What do you think? Vote for your favourite in my ...

"This is my fourth time, last time was with Aikakone and we came 2nd so let's see how it goes now. I hope people will like it. There will be familiar people on stage with me so I won't be alone, but not people from Aikakone except Maki Kolehmainen who is always everywhere! Euroviisut is such a fun happening, it's pleasure to be in it again. At the moment we have too many songs to choose from but in the end it comes down to me. I want the song to be one that I like, that suits me and of course that it is a catchy one. After all this is a song contest. I won't drag a circus with me on stage, song must be enough" says Sani.

Aikakone's Sani finally enters Euroviisut solo. Aikakone did Euroviisut twice (1996, 2002) and dominated the charts from 1995-1998 and returned in English as Aika in 2001-2003, and reunited shortly this year again for the release of their greatest hits album so Aikakone's return to Euroviisut was expected but instead we got Sani. She did also Euroviisut 1998 with Samuli Edelmann so this is her 4th try. She has also collaborated with Darude and written songs for many other artists. She has released two solo albums so far. Some Sani and Aikakone vids: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UhuvFtRYVM , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL43e4mjw5E&feature=related , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTRd02vDyYc&feature=related , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhhgtNmMK5M&feature=related

The 90's are definately here. After Aqua, Ace of Base, Movetron and many others also Aikakone, the number one Finnish 90's europop band makes a comeback! They will release a double greatest hits with new songs in February. Their debut album in 1995 sold triple platinum in Finland. In 1996 they participated in Euroviisut with Ihan hiljaa (6th). Two more hit albums followed before a short break and chance to Aika in 2001 and an album in English. They were back in Euroviisut in 2002 with Stay (2nd). Band's songwriter Maki Kolehmainen took all top-3 in that year's Euroviisut, and has had songs in Estonian and Russian selections as well over the years. Get nostalgic here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EQNvCi4jRI and here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK6cSCEuiJw