Back to the Nordics, and one time winners Finland have perhaps the most recognisable name for non-Eurovision fans among this year's artists, with DJ and record producer Darude of "Sandstorm" fame, the worldwide smash hit in 1999/2000. Finland made a return to the grand final …
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Underappreciated at Eurovision: a selection of my favourite songs
Just before we get into my previews countdown for Eurovision 2019, and at the request of my lovely friend Graham, I've pulled together some of the more underappreciated songs of Eurovision - songs that perhaps deserved to come higher than they did. I've tried to …
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Eurovision 2019 national selections: another Super Saturday [and Sunday] (Finland, Iceland, Moldova, Norway, Portugal and Serbia previews)
One manic finals Saturday down, another to go and will we see yet more drama during and after these sets of national finals following the twists and turns of the Ukrainian saga (which sadly ended in Ukraine's withdrawal. There are some fan favourites here - …
My top 5 songs from…Finland
Time to update my Top 5 of Finland as we're about to be treated to Krista Siegfrids at Eurofest at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern (on Friday 11 January). Sadly the update does mean Krista drops out of the top 5 in favour of Saara Aalto …
Eurovision 2018 previews countdown: #6 FINLAND – Saara Aalto – “Monsters”
One of the big fan favourites, and everyone's favourite Finn, the lovely Saara Aalto finally makes it to Eurovision and she hasn't wasted the opportunity, giving us a big party banger for the Eurofans to bop along to. Finland's non-qualification for the final last year …
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Eurovision 2018 national selections: the north wind doth blow (Estonia, Finland and Iceland previews)
"The north wind doth blow and we shall have snow"... Well, that has certainly been true for Europe this past week as we shiver under a Siberian blast and snow falling in unlikely places. And aptly, this coming weekend will see us finding out which …
Eurovision 2017 previews countdown: #21 FINLAND – Norma John – “Blackbird”
We've finally reached the half way point in the countdown, and at just outside the top 20, remarkably this is our first Nordic country we've come across. Considering the only Nordic survivor to last year's final were the hosts, Sweden, that suggests it could be …
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[OLD] My top 5 songs from…Finland
NB This version was published in December 2016 and has been replaced by an updated Top 5 from Finland. Having been south, east and central, time to head to the snowy north with our first Nordic country - Finland. Finland is regarded somewhat as a Eurovision underachiever. Despite …
Eurovision 2016 previews countdown: #31 FINLAND – Sandhja – “Sing It Away”
We finally reach our first Nordic country - Finland. Finland lag behind their Swedish, Norwegian and Danish neighbours in terms of Eurovision success so perhaps not such a shock that they take up last place amongst the Nordics in this list as well. It's 10 years …
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Eurovision national finals best of the rest part 1: Estonia, Finland and Hungary
Since it's going to be a few days at least before I have looked at enough YouTube videos in order to determine running order of the preview countdown, how about a few selections from the national finals that didn't make it. There were a lot …
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