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Rest in Peace Seija Simola (Finland 1978)

FINLAND – Seija Simola (25 September 1944 Helsinki – 20 August 2017) was a Finnish singer. She began her career musical in the mid-1960s in the band Eero Seija & Kristian Trio, and her debut solo album was released in 1970: Seija Simola 1. In 1978, she represented Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) at the Eurovision Song Contest 1978. There she performed the entry Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus (Give love a chance), on 22 April 1978. The song finished in the 18th position with a total of two points. Despite this poor result, Simola continued a long and successful career in her native Finland.

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Finland 2018: you have 4 days open window to submit your songs

FINLAND – It’s that time of the year when Finnish national broadcaster kicks off the Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu process. The show through which Finland will decide its participant and entry for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest kicks off submissions on September 1st and due on September 4th.

Aside the EBU rules, YLE says that authors and lead singer(s) should be of Finnish citizenship or permanent inhabitant of Finland. Singers can send only one song but they can also be part of a group. Then an expert panel will choose the finalists and the winner will be decided by jury and tele voting. No mention if the jury in the final will be international.

Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (abbreviated UMK, English: New Music Competition) is a contest for new music organised by the Finnish broadcaster, YLE. UMK began in 2012, as a new concept for the Finnish selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, replacing the original Finnish Eurovision Song Contest selection event (Suomen euroviisukarsinta) which had been used since 1961.

Eurovision May 05: interview with Norma John from Finland

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Listen to the brand new single by Krista Siegfrids who keeps it in Swedish

KRISTA, MELFEST & EUROVISION

Siegfrids participated in Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2013 for the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song “Marry Me”. The 27-year-old Siegfrids won the contest held at Barona Areena by attaining the maximum vote of both the public and judges. She was elected to represent Finland in Malmö. During her performance, she shared a kiss with one of the female dancers on stage. According to Siegfrids, the act was a part of the show and urged Finland to legalize same-sex marriage. On 16 May, her entry made it to the final of the Eurovision on 18 May. However, in the finals it finished 24th out of the 26 countries with a total of 13 points.

According to the Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest, Jon Ola Sand, Turkey had announced in November that it would not participate in the Eurovision Song Contest. Though the channel promised to show the contest, Turkey’s TRT cancelled showing the semifinal and the finals over what LGBT activists alleged was fears of Siegfrids’ promised lesbian kiss. When China broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest in October 2013, officials aired Siegfrid’s performance but removed the kiss as a result of the television censorship in China and violation of Chinese ethics, sparking outrage among Eurovision fans in the country.

Siegfrids’ debut album, Ding Dong!, was released on 10 May 2013. Later, it was announced that she would be a guest on Big Brother’s Bit on the Side,[11] a spin-off of the British version of Big Brother. She represented Finland in the Sopot Festival in concert “Top of the Top” on 23 August 2013 with her entry “Marry Me”.[14] Siegfrieds was the spokesperson for Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna.

Siegfrids has presented Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu, the Finnish national selection show for Eurovision since 2016. At the same time she participated in the Swedish national selection show Melodifestivalen 2016 with the song “Faller”, but did not advance from second semifinal after placing fifth. In September, she signed a contract with Universal Music Sweden and Stereoscope Scandinavia.[15] She participated in third semifinal Melodifestivalen 2017 with the song “Snurra min jord”, but did not advance after placing seventh.

KRISTA SIEGFRIDS COMMENTS THE KISS

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Eurovision 2017 preview shows from Norway, Finland and Iceland

SCANDINAVIA – Three preview shows launched today in Scandinavia: Norway started the annual Adresse Kiev while Finnish (Swedish) De Eurovisa – Euroviisaat and Icelandic Alla lei broadcast as well. The results are quite interesting as they differ a lot in many cases from polls and the “famous” OGAE International poll for which not even 1000 people have cast their votes.

In Norway the 42 participants were reviewed by the panel and the top five has as follow: Sweden, Moldova, Greece, Montenegro and France. In Finland the top five countries for the first semi final are: Portugal, Belgium, Albania, Sweden, Iceland and Azerbaijan while for the second semi final: Finland (of course), Denmark, FYR Macedonia, Ireland, Montenegro. In Iceland for the first semi final Iceland and Portugal topped the review votes followed by Australia.

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