Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Finland was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, held in Moscow, Russia. The country was represented by Waldo's People with "Lose Control".[1]

Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Country Finland
National selection
Selection processEuroviisut 2009
Selection date(s)Semi-finals:
9 January 2009
16 January 2009
23 January 2009
Second Chance:
31 January 2009
Final:
31 January 2009
Selected entrantWaldo's People
Selected song"Lose Control"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (12th, 42 points)
Final result25th, 22 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2008 • 2009 • 2010►

Before Eurovision

Euroviisut 2009

Euroviisut 2009 was the national final that selected Finland's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. The competition consisted of five shows that commenced with the first of three semi-finals on 9 January 2009 and concluded with a final on 31 January 2009. The four shows were held in Tampere and hosted by Heikki Paasonen and Jaana Pelkonen.[2] All shows were broadcast on Yle TV2 and online at yle.fi as well as via radio on Yle Radio Suomi.[3]

Format

The format of the competition consisted of five shows: three semi-finals, a Second Chance round and a final. Four songs competed in each semi-final and the top two entries from each semi-final qualified directly to the final, while the entries placed third and fourth qualified to the Second Chance round. Six songs competed in the Second Chance round and the top two entries qualified to complete the eight-song lineup in the final. The results for the semi-finals and the final were determined exclusively by a public vote. Public voting included the options of telephone and SMS voting.[4]

Competing entries

Twelve artists were directly invited by Yle for the national final in consultation with record companies. The competing artists were presented on 25 September 2008. The competing entries were released on 3 December 2008.[5][6][7]

Artist Song (English translation) Songwriter(s)
Janita "Martian" Janita, Tomi Sachary
Jari Sillanpää "Kirkas kipinä" (Bright spark) Petri Laaksonen
Kwan "10,000 Light Years" Harry Sommerdahl, Pauli Rantasalmi, Jaani Peuhu, Mari Pajalahti
Passionworks feat. Tony Turunen "Surrender" Kristian Pihlajaharju, Harriet Hägglund
Remu Aaltonen "Planeetta" (Planet) Remu Aaltonen, Ilkka Vainio, Risto Asikainen
Riikka "Meren" (The sea) Ville Laaksonen, Riikka Timonen, Saara Honkanen, Suvi Nurmi
Sani "Doctor, Doctor" Maki Kolehmainen, Mats Tärnfors, Steven Stewart
Signmark feat. Osmo Ikonen "Speakerbox" Osmo Ikonen, Mahtotapa, Sulava, Signmark, Brandon
Tapani Kansa "Rakkautta on, rauhaa ei" (There's love, there's no peace) Mika Toivanen, Tapani Kansa
Tiara "Manala" (Underworld) Tiara
Vink "The Greatest Plan" Vink
Waldo's People "Lose Control" Ari Lehtonen, Karima, Waldo, Annie Kratz-Gutå

Semi-final 1

The first semi-final show took place on 9 January 2009 at the Tohloppi Studios in Tampere. Based on the results of a public vote, "10,000 Light Years" performed by Kwan and "Rakkautta on, rauhaa ei" performed by Tapani Kansa qualified to the final, while "Meren" performed by Riikka and "Manala" performed by Tiara qualified to the Second Chance round.[8][9]

Semi-final 1 – 9 January 2009
Draw Artist Song Televote Place
1 Kwan "10,000 Light Years" 31.9% 2
2 Riikka "Meren" — —
3 Tapani Kansa "Rakkautta on, rauhaa ei" 37.4% 1
4 Tiara "Manala" — —

Semi-final 2

The second semi-final show took place on 16 January 2009 at the Tohloppi Studios in Tampere. Based on the results of a public vote, "Planeetta" performed by Remu Aaltonen and "Lose Control" performed by Waldo's People qualified to the final, while "Doctor, Doctor" performed by Sani and "Surrender" performed by Passionworks feat. Tony Turunen qualified to the Second Chance round.[10][11]

Semi-final 2 – 16 January 2008
Draw Artist Song Televote Place
1 Sani "Doctor, Doctor" — —
2 Passionworks feat. Tony Turunen "Surrender" — —
3 Remu Aaltonen "Planeetta" 28.6% 2
4 Waldo's People "Lose Control" 44.3% 1

Semi-final 3

The third semi-final show took place on 23 January 2009 at the Tohloppi Studios in Tampere. Based on the results of a public vote, "Speakerbox" performed by Signmark feat. Osmo Ikonen and "Kirkas kipinä" performed by Jari Sillanpää qualified to the final, while "Martian" performed by Janita and "The Greatest Plan" performed by Vink qualified to the Second Chance round.[12][13]

Semi-final 3 – 23 January 2009
Draw Artist Song Televote Place
1 Signmark feat. Osmo Ikonen "Speakerbox" 46.5% 1
2 Janita "Martian" — —
3 Vink "The Greatest Plan" — —
4 Jari Sillanpää "Kirkas kipinä" 34.0% 2

Second Chance

The Second Chance round took place on 31 January 2009 at the Leonardo Hall in Tampere where the six entries that placed third and fourth in the preceding three semi-finals competed. The top two entries qualified to the final based on the results of a public vote. "Surrender" performed by Passionworks feat. Tony Turunen and "The Greatest Plan" performed by Vink qualified to the final.[14]

Second Chance – 31 January 2009
Draw Artist Song Result
1 Passionworks feat. Tony Turunen "Surrender" Advanced
2 Tiara "Manala" Eliminated
3 Riikka "Meren" Eliminated
4 Vink "The Greatest Plan" Advanced
5 Janita "Martian" Eliminated
6 Sani "Doctor, Doctor" Eliminated

Final

The final took place on 31 January 2009 at the Leonardo Hall in Tampere where the nine entries that qualified from the preceding three semi-finals and the Second Chance round competed.[14] The winner was selected over two rounds of public voting through telephone and SMS voting. In the first round, the top three entries qualified to the second round, the superfinal. "Speakerbox" performed by Signmark feat. Osmo Ikonen, "Lose Control" performed by Waldo's People and "Surrender" performed by Passionworks feat. Tony Turunen qualified to the superfinal. In the superfinal, "Lose Control" performed by Waldo's People was selected as the winner.[1]

In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the interval act featured Scandinavian Hunks and Northern Kings.[5]

Final – 31 January 2009
Draw Artist Song Result
1 Kwan "10,000 Light Years" Eliminated
2 Jari Sillanpää "Kirkas kipinä" Eliminated
3 Signmark feat. Osmo Ikonen "Speakerbox" Advanced
4 Tapani Kansa "Rakkautta on, rauhaa ei" Eliminated
5 Waldo's People "Lose Control" Advanced
6 Remu Aaltonen "Planeetta" Eliminated
7 Passionworks feat. Tony Turunen "Surrender" Advanced
8 Vink "The Greatest Plan" Eliminated
Superfinal – 31 January 2009
Draw Artist Song Televote Place
1 Signmark feat. Osmo Ikonen "Speakerbox" 42.2% 2
2 Waldo's People "Lose Control" 45.1% 1
3 Passionworks feat. Tony Turunen "Surrender" 13.7% 3

At Eurovision

Since Finland was not one of the "Big Four" and was not the host of the 2009 contest, it competed in the first semi-final and qualified for the finals. Finland performed with the entry number 24 in the final, and it placed last, receiving only 22 points. Finland's commentary was provided in Finnish on YLE TV2 by Jaana Pelkonen, Mikko "Peltsi" Peltola, and Asko Murtomäki, while Swedish commentary was provided by Tobias Larsson.[15]

Split results
  • In the Final Finland came 25th (last) with 22 points: the public awarded Finland 22nd place with 30 points and the jury awarded 24th place with 12 points.

Televoting results

Semi Final voting

Finland's televoting for the first semi final were as follows:[16]

The televotes were then converted into points, as shown in the points column.

Draw Country Televote Points
1  Montenegro 549 0
2  Czech Republic 241 0
3  Belgium 469 0
4  Belarus 2 103 4
5  Sweden 5 949 10
6  Armenia 1 147 1
7  Andorra 703 0
8   Switzerland 2 219 5
9  Turkey 2 693 7
10  Israel 2 430 6
11  Bulgaria 404 0
12  Iceland 9 846 12
13  Macedonia 787 0
14  Romania 654 0
15 Finland N/A N/A
16  Portugal 1 651 2
17  Malta 1 828 3
18  Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 237 8

Final voting

Finland's televoting for the grand final were as follows:[16]

The televotes were then converted into points, as shown in the televote points column. As the 50/50 rule had also been re-introduced a jury of 5 professionals in music from Finland also voted. These votes were then combined and converted into the point system as shown in the final column.[17]

Draw Country Jury
Points		 Televotes Televote
Points		 Total Final
Points
1  Lithuania 1 531 0
2  Israel 1 2 292 1
3  France 6 3 467 3 9 4
4  Sweden 2 7 517 7 9 7
5  Croatia 947 0
6  Portugal 2 203 0
7  Iceland 12 9 865 8 20 10
8  Greece 2 757 1 1
9  Armenia 4 1 409 4 1
10  Russia 3 180 2 2
11  Azerbaijan 4 441 5 5 2
12  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 5 358 6 9 6
13  Moldova 1 187 0
14  Malta 7 1 986 7 3
15  Estonia 10 16 225 12 22 12
16  Denmark 1 692 0
17  Germany 1 650 0
18  Turkey 5 3 909 4 9 5
19  Albania 2 191 0
20  Norway 8 15 560 10 18 8
21  Ukraine 1 242 0
22  Romania 1 079 0
23  United Kingdom 1 659 0
24 Finland N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
25  Spain 672 0

Points awarded by Finland
Points awarded to Finland (Semi-final 1)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Points awarded to Finland (Final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

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