Euroviisut 2008


Euroviisut 2008 was the Finnish national selection for the Finnish entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, held in Belgrade, Serbia.

Format

12 entries competed in three semi-finals held on 8, 15 and 22 February 2008, with four entries taking part in each show. The top two entries from each semi-final advanced directly to the final, while the remaining two entries advanced to the Second Chance round on 1 March 2008. An additional two entries from the Second Chance round qualified for the final also on 1 March 2008. The results for all shows were determined exclusively by a public vote.
All shows were hosted by Jaana Pelkonen and Mikko Peltola.

Competing entries

The song titles for each artist were released in January 2008.
ArtistSongSongwriter
Cristal Snow"Can't Save Me"Cristal Snow, Heikki Liimatainen, Jimi Constantine
Crumbland"Pleasure"Crumbland
Hanna Marsh"Broken Flower"Hanna Marsh
Jenna Bågeberg"Sinua varten"Ilkka Vainio, Risto Asikainen
Jippu"Kanna minut"Jippu, Markus Koskinen
Kari Tapio"Valaise yö"Ilkka Vainio, Pertti Haverinen
Kristian Meurman"Jos en sua saa"Kristian Meurman
Mikael Konttinen"Milloin"Kerkko Koskinen, Kyösti Salokorpi
Movetron"Cupido"Jukka Tanttari, Timo Löyvä
Ninja"Battlefield of Love"Susan Nova
Teräsbetoni"Missä miehet ratsastaa"Jarkko Ahola
Vuokko Hovatta"Virginia"Kerkko Koskinen, Anna Viitala

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1

The first semi-final took place on 8 February 2008 at the Tohloppi Studios in Tampere. "Valaise yö" performed by Kari Tapio and "Cupido" performed by Movetron qualified directly to the final, while "Broken Flower" performed by Hanna Marsh and "Pleasure" performed by Crumbland proceeded to the Second Chance round.

Semi-final 2

The second semi-final took place on 15 February 2008 at the Tohloppi Studios in Tampere. "Jos en sua saa" performed by Kristian Meurman and "Milloin" performed by Mikael Konttinen qualified directly to the final, while "Battlefield of Love" performed by Ninja and "Kanna minut" performed by Jippu proceeded to the Second Chance round.

Semi-final 3

The third semi-final took place on 15 February 2008 at the Tohloppi Studios in Tampere. "Can't Save Me" performed by Cristal Snow and "Missä miehet ratsastaa" performed by Teräsbetoni qualified directly to the final, while "Sinua varten" performed by Jenna and "Virginia" performed by Vuokko Hovatta proceeded to the Second Chance round.

Second Chance

The Second Chance round took place on 1 March 2008 at the Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki. "Pleasure" performed by Crumbland and "Virginia" performed by Vuokko Hovatta qualified to the final.

Final

The final took place on 1 March 2008 at Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki. The winner was selected over two rounds of televoting. In the first round, the top three entries were selected to proceed to the second round. In the second round, "Missä miehet ratsastaa" performed by Teräsbetoni was selected as the winner with 38.9% of the votes.

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