Over the past week our readers have cast a total of 243 votes for their favourite acts singing in the first heat of Finland’s UMK 2014. We have now tallied the results and can reveal that Jasmin Michaela is your favourite to go straight through to the final. Y’all are LOVING “Kertakäyttösydän”.
Poll Results
1. Jasmin Michaela with “Kertakäyttösydän” 80 votes, 32.92%
2. Softengine with “Something Better” 53 votes, 21.81%
3. MIAU with “God/Drug” 33 votes, 13.58%
4. Lili Lambert with “Let Me Take You There” 28 votes, 11.52%
5. Dennis Fagerstrom with “My Little Honey Bee” 26 votes, 10.7%
6. Hukka ja Mama with “Selja” 23 votes, 9.47%
Wiwi Jury
Jasmin also did extremely well with the Wiwi Jury, our in-house panel of music unprofessionals. Our seven panelists–an American, three Brits, a Finn, an Irishman and a Romanian–each scored the songs out of 10. Their average scores are listed below.
1. Lili Lambert with “Let Me Take You There” (7.57)
2. Jasmin Michaela with “Kertakäyttösydän” (6.86)
3. Dennis Fagerström with “My Little Honey Bee” (6.64)
4. Softengine with “Something Better” (6.5)
5. MIAU with “God/Drug” (6.29)
6. Hukka Ja Mama with “Selja” (5.42)
What do you think? Is Jasmin going to win this evening? Will the jury’s pick Lili be a factor? And did Hukka ja Mama really deserve last place with both the jury and voters? Let us know in the comments box below!
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My personal favorite was in fact Hukka ja Mama, but I can understand why Jasmin won the poll. Hopefully she and the backup vocalists don’t try to be overly emphatic in their next performance.