It’s been a bloody road to tonight’s semi-final in Finland. Two acts have already been axed. And tonight eight will sing it out for the final six spots in the #umk14 final. You can watch all the semifinaali action live tonight from 19:30 CET on the YLE web site. We’ll be tweeting on @wiwibloggs, and our Finnish correspondent Sami will be mouthing off on @ssami_. Please #JoinUs!
During the first heat Softengine cruised into the final, while Lili Lambert was sent packing. During the second heat Hanna Sky finished on top, while MAKEA got the boot.
Wiwi Jury
Over the past month our in-house panel of music unprofessionals has been rating and reviewing all of this year’s #umk14 contestants. Here’s how those competing in tonight’s semi-final stacked up with. Just click on the song title to read our review. Who do you think will advance tonight? And which two acts will be sent home?
1. Jasmin Michaela with “Kertakäyttösydän” (6.86)
2. Mikko Pohjola with “Sängyn Reunalla” (6.79)
3. Dennis Fagerström with “My Little Honey Bee” (6.64)
4. Lauri Mikkola with “Going Down” (6.5)
5. Clarissa feat. Josh Standing with “Top Of The World” (6.36)
6. MIAU with “God/Drug” (6.29)
7. Hukka Ja Mama with “Selja” (5.42)
8. Madcraft with “Shining Bright” (4.57)
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So, Madcraft did better than Jasmin? Seriously??
1. Jasmine Michaela
2. Clarissa feat. Josh
3. Lauri Mikkola
4. Mikko Pohjola
5. MIAU
6. MadCraft
7. Hukka Ja Mama
8. Dennis Fagerstrom
A good second chance round in Finland. There are many fun and varied songs. I love all the songs except “God / drug” by MIAU, which I think is a messy song and should be eliminated.
My big favorites for tonight:
– Clarissa feat. Josh Standing – Top of the world
– Dennis Fagerström – My little honey bee (I seem to be the only one who likes it.)
– Jasmin Michaela – Kertakäyttösydän
– Lauri Mikkola – Going down
Good luck Finland!
1) Jasmin Michaela, but only if she sings in Finnish – Qualified
2) Mikko Pohjola – Qualified
3) Hukka ja Mama – Qualified
4) Clarissa feat. Josh Standing – Qualified
5) Lauri Mikkola – Qualified
6) MadCraft – Qualified
7) MIAU – Eliminated
8) Dennis Fagerström – Eliminated
My TOP 6
1. Lauri
2. Jasmin ( for me better music version is for jury performance)
3. Miau ( I hope they wili sing in semifinal like they sing at jury performance, in heat they sang badly)
4. Clarisa feat Josh
5. Mikko
6. Dennis
If Jasmin sing English bad bad bad! The appeal of the song is the Finnish language!!
I couldn’t agre more with Bb. I hope Mikko will win.
The worst one of the bunch BY FAR is Fagerström, in my opinion. Judging by his name, is he a Finland-Swede? That might be a problem and could put him undeservedly so into the final. I don’t understand the love whatsoever for “Kertakäyttösydän” especially since she’s now talking about singing the song in English (and the snippet she released in said version was horrible to say the least as it loses any charm that it had in Finnish). For me, Mikko is the best and deserves to go to the final (and win, but I know that won’t happen). I… Read more »