YLE, the Finnish broadcaster, will be presenting the songs that participate in the country�s preselection first semifinal today at 17.15-17.45 CET on Radio Suomi. Hanna Pakarinen, last year�s Finnish representative in Helsinki will be a special guest at the Euroviisut final where she will perform Leave me alone.

Today at 17.15-17.45 CET, YLE will be presenting the songs participating in the country’s first national semi final for the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest scheduled for 8th February. Afterwards the songs will be made available to listen to on YLE’s official Eurovision website, a direct link will be provided later.

The songs to be presented today are:

  • Hanna MarshBroken flower
  • Kari TapioValaise yö
  • Movetron Cubido
  • CrumblandPleasure
  • In another piece of news from last year’s host country, Hanna Pakarinen will be a special guest at the Finnish final on 1st March where she will perform her Eurovision entry Leave me alone.


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