The third Finnish semifinal takes place tonight in Turku. This week's semifinal however got overshadowed by a little scandal when the Finnish press jumped on one of the participant's pornographic past and suggested that Finnish broadcaster YLE kindly asked Gary Revel Jr to withdraw.
In a reaction to esctoday.com, YLE however claims not to see a problem in the pornographic pictures in relation with the Finnish Eurovision Song Contest selections. “Gary Revel Jr will take part in tonight's semifinal as planned. YLE has no reason whatsoever to take measures against him. On the contrary we wish Gary and his team the best of luck in the competition!”
The follwing six artists will thus appear in tonight's semifinal in Turku:
1. Linda – Your lasting one
2. Tommi Läntinen – Mitä vaan
3. Jennie – Kiss me
4. Teddy vs Mc Chriss – Unconditional love
5. Elena Mady – An actress
6. Gary Revel Jr – You're a star
Three of them will proceed to the Finnish national final, to be held on 19th February in Tampere.
