Who will succeed Jari Sillanpää?

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Who will succeed Jari Sillanpää? Tonight we'll know the answer as the Finnish national final takes place in Tampere. 12 songs will compete for representing Finland at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest. The winner will be selected in two rounds.

This is the running order of tonight's Finnish national final:

1. Christian Forss – Everything but still nothing
2. I'Dees – Yeah, yeah
3. Geir Rönning – Why
4. A & N – Miss one-night good-time
5. Firevision – The stars are on our side
6. Anna Stenlund – One more chance
7. Kentala – Deck of cards
8. Elena Mady – An actress
9. Teddy vs Mc Chriss – Unconditional love
10. Jennie – Kiss me
11. Kimmo Kouri – My life, my love
12. Urban Community – Whole wide world

The winner will be selected in two rounds. In the first round 6 local juries from all over Finland will give their votes in Eurovision style. The 6 songs receiving the most votes will proceed to a second round in which the audience will decide by televoting and SMS who will represent Finland at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest.

The Finnish national final starts at 18:30 CET and will be broadcast on TV2, Radio Vega and Radio Suomi. Due to a copyright dispute between Finnish broadcaster YLE and an artist association, tonight's final will not be broadcast over the internet.

All results of the 2005 Finnish national selections can be found on Finland's country page on esctoday.com which you can reach by clicking here.