YLE will be announcing the names of the 12 acts that will be participating in the Eurovision Laulukilpailu Suomen Karsinta 2008 on 15 November 2007.

12 acts will be competing in the Finnish preselection for the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest. There will be three semi finals with four songs each to be held in February, on the 8th, 15th and 22nd. Two entries from each one will qualify to the final to be held on 1st March. The Second Chance contest will be held earlier on the same day and it will add two more songs to the final raising the total number of finalists to eight.


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