Euroviisut 2007

**Euroviisut 2007**
Date:	17 February 2007
Presenter:	Heikki Paasonen and Jaana Pelkonen
Venue:	Caribia Hall, Turku (other venues hosted semifinals)
Voting:	Telephone and SMS voting
Winner:	Leave Me Alone performed by Hanna Pakarinen
Winner's result at Eurovision:	17th place

Euroviisut 2007 was the show in which Finland chose its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. Finland hosted the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time, after Lordi won in 2006.

Overview

Twelve acts participated in Euroviisut 2007 with groups of three performing in each of four semifinals with each semifinal featuring its three participants performing two songs. Jani & Jetsetters, Katra, Jukka Kuoppamäki and Johanna Kurkela each performed two Finnish-language songs and one of Laura Voutilainen's two songs was sung in Finnish: the remaining fifteen songs were sung in English.

After the televised broadcast of each semifinal televoting selected which of each act's two songs would be sung the "Final" on which eight of the twelve competing numbers were English-language songs. After the televised broadcast of the "Final" televoting selected which three songs would be performed in the "Super Final"; resultantly three English-language songs: "Anyone, Anymore" by Lovex, "Face in the Mirror" by Thunderstone and "Leave Me Alone" by Hanna Pakarinen vied on the "Super Final" televised on February 17, 2007. Following the broadcast of the "Super Final" televoting determined that "Leave Me Alone" by Hanna Pakarinen would represent Finland at Eurovision 2007.

Aftermath

The high placing by the Finnish entrant at Eurovision 2006 - that being "Hard Rock Hallelujah" by Lordi which had in fact won Eurovision 2006 - allowed Pakarinen's "Leave Me Alone" to advance directly to the Eurovision 2007 final held May 12, 2007 at Hartwall Areena in Helsinki. On the night of competition "Leave Me Alone" earned 53 points to finish in seventeenth place ending any prospective long-range Eurovision impact for Finland which has not since had a Top 20 placing in a Eurovision final.

Results details

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

**Semifinal 1**
Date:	20 January 2007
Presenter:	Heikki Paasonen and Jaana Pelkonen
Venue:	Tohloppi Studios, Tampere
Voting:	Telephone and SMS voting
Qualifiers:	Musta Sulhanen performed by Jani & Jetsetters, Leave Me Alone performed by Hanna Pakarinen and Face In The Mirror performed by Thunderstone

Draw	Song	Artist	Televotes	Finalist
1	Etupenkillä	Jani & Jetsetters	1628	NO
2	Tell Me What To Do	Hanna Pakarinen	3777	NO
3	Forevermore	Thunderstone	2825	NO
4	Musta Sulhanen	Jani & Jetsetters	1861	YES
5	Leave Me Alone	Hanna Pakarinen	8459	YES
6	Face In The Mirror	Thunderstone	5056	YES

Semifinal 2

**Semifinal 2**
Date:	27 January 2007
Presenter:	Heikki Paasonen and Jaana Pelkonen
Venue:	Tohloppi Studios, Tampere
Voting:	Telephone and SMS voting
Qualifiers:	Levitä Siivet performed by Jukka Kuoppamäki, Tietäjä performed by Katra and Plane Away performed by Humane

Draw	Song	Artist	Televotes	Finalist
1	Levitä Siivet	Jukka Kuoppamäki	2277	YES
2	Bubble Shell	Humane	1119	NO
3	Tietäjä	Katra	2425	YES
4	Pikajuna	Jukka Kuoppamäki	1440	NO
5	Plane Away	Humane	4301	YES
6	Vaaratar	Katra	797	NO

Semifinal 3

**Semifinal 3**
Date:	3 February 2007
Presenter:	Heikki Paasonen and Jaana Pelkonen
Venue:	Tohloppi Studios, Tampere
Voting:	Telephone and SMS voting
Qualifiers:	Olet Uneni Kaunein performed by Johanna Kurkela, Left My Heart Behind performed by Katra and Plane Away performed by Kentala

Draw	Song	Artist	Televotes	Finalist
1	Olet Uneni Kaunein	Johanna Kurkela	1661	YES
2	Merry-Go-Round	Kentala	584	NO
3	Anyone, Anymore	Lovex	4510	YES
4	Jossain Metsäin Takana	Johanna Kurkela	914	NO
5	Left My Heart Behind	Kentala	1044	YES
6	Wild and Violent	Lovex	881	NO

Semifinal 4

**Semifinal 4**
Date:	10 February 2007
Presenter:	Heikki Paasonen and Jaana Pelkonen
Venue:	Tohloppi Studios, Tampere
Voting:	Telephone and SMS voting
Qualifiers:	See the Sings performed by Beats and Styles, Rock'n Roll Dreams performed by Jann Wilde and Rose Avenue and Take A Chance performed by Laura

Draw	Song	Artist	Televotes	Finalist
1	Kosketa Mua	Laura	1322	NO
2	See the Sings	Beats and Styles	515	YES
3	Rock'n Roll Dreams	Jann Wilde and Rose Avenue	953	YES
4	Take A Chance	Laura	2162	YES
5	Take It Back	Beats and Styles	351	NO
6	Cinnamon	Jann Wilde and Rose Avenue	881	NO

Final

Draw	Song	Artist	Televotes	Place
1	Leave Me Alone	Hanna Pakarinen	16,937	1st
2	See The Signs	Beats and Styles	2,512	12th
3	Musta Sulhanen	Jani & Jetsetters	3,507	11th
4	Anyone, Anymore	Lovex	15,112	2nd
5	Levitä Siivet	Jukka Kuoppamäki	4,776	10th
6	Rock'n Roll Dreams	Jann Wilde and Rose Avenue	7,907	5th
7	Tietäjä	Katra	5,281	8th
8	Take A Chance	Laura	8,988	4th
9	Plane Away	Humane	6,828	7th
10	Face In The Mirror	Thunderstone	10,997	3rd
11	Olet Uneni Kaunein	Johanna Kurkela	7,791	6th
12	Left My Heart Behind	Kentala	5,100	9th

Super Final

Draw	Song	Artist	Televotes	Place
1	Leave Me Alone	Hanna Pakarinen	73052	1st
2	Anyone, Anymore	Lovex	38175	3rd
3	Face In The Mirror	Thunderstone	54716	2nd