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Finland FINLAND 2023 - Käärijä - Cha Cha Cha

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So Käärijä it is for me. I also love Lxandra, but the first has better chances in Liverpool. Please avoid Robin or Benjamin if you have a pearl like Käärijä.
 

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01 Keira – No Business On The Dancefloor 10/10
02 Käärijä – Cha Cha Cha 10/10
03 Benjamin – Hoida Mut 9/10
04 Portion Boys - Samaa taivasta katsotaan 9/10
05 Robin Packalen – Girls Like You 8/10
06 KUUMA – Ylivoimainen 8/10
07 Lxandra – Something To Lose 6/10

Scandinavia delivers this year, i didn't dislike any of this songs. I cheer the most for Keira and Käärija absoult love both songs. Benjamin and Portion Boys would be also very high in my ranking both songs are amazing. So thank you Finland for this amazing NF, i really looking forward this.
 

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Some people on Youtube described Samaa taivasta katsotaan perfectly; it delivers a georaphy lesson and it belongs to sports events rather than to Eurovision. I can't unhear this now! Funny but so, so, so true... Childish! :LOL: Directly to 7th place for me on my TOP and with 2/5 stars. It made me smile though but as I thought, not my thing! My fear is that now this wins over everyone else... Hopefully I'm wrong... xfaint
 
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Maybe I should listen to some of the songs one more time, but the live performances are what matters, so let's wait and see those before we go into details. ;) This is my current top 7 based on the studio versions (a very difficult assessment, since I like all seven entries).

1. Benjamin — “Hoida Mut
2. Käärijä — “Cha Cha Cha
3. Kuumaa — “Ylivoimainen
4. Portion boys — “Samaa Taivasta Katsotaan
5. Keira — “Only Business On The Dancefloor
6. Lxandra — “Something To Lose
7. Robin Packalen — “Girls Like You
 

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Some people on Youtube described Samaa taivasta katsotaan perfectly; it delivers a georaphy lesson and it belongs to sports events rather than to Eurovision.

The concept is okay - the lyrics are just not elegant enough.
 

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I died and was reborn [10] 🙌 🥺 🔥 🥵
Keira - No Business on the Dancefloor 10

Oo ok, I really quite like these a lot [8-9] 🌟
Käärijä - Cha Cha Cha 9
Portion Boys - Samaa taivasta katsotaan 8
Benjamin - Hoida mut 8

Average, kinda like them [6-7] 🙂
Lxandra - Something To Lose 7
KUUMAA - Ylivoimainen 6

Eh [4-5] 😶
Robin Packalen - Girls Like You 4

Not the tea [3-2] 😒
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Pooja, What is this behaviour? [1] 🤢



Finland has seriously come through big time with UMK this year. The quality is so so strong, I dare say probably one of my favourite NF line ups ever. It's been a long time since I've been really into a majority of a NF. Usually I only like a couple and there is something that everyone hypes that I despise with a burning passion. Despite my listing headers I liked everything in this NF. Only Robins song left not much of an impression on me. Annoyingly there is probably a foaming at the mouth fanbase of teen girls waiting to spam an app or sms with votes for him.
 

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This is how you do it. What a shimmering electro pop treat. Resplendent from start to finish. Those vroom vroom sounds even.. oh my.



1. Portion Boys - Samaa taivasta katsotaan (10/10)
2. Käärijä - Cha Cha Cha (9/10
3. KUUMAA - Ylivoimainen (8.5/10)
4. Benjamin - Hoida mut (6/10)
5. Keira - No Business On The Dancefloor (6/10)
6. Lxandra - Something To Lose (6/10)
7. Robin Packalen - Girls Like You (5/10)




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I'm afraid I'm going to have to politely ask you Finland just for once to send one of the songs from your NF that I love, rather than my least favourite as pretty much always happens. Enough is enough. For every Eini, Erika Vikman, Teflon Brothers and Opera Skaala you've denied, it's now time to hand over the goods. Cha Cha Cha will do very nicely. Samaa taivasta katsotaan if you love me extra hard. Ylivoimainen even is delightfully catchy and mysterious. The others are all very well produced. I can appreciate the quality but nah, I want something that I can hype up.
 

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If Finland does the same mistake of choosing the clear worst entry in a stacked NF for the second year in a row just because the most famous artist is the one singing it, they really need to be cancelled.
I really don't think that's happening this time though, surely bar a disaster live "Cha cha cha" absolutely has this in the bag
 

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ok this preselection is seriously one of the best of any country i've ever seen (imo)
my ranking would be
1. Käärjä 10/10
2. Lxandra (i ADORE it and everywhere else it would be my number 1) 10/10
3. KUUMAA (great, but the other 2 are special 9/10
4. Keira 7/10
5. Benjamin 6/10
6. Portion Boys 4/10
7. Robin 3/10
 

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I am a little bit disappointed to Portion Boys. They are just listing some European countries and compare them to Finland. Not good.

My final ranking:

1./2. Keira ja Käärijä 12 (10/10)
3 Kuumaa 10 (9/10)
4. Benjamin 8 (7/10
5./6. Lxandra ja Portion Boys 7 (6/10)
7. Robin 6 (5/10)

I am going to vote Keira and Käärijä in UMK.
 
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Surprisingly good NF from :fi:. Didnt see this coming.

Käärijä - Cha Cha Cha 9.2/10
Robin Packalen - Girls Like You 8.5/10
KUUMAA - Ylivoimainen 6.3/10
Benjamin - Hoida mut 5.8/10
Keira - No Business On The Dancefloor 5.2/10
Lxandra - Something To Lose 5.0/10
Portion Boys - Samaa taivasta katsotaan 3.6/10
 

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The concept is okay - the lyrics are just not elegant enough.
It's okay that I agree. Their looks are for Eurovision but for me this sounds a bit oldish and already heard. This may grow on me on live but now it's just underwhelming for me and if you ask me who I'm afraid of win, it's this with Robin. I know Portion Boys are sympathetic band, but this is just not my cup of tea. Everyone has different music tastes but if you enjoy it, you enjoy it! :giggle: I'm glad UMK serves something for all of us! :giggle:
 

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Better vote for Käärijä, Finland, if you want to avoid the anger that Germany got last year... ;)
(but I would still give Finland some votes if Benjamin was selected, I like that song quite a lot too)
 

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Better vote for Käärijä, Finland, if you want to avoid the anger that Germany got last year... ;)
(but I would still give Finland some votes if Benjamin was selected, I like that song quite a lot too)
Well I am gonna vote six times for Käärijä and four times for Keira.
 

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1.Käärijä - Cha Cha Cha (Over 403k views): Trending number one
2. Keira - No Business On The Dancefloor (Over 324k views): Trending number eleven
3. Benjamin - Hoida mut (Over 280k views): Not trending
4. Robin - Girls Like You (Over 195k views): Not trending
5. Lxandra - Something To Lose (Over 129k views): Not trending
6. Kuumaa - Ylivoimainen (Over 123k views): Not trending
7. Portion Boys - Samaa taivasta (Over 55k views): Trending number ten
 

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Bettings odds for UMK final. Not surprising, that Käärijä is number one, but some reason Robin is number two:

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