The Finnish jury for Eurojury 2020 is formed of two members, consisting of Club La Persé and Krista Siegfrids.
Each voting nation is represented by a jury consisting of past Eurovision, Junior Eurovision, national final participants and special guests. Each juror is asked to form a ranking of their favourite competing songs which is combined with the other jurors in their country.
Club La Persé
Club La Persé were formed in 2005 in Helsinki. They are a Finnish-club collective that class themselves as “an unpretentious underground experience about music, art and self-expression”. They are highly considered as pioneers for Finland’s more eccentric club scene and it is suggested took inspiration from the fashion scene in London. The club’s image like to exaggerate show outfits and play with gender roles.
Club La Persé appeared in the New Music Competition 2017 and thus were chosen as a candidate for Finland in that year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Their song “My Little World” was among the 10 entries in Finland’s selection show where it eventually finished in 9th place.
More information can be found through their Instagram, Twitter and YouTube pages.
Krista Siegfrids
Krista Siegfrids is a much beloved Finnish singer, actress and TV presenter. She first came to attention of Eurovision audiences as the representative of Finland in 2013 with her song “Marry Me”. Although only coming 24th in the final, the song is still a fan favourite.
Since appearing at Eurovision, Krista released her debut album “Ding Dong!” later in 2013 and a whole string of singles followed including “Cinderella”, “Can You See Me?” and “On & Off”.
Krista has remained loyal to the Eurovision brand, being the host of the Finnish selection show since 2016. During this time she also attempted to represent Sweden at the contest in 2016 with the song “Faller” and one year later again with “Snurra min jord”.
More information can be found through her Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages.
The Finnish Votes
As revealed previously, in alphabetical order, the top 10 countries selected by the Finnish jury are:
- Azerbaijan
- Germany
- Iceland (Top 3)
- Latvia
- Lithuania (Top 3)
- Malta
- Russia (Top 3)
- Serbia
- Sweden
- Switzerland
Finland will feature in the 16th position in the second semi final of Eurojury 2020 on Wednesday the 29th of April. Finland were due to be represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 by Aksel with the song “Looking Back”.
About Eurojury 2020
Eurojury will return in 2020 for the eighth broadcast of the most accurate simulation of Eurovision results. 180 Eurovision winners, past participants, national finalists and a handful of special guests are due to take part in this year’s edition, which will be broadcast live on Showcase, by Eurovoix on May 1st.
For the past two years, Eurojury has correctly identified the winner of Eurovision with both Netta and Duncan Laurence topping the overall leaderboard in Eurojury and the Eurovision Song Contest itself. Eurojury also correctly identified four out of the top five acts in the final in Tel Aviv.
For a fifth consecutive year, Rob Lilley will present the coverage. This will be the third time he has been the sole presenter following two editions with a co-host – 2016 with Karl William Lund and in 2019 with Alice Chapman.
Directing the show once again will be Samuel Deakin – he has conducted this role on every edition of Eurojury. Heading up the production will be James Rowe after he co-produced the broadcast in 2019.
We’re pleased that we have partnerships with multiple trusted Eurovision brands this year: Eurovision Hub, Aussievision, ESCXTRA, Eurovision Showcase and The Euro Trip. Each brand will be supporting Eurojury 2020 in the run-up to the three broadcasts on April April 27, April 29 and May 01.
Follow all the latest updates about this year’s broadcasts on eurovoix.com as well as on Twitter, @Eurovoix and @Eurojury2020.
