Finland’s Aksel is the winner of the fifth show of De Eurovisa, the Finnish Eurovision preview show.
“Looking Back” by Aksel has been selected as the winner of the second show of De Eurovisa. Finland scored a total of 27 points, five points ahead of second placed Albania. The show sees three jurors reviewing a set of songs that were due to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. Eva Frantz och Johan Lindroos, who provide Swedish language commentary host the show and voted, they were joined by guest juror Mia Hafrén.
- Finland – Aksel – Looking Back (9, 9, 9) – 27 points
- Albania – Arilena Ara – Fall From The Sky (4, 9, 9) – 22 points
- Switzerland – Gjon’s Tears – Repondez-moi (6, 7, 8) – 21 points
- Armenia – Athena Manoukian – Chains On You (4, 7, 8) – 19 points
- Latvia – Samanta Tina – Still Breathing (2, 3, 6) – 11 points
- Georgia – Tornike Kipiani – Take Me As I Am (4, 3, 4) – 11 points
- Portugal – Elisa – Medor De Sentir (1, 1, 2) – 4 points
You can watch the fifth episode here. The current top five songs in De Eurovisa so far are:
- Iceland – Daði & Gagnamagnið – Think About Things (10, 10, 10) – 30 points
- Bulgaria – Victoria – Tears Getting Sober (9, 10, 9) – 28 points
- Finland – Aksel – Looking Back (9, 9, 9) – 27 points
- Lithuania – The Roop – On Fire (10, 8, 8) – 26 points / Ukraine – Go_A – Solovey (10, 8, 8) – 26 points / Denmark – Ben & Tan – Yes (8, 9, 9) – 26 points
- Russia – Little Big – Uno (9, 10, 6) – 25 points
Source: YLE
Finland first participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961, they debuted alongside Spain and Yugoslavia. Finland has finished last in the contest on 10 occasions and has received ‘nul points’ three times. It wasn’t until 2006 that Finland won the Eurovision Song Contest. Lordi represented the country in Athens with the song “Hard Rock Hallelujah” scoring 292 points, a record total at the time.
