Italy is the winner of the Finnish preview show Viisukupla – Eurovisionsbubblan which was broadcast last night.
The Finnish public has chosen Måneskin as their winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, if votes for Finland are ignored. An online vote had been held in advance of the show to determine the results of the show, with the top ten revealed at the end of the broadcast.
The top ten was as follows:
- Finland
- Italy
- Switzerland
- Lithuania
- Sweden
- France
- Iceland
- Malta
- Ukraine
- Norway
Måneskin has performed well in the preview shows across the Nordics, winning the Norwegian show. Currently, Italy is the bookmakers favourite to win the contest having passed France yesterday following their second rehearsal.
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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.
