The results of the first show of Viisukupla โ Eurovisionsbubblan, the Finnish preview show for Eurovision 2022 have been revealed.
On the jury this week were Eva Frantz and Mikko Silvennoinen, plus special guests ย Petra Laiti and Benjamin Peltonen. The results of the jury were as follows:
- Netherlands โ 4 positive / Ukraine โ 4 positive /ย Sweden โ 4 positive
- Czech Republic โ 3 positive, 1 neutral
- Finland โ 2 positive, 1 neutral, 1 negative / Georgia โ 2 positive, 1 neutral, 1 negative
- Belgium โ 2 positive, 2 negative / Portugal โ 2 positive, 2 negative
- Lithuania โ 3 neutral, 1 positive
- Poland โ 2 neutral, 1 positive,ย 1 negative
- Azerbaijan โ 2 negative, 1 neutral, 1 positive
- Latvia โ 3 negative, 1 neutral / Switzerland โ 3 negative, 1 neutral
- San Marino โ 4 negative
The public in the audience also voted on all the songs, the overall results were:
- Ukraine โ 84% positive, 9% neutral, 6% negative
- Netherlands โ 80% positive, 20% neutral, 0% negative
- Belgium โ 66% positive, 28% neutral, 6% negative
- Sweden โ 66% positive, 25% neutral, 9% negative
- Latvia โ 65% positive, 19% neutral, 16% negative
- Poland โ 56% positive, 34% neutral, 9% negative
- Portugal โ 26% positive, 55% neytral, 19% negative
- Lithuania โ 27% positive, 33% neutral, 40% negative
- Finland โ 17% positive, 67% neutral, 17% negative
- Georgia โ 13% positive, 34% neutral, 53% negative
- San Marino โ 10% positive, 30% neutral, 60% negative
- Azerbaijan โ 10% positive, 25% neutral, 65% negative
- Switzerland โ 3% positive, 40% neutral, 57% negative
Image Source: UA:PBC | Source: Yle / ESC Forum
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 โnul pointsโ three times. It wasnโt until 2006 that Finland won the Eurovision Song Contest. Lordi represented the country in Athens with the song โHard Rock Hallelujahโ scoring 292 points, a record total at the time.
