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Finland: All 12 songs online on December 3rd
The first heat in Finland will be broadcast on Friday, January 9 from Tohloppi studios in Tampere. First out will be Kwan, Tiara, Tapani Kansa and Riikka.
YLE has also scheduled a show called “Belgrad Remix” for the same slot on TV2, on Friday 2 Jan, at 8 pm CET (9 pm Finnish time). In the second heat on 16 January the line-up is Sani, Passionworks, Remu and Waldo’s People. The third heat on 23 January will see Signmark, Janita, Vink and Jari Sillanpää competing for the two direct places in the final.
In the final in Tampere on 31 January there will also be performances by Scandinavian Hunks, a male dance group, and Northern Kings, a metal cover band consisting of members of known Finnish metal bands, including Jarkko Ahola of Teräsbetoni, who made their way to the Eurovision final in Belgrade in May. The YLE website will be relaunched with the new look for 2009 on Wednesday 3 December and all the 12 songs competing to be the Finnish entry for Moscow will be online to listen from the same day. The songs can be commercially released on 10 December.
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Less than half in Finnish - another set back for Finnish music.
If Finland can come up with more great rock;go for it!
I hope for Riikka too.
I hope they send what they want. And I hope that is a good song. Although I am hoping for more rock...just to say "up yours" to all the people who think they have the right to tell another country what they should and should not send! The only boring or bad songs are the poorly written/performed ones, and it has nothing to do with the style.
I would go for Kwan, Passionworks, Jari and Riika. I hope they have good songs.
i hope it not rock again
Euro Sheep: But Finland has semi finals, and what about your own country's final???
FINLAND SHOULD SEND SOMETHING DIFFERENT....THE WHOLE "AS IF" HARD ROCK THEME YEAR AFTER YEAR IS BECOMING DULL, A CLICHE AND TOTALLY BORING...
I'm hoping for Passionworks 
Will be interesting to hear the songs this early! My first national final live, after all
"Scandinavian hunks" - umm, clear my schedule for the 31st...sorry Denmark but I will be watching the Finnish final!
Go Riikka and Passionworks - Jari, stay away! 
Good luck Finland!!!
I haven't heard any of the songs but Passionworks sound like the best choice
I want Riikka. Finnish ethno is so beautiful.
As same as Serbia does with ballads every year, Finland becoming boring with hard rock heavy metal songs.
For example, something like "Addicted to you" 2002 is an entry that I would like to see again representing Finland.
I hope for Waldo's people....
I hope Kwan will do a similar song to Tainted Love, which was a rock song and rock has to come from Finland.
I'd like to see some up-tempo song this time for example. Anna Abreu would be awesome choice! Anyways, good luck Finland! 
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