As we all know Eurovision song contest is held in Helsinki, the capital of Finland, next Saturday. Eurovision, the thing that everybody in Europe watches once a year and see their own country lose. Last year, when Lordi won, it was a highly waited suprise for us Finnish people. After long time, we managed to win Eurovision and get the contest to our country for the first time in history. So I decided to make a topic to tell about Finland's Eurovision song contest. The contest is held in the capital of Finland, Helsinki. The center and the arena is located in middle-Helsinki. The arena is called Hartwall-arena (Hartwall=biggest soft drink company in Finland). It's usually used for Ice-Hockey games and other sport matches, but every year there are many concerts and other various events. Many international artists, like Robbie Williams, Iron Maiden, Spice Girls, Shakira, Shania Twain etc have been performing there. There have been held many World cup Ice Hockey games too. The event itself is held on next Saturday, the 12th of May. It starts on 22.00 local time, which is 20.00 GMT. The presenters of the competition are Jaana Pelkonen(been onto tv-programs, famous in Finland) and Mikko Leppilampi (actor and singer, voted as one of the hottest men in Finland). At this point, according to the gallups, the following countries would be in the top three: Sweden - The Ark - The worrying kind Finland - Hanna Pakarinen - Leave me alone Switzerland - Dj Bobo - Vampires are alive Finnish people take Eurovision very seriously (at least now) and we have been trying to make this years competition better than ever before. So I got to say, See you in Helsinki! Watch Markku from Finland showing us, what kind of place Finland is! Very humorous, includes inside jokes for finnish people, but still funny. Check them out: Episodes:
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