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Sandhja has with the song Sing it Away<\/em> unexpectedly won the Finnish finals.\u00a0The number, which they themselves also wrote, scored highest in the professional jury. By the voters at home, the song was only put on a third place, after Favorites Saara Aalto and Mikael Saari.<\/p>\n

Sing it Away<\/em> was not tipped in advance as the winner, but could the jury clearly. Because the 26 points more than the No. 2 after the publication of the points of the jury, it was almost an impossible thing to the number of the victory.<\/p>\n

Ten juries voted and determined 50% of the final result. Among them were members of the Finnish Parliament, Finnish YouTubers, LGBT people and road builders. The other half of the points was awarded by the Finnish viewers at home. Finland takes part in the first half of the first semifinal, on 10 May.<\/p>\n

Sing it Away<\/em><\/p>\n