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Photo courtesy of YLE</figcaption> </figure> <aside class="information"> <div class="published"> <b>Published</b> <time published datetime="2011-02-12T20:46:08+01:00">12 Feb 2011 at 20:46</time> </div> <div class="credits"> <b>Written by</b> <a rel="author" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924132054/http://www.eurovisionfamily.tv/user/andreas.schacht%40eurovision.tv/profile/"> <img src="/web/20150924132054im_/http://www.eurovision.tv/save-files/user-images/resizes/d9/f8/06/63/1e/b1/8e/89/df/df/11/73/6d/0c/ff/d8/.jpg" alt="Photo"/> <span class="fn">Andreas Schacht</span> </a> <span class="status">Schacht</span> </div> <div class="link"> <b>Relevant link</b> <span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924132054/http://www.yle.fi/euroviisut">Official Finnish Eurovision website 2011</a><br/></span> </div> <div class="tags"> <b>Topics</b> <a href="/web/20150924132054/http://www.eurovision.tv/tag/expand/Finland">Finland</a><a href="/web/20150924132054/http://www.eurovision.tv/tag/expand/national%20selection">national selection</a><a href="/web/20150924132054/http://www.eurovision.tv/tag/expand/news">news</a><a href="/web/20150924132054/http://www.eurovision.tv/tag/expand/2011">2011</a><a href="/web/20150924132054/http://www.eurovision.tv/tag/expand/D%C3%BCsseldorf">D眉sseldorf</a> </div> <aside class="participant-profile clearfix"> <h3>About Paradise Oskar</h3> <a href="/web/20150924132054/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/year/participant-profile/?song=26063"><img src="/web/20150924132054im_/http://www.eurovision.tv/save-files/resizes/24/11/b9/9d/56/7c/1a/f6/18/4f/36/26/9f/48/67/46/paradise_oskar_2.jpg" alt="Photo of Paradise Oskar" title=""/></a> <p>Paradise Oskar is a mask, behind which we find the 20-year-old singer/songwriter Axel Ehnström from Helsinki.</p> <a class="readmore" href="/web/20150924132054/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/year/participant-profile/?song=26063">View full profile</a> </aside> <div class="about"> Buy & Download <span class="song">Da Da Dam</span>: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924132054/http://eurovision11.shop2download.com/c/Paradise-Oskar/">in the MP3 shop</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924132054/http://itunes.com/eurovision">on iTunes</a> </div> <div class="social-share"> <div class="fb-recommend"> <div class="fb-like" data-send="false" data-layout="box_count" data-width="55" data-href="http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=finland_sends_paradise_oskar_to_duesseldorf" data-show-faces="false"></div> </div> <div class="google-plusone"> <div class="g-plusone" data-size="tall" data-count="true" data-href="http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=finland_sends_paradise_oskar_to_duesseldorf"></div> </div> <div class="vk-button"> <div class="vk-widget" data-widget="Like" data-type="vertical" data-page-title="Finland sends Paradise Oskar to D眉sseldorf!" data-page-url="http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=finland_sends_paradise_oskar_to_duesseldorf" data-height="18"></div> </div> <div class="twitter-tweet"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924132054/https://twitter.com/share" data-text="Finland sends Paradise Oskar to D眉sseldorf!" data-count="vertical" class="twitter-share-button" data-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924132054/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=finland_sends_paradise_oskar_to_duesseldorf" data-via="eurovision" data-size="large">Tweet</a> </div> </div> </aside> <div class="preface"> <em>Turku, Finland</em> - <p>After three semi-finals held earlier in January, Finnish TV viewers were asked tonight to choose their representative for the upcoming 2011 Eurovision Song Contest which will take place at the end of May in Düsseldorf. The task was hard with ten strong songs being performed in front of an enthusiastic crowd in Turku, but it was ultimately Paradise Oskar with his song <em>Da Da Dam</em> who got the highest number of sms- and televotes!</p> </div> <div class="body"> <p>It was showdown time in Turku's Caribia Hall tonight: ten artists fought for the honour of representing their native country Finland in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. Hosted by Jaana Pelkonen and Tom Nylund, the Finnish nation had a difficult choice to choose from ten different offers - but it was ultimately Paradise Oskar who managed to charm the televoting audience most! They will now perform his song <em>Da Da Dam</em> in the first half of the first Semi-Final of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest.</p> <p>The Finnish final consisted of two round of voting tonight. In the first round of voting, the participants were the following:</p> <ul> <li>Eveliina Määttä - <em>Dancing In the Dark</em></li> <li>Sami Hintsanen - <em>Täältä Maailmaan</em></li> <li>Milana Misic - <em>Sydämeni Kaksi Maata</em></li> <li>Paradise Oskar - <em>Da Da Dam</em></li> <li>Cardiant - <em>Rapture In Time</em></li> <li>Johanna Iivanainen - <em>Luojani Mun</em></li> <li>Father McKenzie - <em>Good Enough</em></li> <li>Marko Maunuksela - <em>Synkän Maan Tango</em></li> <li>Saara Aalto - <em>Blessed With Love</em></li> <li>Stala & So. - <em>Pamela</em></li> </ul> <p>Paradise Oskar, Stala & So and Saara Aalto had been named by experts, fans and betting agencies to win the Finnish selection prior to the show.</p> <p>After the first round of voting, a so-called super-final was introduced featuring the three acts that received the highest number of sms- and televotes in the first round (winner in bold):</p> <ul> <li><strong>Paradise Oskar - <em>Da Da Dam 46,7%</em></strong></li> <li>Father McKenzie - <em>Good Enough</em></li> <li>Saara Aalto - <em>Blessed With Love</em></li> </ul> <p>Finland has been participating in the Eurovision Song Contest since 1961 and it took the country 45 years till its first victory when Lordi won Europe's favourite TV-show in Athens in 2006. </p> </div> <aside class="body"> <p><em>What do you think about the Finnish choice? 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