On the road to Helsinki: Finland and Iceland have decided to go rock

Finland: Host nation Finland choose Hanna Pakarinen with the song Leave me alone to represent them in homeground. It was not my favourite song from Hanna and it was not my favourite song from Euroviisut either... Over the years I've always been a strong supporter of Finnish entries but this year I think that they can indeed be left alone on the scoreboard...

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Iceland: The ice country decided to send one of the members of ICY to Helsinki, Eiríkur Hauksson will sing the song Ég les í lófa þínum (I read from the palm of your hand). Its a rock ballad with a catchy chorus. For the time being its one of my favourite entries, but it wont be easy for them to qualify.