The Tango Market Song Contest The semi -finals took place today in Hyvinkää.

The Tango Market is seen as a live broadcast from YLE in July. Antti Rekila

The Tango Market Singing Competition Semifinal was competed today Saturday in Hyvinkää Hyvinkäääsali.

In the semifinals, power passed from the public to the jury, which selected four female and four male competitors to the finals.

The finalists of the song competition in July are:

Ladies:

Hanna Hirvonen43, Kajaani

Sussu hook40, Laihia

Jonna Pirttijoki, 38, Tuomylä

Tytti Pihlajamäki23, Huittinen

Gentlemen:

Kyösti Lindeman21, Alajärvi

Antti Railio, 41, Nurmo

Markku Uhlbäck42, Kuopio

Veeti Tikkanen21, Helsinki

The singer is the jury of the competition Waltteri Torikkasinger and actor Maria LundYLE’s music journalist Pekka Laine and the 2010 Tango King, the jury’s chairmen of the jury Marko Maunuksela.

The Tango Market will be held from Wednesday to Sunday 9-13. July in Seinäjoki. The final of the song competition will be held on Saturday, July 12th. The competition is televised by Yle.

This year’s whirlwind is Hanna Kataja-Rahko, Katja Ståhl, Mikko Kekäläinen and Jenna Bådeberg, who hosted the semifinals. Ilmari Fabritius, Yle

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