The next Idol

This year I’ve been following both Finnish and Swedish Idols contests. The last season of Finnish Idols wasn’t a good one. I haven’t heard of the guy who won since then, the girl that came second seem to have an active singing career. The last season of Swedish Idols produced some very fine artist, not else can be said.

This year’s season of Swedish Idols was well, Markus was great, and other than that it wasn’t a good season. Are you beginning to se a pattern yet? After a good year comes a bad year and the again after that a good year. And since last Finnish Idols season was bad this season should be good, right?

And it is =). With five contestants left I have three favourites and among those one. But lets take them in order from worst (they are all great singers so none of them is bad) to best.

Panu has a great singing voice but somehow he has fallen into the ballad section. Good but boring.

Kristiina has a unique singing voice but she seems a bit shy. Being an Idol isn’t all about singing so she needs to get out of her shell if she wants to win.

Kristian was my first favourite, but at the present he is still among my three favourites. His interpretation of Billy Joel’s: The Entertainer was brilliant. He’s kind of a storyteller, a long haired hard rocker. Great singing voice but he sometimes stumbles on the words, might very well be in the final.

Anna has the best voice in the whole contest. She can sing anything. And not only that, she has a presence on stage that is incredible. When she sings that song she doesn’t sing it, she is that song. That level of dedication to the song will definitely place her or Kristian in the final against…

Ari is a hard rocker with long hair in a hard rock country. Hi auditioned in with a song by Kirka, and sang Billy Joel’s Piano Man in the first semifinal, continued with Deep Purples Perfect Strangers and my personal favourite, this is where Ari excels; Iron Maidens The Evil that Men Do. Although his voice was best suited for Iron Maiden the other songs where brilliantly performed, a true artist going to the final…