The Voice of Finland (season 2) is the second season of the Finnish reality singing competition based on The Voice format. The season premiered on Nelonen on January 4, 2013.
The coaches are legendary singer Paula Koivuniemi, glam rock singer Michael Monroe, former Lauri Tähkä & Elonkerjuu frontman Lauri Tähkä, and rapper Elastinen. Axl Smith hosts the program.
The winner of the second season was Antti Railio, mentored by Paula Koivuniemi. The runner-up was Emilia Ekström.
Overview The series consists of three phases: a blind audition, a battle phase, and live performance shows. Four judges/coaches, all noteworthy recording artists, choose teams of contestants through a blind audition process where the coaches cannot see, but only hear the auditioner. Each judge has the length of the auditioner's performance (about one minute) to decide if they want that singer on their team; if two or more judges want the same singer (as happens frequently), the singer has the final choice of coach.
Each team of contestants is mentored and developed by its respective coach. In the second stage, called the battle phase, coaches have two of their team members battle against each other directly by singing the same song together, with the coach choosing which team member to advance from each of four individual "battles" into the first live round.
In the final phase, the remaining contestants (Final 24) compete against each other in live broadcasts. Within the first live round, the surviving six acts from each team again compete head-to-head, with public votes determining one of two acts from each team that will advance to the final eight, while the coach chooses which of the remaining acts comprises the other performer remaining on the team. The television audience and the coaches have equal say 50/50 in deciding who moves on to the semi-final. In the semi-final the results are based on a mix of public vote, Spotify listening and Ruutu.fi viewing of the previous week's performances, and voting of coaches. Each carries equal weight of 100 points for a total of 300 points. With one team member remaining for each coach, the (final 4) contestants compete against each other in the finale with the outcome decided by Spotify/Ruutu.fi vote and public vote, both with equal weight of 100 points for a total of 200 points.
All finalists will release a single and the winner will receive a record deal with Universal. In addition, the winner gets an Opel Mokka at his/her disposal for one year.
Episodes
The Blind Auditions Key
Episode 1: January 4, 2013 OrderContestantSongCoaches' and Contestants' ChoicesElastinenLauri TähkäPaula KoivuniemiMichael Monroe 1Antti Railio"Who Wants to Live Forever" 2Anni Saikku"You and I" — — — — 3Marija Tauriainen"Holding Out for a Hero"— — — 4Eve Hotti"Nobody's Perfect"— — — 5Erik Forsström"My Hero" — — — — 6Reetta Kaartinen"I'm Yours"——— 7Suvi Aalto"Listen" — — 8Olivia Amupala"Feeling Good" — — — — 9Reetta Korhonen"Dark Side" — — — — 10Janina Aro"I Don't Want to Talk About It"— — — 11Päivisusanna Raatikainen"Ikävä" — — — — 12Tomas Höglund"You Are So Beautiful" 13Gary Revel Jr."The Show Must Go On"—
Episode 2: January 11, 2013 OrderContestantSongCoaches' and Contestants' ChoicesElastinenLauri TähkäPaula KoivuniemiMichael Monroe 1Luca Sturniolo"Still Loving You" — — — — 2Laura Savio"Hair" — 3Ilari Hämäläinen"Ensi Kertaa" — — — — 4Pekka Lehtola"Ain't No Sunshine"— — — 5Osku Ketola"Kelpaat Kelle Vaan"——— 6Ikenna (Ike) Ikegwuonu"Save Room"— — 7Rebecka Sretenovíc"Annie's Song" — — — — 8Saija-Reetta Kotirinta"Maan Päällä Niin Kuin Taivaassa" — — — — 9Emilia Ekström"Jolene"— — — 10Sini Kupiainen"The Story" — — — — 11Anna Paatero"You and I" — — — — 12Maya Paakkari"Whole Lotta Rosie"— —
Episode 3: January 18, 2013 OrderContestantSongCoaches' and Contestants' ChoicesElastinenLauri TähkäPaula KoivuniemiMichael Monroe 1Annica Milan"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"— — — 2Henri Winter"Basket Case" — — — — 3Christa Renwall"At Last" — 4Kirsi Lehtosaari"Läpikulkumatkalla"— — 5Toni Savolainen"Bad Company" — — — — 6Ilona Chevakova"You Oughta Know" — — — — 7Regina Chevakova"I Put a Spell on You"— —— 8Milla Kakko"Jar of Hearts" — — — — 9Laura Alajääski"Stop"——— 10Henry Lee Roots"Enjoy the Silence" — — — — 11Reeta Vestman"Listen"— 12Christian Casagrande"Highway to Hell" —
Episode 4: January 25, 2013 OrderContestantSongCoaches' and Contestants' ChoicesElastinenLauri TähkäPaula KoivuniemiMichael Monroe 1Marko Kela"Touch Me" — — — — 2Hanna-Maaria Tuomela"Reflection"—— 3Katri Somerjoki"Hymypoika" — — — — 4Adriana Ylijurva"Smackwater Jack" — — — — 5Joonas Salonen"Simple Man"——— 6Carolina Storrank"Read All About It (Part III)"——— 7Susa Saukko"The House of the Rising Sun"——— 8Merikukka Kiviharju"(In My) Solitude"— — 9Roope Permanto"Naleigh Moon"——— 10Kaapo Kokkonen"Human"— — 11Niina Kähönen"If I Were a Boy"——
Episode 5: February 1, 2013 OrderContestantSongCoaches' and Contestants' ChoicesElastinenLauri TähkäPaula KoivuniemiMichael Monroe 1Jussi Määttä"Take On Me"——— 2Jussi Ahokas"Kurjuuden kuningas" — — — — 3Tea Tähtinen"Perfect Strangers"——— 4Jepa Lambert"What's Going On"— — 5Veli-Pekka Tähtinen"Billie Jean" — — — — 6Anna-Kaisa Riitijoki"Blue Jeans"— — 7Anna Halmetoja"Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours"— — 8Anssi Tamminen"Always on My Mind"——— 9Toni Häppölä"Bohemian Rhapsody" — — — — 10Tommi Kaikkonen"Bridge over Troubled Water"— 11Maria Kiiski"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" — — — — 12Johanna Pekkarinen"Whole Lotta Love"———
Episode 6: February 8, 2013 OrderContestantSongCoaches' and Contestants' ChoicesElastinenLauri TähkäPaula KoivuniemiMichael Monroe 1Jone Ullakko"Desperado"— 2Alina Huldén"Black Velvet" — — — — 3Linda Herranen"Whole Lotta Love"——— 4Niina Sallinen"Duran Duran" — — — — 5Sara Komu"Hurt"——— 6Juna Reini"Sait miehen kyyneliin" — — — — 7Daniela Persson"Use Somebody"— 8Inga Söder"Who You Are"— 9Dennis Fagerström"Can't Help Falling in Love"——— 10Johanna Kyykoski"I (Who Have Nothing)" — — — — 11Katri Korpisaari"Let's Stay Together"
The Wildcards OrderContestantSongCoaches' and Contestants' ChoicesElastinenLauri TähkäPaula KoivuniemiMichael Monroe 1Juha Arikoski "Still Loving You" — — — — 2Luca Sturniolo "Whole Lotta Rosie"— — — 3Reetta Korhonen"I Can't Make You Love Me" — — 4Kadi Liivak "I Put a Spell on You" — — — — 5Toni Savolainen "Ain't No Sunshine"— — — 6Johanna Kyykoski "Kesällä kerran"— — — 7Olli Hartonen "Breakeven" — — — — 8Satu Piipari "I Can't Make You Love Me"— —
Episodes 7–10: Battle Rounds (4 weeks) After the Blind Auditions, each coach had 12 contestants, except for Tähkä who had one extra. The Battle Rounds aired between February 15 and March 8.
– Battle winner
Week/Order Coach Contestant Contestant Song 1.1 Elastinen Jepa Lambert Katri Korpisaari "Ain't Nobody" 1.2 Paula Koivuniemi Anna-Kaisa Riitijoki Laura Alajääski "Ei se mennyt niin" 1.3 Michael Monroe Luca Sturniolo Linda Herranen "Baba O'Riley" 1.4 Lauri Tähkä Dennis Fagerström Jussi Määttä "Pieni sydän" 1.5 Elastinen Christa Renwall Tomas Höglund "Another Day in Paradise" 1.6 Paula Koivuniemi Daniela Persson Antti Railio "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" 2.1 Michael Monroe Carolina Storrank Regina Chevakova "Time After Time" 2.2 Lauri Tähkä Reetta Korhonen Emilia Ekström "Lautturi" 2.3 Elastinen Ikenna Ikegwuonu Johanna Kyykoski "Somebody That I Used To Know" 2.4 Paula Koivuniemi Tommi Kaikkonen Osku Ketola "Hyvää ja kaunista" 2.5 Lauri Tähkä Maria Tauriainen Susa Saukko "Rakkautta ja piikkilankaa" 2.6 Michael Monroe Gary Revel Jr. Tea Tähtinen "Tonight It's You" 3.1 Paula Koivuniemi Reetta Kaartinen Merikukka Kiviharju "You Know I'm No Good" 3.2 Elastinen Niina Kähönen Anna Halmetoja "Complicated" 3.3 Michael Monroe Anssi Tamminen Jone Ullakko "The Heart of the Matter" 3.4 Lauri Tähkä Sara Komu Eveliina Hotti "Jäätelökesä" 3.5 Paula Koivuniemi Pekka Lehtola Kirsi Lehtosaari "Tahroja paperilla" 3.6 Elastinen Hanna-Maaria Tuomela Laura Savio "Puhu äänellä jonka kuulen" 4.1 Lauri Tähkä Kaapo Kokkonen Roope Permanto "Yhtenä iltana" 4.2 Michael Monroe Annica Milan Suvi Aalto "Crazy on You" 4.3 Elastinen Inga Söder Reeta Vestman "No One" 4.4 Paula Koivuniemi Toni Savolainen Joonas Salonen "She's a Lady" 4.6 Michael Monroe Christian Casagrande Maya Paakkari "Razamanaz"
Week/Order Coach Contestant Contestant Contestant Song 4.5 Lauri Tähkä Satu Piipari Johanna Pekkarinen Janina Aro "Mullonikäväsua"
The trusted advisors for these episodes are: producer Jukka Immonen working with Elastinen; musician and composer Milla Viljamaa working with Lauri Tähkä; producer Mika Toivanen with Paula Koivuniemi; and producer Riku Mattila working with Michael Monroe.
– Eliminated in the battle rounds Coach Adviser Contestant Elastinen Jukka Immonen Jepa Lambert Christa Renwall Ikenna Ikegwuonu Niina Kähönen Hanna-Maaria Tuomela Inga Söder Katri Koivusaari Tomas Höglund Johanna Kyykoski Anna Halmetoja Laura Savio Reeta Vestman Lauri Tähkä Milla Viljamaa Dennis Fagerström Reetta Korhonen Maria Tauriainen Sara Komu Kaapo Kokkonen Johanna Pekkarinen Jussi Määttä Emilia Ekström Susa Saukko Eve Hotti Roope Permanto Janina Aro Satu Piipari Paula Koivuniemi Mika Toivanen Anna-Kaisa Riitijoki Daniela Persson Tommi Kaikkonen Reetta Kaartinen Pekka Lehtola Toni Savolainen Laura Alajääski Antti Railio Osku Ketola Merikukka Kiviharju Kirsi Lehtosaari Joonas Salonen Michael Monroe Riku Mattila Luca Sturniolo Carolina Storrank Gary Revel Jr. Anssi Tamminen Annica Milan Christian Casagrande Linda Herranen Regina Chevakova Tea Tähtinen Jone Ullakko Suvi Aalto Maya Paakkari
The Live Rounds
Episode 1: March 15, 2013 Performance Order Coach Contestant Song Result 1 Michael Monroe Gary Revel Jr "Don't Stop Believin'" Michael Monroe's vote 2 Lauri Tähkä Eve Hotti "Nuori ja kaunis" Lauri Tähkä's vote 3 Michael Monroe Luca Sturniolo "Stop This Game" Eliminated 4 Lauri Tähkä Dennis Fagerström "Näytän sulle rannan" Public vote 5 Michael Monroe Jone Ullakko "Bad Case of Loving You" Public vote 6 Lauri Tähkä Marija "Tässä elämä on" Eliminated 7 Elastinen Inga Söder "One" Elastinen's vote 8 Paula Koivuniemi Osku Ketola "Kuu" Public vote 9 Elastinen Niina Kähönen "Vision of Love" Public vote 10 Paula Koivuniemi Toni Savolainen "I Don't Need No Doctor" Eliminated 11 Elastinen Laura Savio "Try" Eliminated 12 Paula Koivuniemi Antti Railio "Maniac" Paula Koivuniemi's vote
Episode 2: March 22, 2013 Performance Order Coach Contestant Song Result 1 Elastinen Jepa Lambert "Halo"Eliminated 2 Lauri Tähkä Kaapo Kokkonen "Näe minut tässä" Lauri Tähkä's vote 3 Elastinen Tomas Höglund "I Can't Make You Love Me" Elastinen's vote 4 Lauri Tähkä Johanna Pekkarinen "Kohtalon oma" Eliminated 5 Elastinen Ikenna Ikegwuonu "I Believe I Can Fly" Public vote 6 Lauri Tähkä Emilia Ekström "Rakkauslaulu" Public vote 7 Paula Koivuniemi Reetta Kaartinen "Supreme" Eliminated 8 Michael Monroe Suvi Aalto "Undo It" Public vote 9 Paula Koivuniemi Laura Alajääski "Pikku lurjus" Paula Koivuniemi's vote 10 Michael Monroe Regina Chevakova "Sober" Eliminated 11 Paula Koivuniemi Kirsi Lehtosaari "Mä annan sut pois" Public vote 12 Michael Monroe Christian Casagrande "Rock and Roll" Michael Monroe's vote
Episode 3: March 29, 2013 Performance Order Coach Contestant Song Result 1 Paula Koivuniemi Kirsi Lehtosaari "Katson autiota hiekkarantaa" Eliminated 2 Elastinen Inga Söder "My All" Elastinen's vote 3 Paula Koivuniemi Antti Railio "Rebel Yell" Paula Koivuniemi's vote 4 Elastinen Ikenna Ikegwuonu "So Sick" Public vote 5 Paula Koivuniemi Laura Alajääski "Elämän nälkä" Paula Koivuniemi's vote 6 Elastinen Niina Kähönen "I Want You Back" Eliminated 7 Paula Koivuniemi Osku Ketola "Kukkurukuu" Public vote 8 Elastinen Tomas Höglund "The Power of Love" Elastinen's vote
Episode 4: April 5, 2013