Ourvision finalists to compete on Saturday

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Ten singers have been selected for the final on Saturday of the Ourvision Singing Contest.
      They are ovat Adi Subari and Lesmana Vilmi from Indonesia, Mounir El-Bentite (Morocco), Jawhar Karim (Iraq), Cecilian Naa Densua Quarshie (Ghana), Norlan Leygonier Santana (Cuba), I. T. D., or Jarbril Mohammed and Mohammed Isse (Somalia), Pascal Gaudio (Canada), Kadi Vija (Estonia), and Iolanta Savva from Moldova.
     
Ourvision, being held now for the second time, is an annual singing contest organised by the International Cultural Centre Caisa and aimed at anyone living in Finland with an immigrant background.
      The finalists have been whittled down during the winter and spring through try-outs and semi-finals arranged on a geographical basis.
      Each of the five regional semi-finals - representing artists from Asia and Oceania, Africa, South America/Central America/ North America, the Middle East, and Europe - produced two entrants for the final.
     
The Jury for Ourvision 2008 comprises Tidjan Ba from the band Kwan, rap artist Mariska, Kim Herold from the band Humane, and a representative from Edel Records.
      The final will be held in Finlandia Hall from 20:00 on Saturday.
      The first Ourvision event a year ago was won by 25-year-old Lebanese-born Samantha Marie José Sayegh.
     
     
Details of what Ourvision is all about and the arrangements for the final can be had from the link below.


Links:
  OURVISION 2008
  Ourvision Finalists
  The International Cultural Centre Caisa

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