Mats “MP” writes a song for Finnish song contest
HALMSTAD/HELSINKI - An old friend of Per's, a member of Gyllene Tider, a co-writer of "Listen To Your Heart", Mats "MP" Persson is in the spotlight again. He has written a song for the Finnish selection of Eurovision Song Contest 2004. The song, titled "Can't Stop Loving You", will be performed by Patrick Linman, a singer-songwriter who wrote the song together with MP. The selection will take place in January 2004.
"I almost forgot we even sent a song to the contest," MP told Hallandsposten. MP and Linman met each other at a seminar for people in music business that took place on a ferry traveling from Sweden to Finland. MP was there promoting new artists from Halmstad and Linman was performing as a troubador.
Because of Finland's bad result in 2002, the selected song must also go through the all-European semi-final on May 12 to qualify for the Eurovision Song Contest final in Istanbul on May 15. However, after bomb attacks in Turkey, there has been talks on moving the final to a safer place in Europe.
We reported earlier that Per has been invited to write a song for the Swedish selection of Eurovision Song Contest.
- Hallandsposten article (in Swedish)
- Helsingin Sanomat article (in Finnish)
- List of songs on Finnish selection
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December 2nd, 2003
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