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Sauli's contest in Dancing on Ice starts tonight and I tried to collect necessary info in this post for those of you who are interested in it. My goal is not to initiate discussion in this thread but just to give info to all of you and I'll only post a reminder in the news thread when his performance is over and voting is possible. We'll know when the show starts if it works abroad etc. Two hours to go!
DOI VOTING (ie judging by rating)
Nobody will be eliminated in the first episode but you can vote by rating the performances. The ratings given today will be added to the results next week when the first elimination takes place. There are three sources of ratings: judges, home judging (via web, in Finnish 'Kotituomari') and phone/txt msg votes. Judges' opinion weigh 50% and audience's 50% of the total result points that will determine the ranking.
Home judges can rate the performances on a scale 1, 1.5, 2 etc til 10 here
doi.nelonen.fi/ You can do it only after their performance and before the show ends.
The schedule of the show: 7.30 -9.30 pm Helsinki (9.30-11.30 am LA).
In the first episode Sauli & Nea will be the 6th pair to perform (out of 10). I have no idea if the guest performer will appear in the middle of the show. (I guess about half an hour before the show ends would be the best shot.) I assume it's IP-logged and you can rate only once.
How you can rate by giving points:
Click 'Sauli & Nea' or the arrow on the right
Find the heading 'Anna omat pisteet'
There is the scale on the right, use + and - to find the rating you want to give
Probably you'll need to click the number to choose it
Click 'Lähetä pisteet'
On the left side you can see what judges thought of the performance. 'Sijoitusyhteenveto' shows points from the three rating methods that give the ranking on the gray area as a result (will be revealed at the end of the programme).
Discussion hashtag on twitter: #doifi
This info is from Nelonen site, in Finnish here
www.nelonen.fi/ohjelmat/dancing-on-ice/1246302-dancing-on-ice-alkaa---nain-seuraat-suoraa-lahetysta You might be able to watch here live or as a video (clips to appear on the site in the first link)
www.nelonen.fi/ohjelmat/dancing-on-ice www.ruutu.fi/ 
I find LWOG more interesting musically and vocally but more europop while Lay Me Down is the best dance tune he's been involved with by far! Both are probably in my top 10 
This was a good year for Adam music especially considering I was expecting 2011 round 2. Now those were dark days
