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"Sanomi" is a song recorded by
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". At the close of voting, it had received 165 points, placing second in a field of 26.


The song

The song is remarkable for a number of reasons. Perhaps the most readily apparent is that it was the first occasion that a song not in a natural language had been performed at the Eurovision Song Contest (prompting the famous remark of
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" for ) and only one point above third-placed (
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Versions

Two versions of the song exist on record. One was the standard album version (4:08) and another version was released on single and on the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 compilation album. Often known as the "Eurovision edit", it cut down to 3:01 and it had Soetkin Collier's vocals removed. This arose because a few months before the contest, the selectors dropped singer Soetkin Collier on the advice of the Belgian security services, who claimed that she had had far right sympathies in the past."Belgium bans 'neo-Nazi' Eurovision singer"
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Track listing

#"Sanomi" (Eurovision Edit) #"Get Real"


Charts


External links


Official Eurovision Song Contest site, history by year, 2003.

Detailed info and lyrics, The Diggiloo Thrush, "Sanomi".


References

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