As soon as the Finnish victory was clear in Athens, the speculation for the host venue for 2007 in Finland started. Three cities offered themselves to host the contest: Rovaniemi in the Arctic Circle, which is the home city of Mr. Lordi. Their offered venue Lappi-areena hosts the first concert of Lordi’s world tour in June, but might prove out to be too small for the needs of Eurovision. www.lappi-areena.com/

The former capital of Finland, Turku, was also quick to offer the use of their Elysée Arena for free to host the contest. It can take around 11000 spectators. www.turkuhalli.fi/. Spokespeople for Turku have said, that there are about 5500 hotel beds in the city, and any additional needs would be covered by mooring passenger ships in the Aura river. Turku is the oldest city in Finland (founded in the 13th century) and fifth largest by population (174,825 as of 2004).

The owners of the biggest venue in the country and the second largest in the Nordic countries, Hartwall Arena in Helsinki(pictured), immediately welcomed Eurovision to their venue, too. This venue normally used for ice-hockey and concerts has a maximum capacity of over 15 000 or 12000 for concerts. www.hartwall-areena.com/. The venue of Eurovision Song Contest in Tallinn in 2002 was Saku Suurhall, which is modeled after Hartwall Areena, but slightly smaller.

YLE has a month to make a proposal to EBU on how and where they plan to host the contest. Things like the suitability of the venue for all the heavy equipment needed for the show and general infrastructure will play a major part in the decision making.