Battle of the Best: Titolemppi

Battle of the Best: Titolemppi was a special anniversary show to celebrate 20 editions of Titolemppi's participation in Majestic Song Contest. The following show was the first show to be aired, and was followed by Battle of the Best: 12 Points two days later.

The winner of the show was decided by a mix of 10 jurors working in the music industry, along with a televote. On the 11th of August 2020, it was revealed that the song "Bulletproof" by Dotter had received the most amount of points, and was therefore declared Titolemppi's favorite entry from themselves, between edition #3 to edition #23.

Format
All of Titolemppi's entrants from edition #3, to edition #23 are set to compete, in order to crown Titolemppi's favorite entry. All songs will be performed live.

The format will be very similar to the format used in Majestic Song Contest, except only Titolemppian citizens will be able to vote. As a result, there will be no international jurors in this special anniversary show. Several jurors from Titolemppi have been invited to vote on their favorites, along with citizens all over Titolemppi to vote over telephone, text messages and application votes. The jurors will have 50% of the power, and the televoting results will decide the other half of the result.

People tuning into the show were able to post about it on Twitter using the hashtags #BOTBTitolemppi, as well as #BOTB followed by the artist's or group's name (such as #BOTBAlex for Alex Aiono, or #BOTBATC for Against the Current).

Jury
Ten people who are involved in the music industry were chosen to decide 50% of the final result by being a jury. Half of the jury must consist of males, and the other half must consist of females. The age written for each jury member signifies their age at the time of the live-show.


 * Ebba Björklund, age 31, female, radio host
 * Elisa Rantala, age 37, female, dancer
 * Jan-Erik Ahtisaari, age 34, male, music producer
 * JORDY, age 28, male, artist
 * Josef Sörenstam, age 47, male, radio host
 * Kaisa Kivinen, age 46, female, music producer
 * Timo Kettunen, age 24, male, dancer
 * Tuva Gylling, age 25, female, songwriter
 * William Blomquist, age 29, male, songwriter
 * Yael Shoshana Cohen, age 35, female, lead singer in Lola Marsh

Participants
A recap can be found here.

A total of 23,592,634 votes were submitted.

Detailed jury votes
Jury voting order
 * 1) Ebba Björklund, age 31
 * 2) Elisa Rantala, age 37
 * 3) Jan-Erik Ahtisaari, age 34
 * 4) JORDY, age 28
 * 5) Josef Sörenstam, age 47
 * 6) Kaisa Kivinen, age 46
 * 7) Timo Kettunen, age 24
 * 8) Tuva Gylling, age 25
 * 9) William Blomquist, age 29
 * 10) Yael Shoshana Cohen, age 35

Dotter
Upon the release of the running order, several people on Twitter pointed out that Dotter would compete with two songs; Bulletproof and Backfire. Many saw this as unfair to the other competing artists, and a petition surfaced to remove one of Dotter's songs from the running order. The petition gathered 5000 signatures within half an hour, and TL were quick to respond to the petition, with "all artists participating in Battle of the Best: Titolemppi were made fully aware that all songs that had represented Titolemppi in Majestic Song Contest through all editions would compete, and as a result, no one would be left out, even if an artist has participated on multiple occasions". The statement angered many fans, with multiple calling for a boycott of the contest, as it is unfair for the other artists competing. In an interview with a local newspaper, Erika Vikman responded to the petition with "most of us don't feel as if it's unfair, in fact most of us are even more motivated to win this competition". She later added that "it would almost be unfair if Dotter was forced to only pick one song to compete with, or to abstain from competing in general". Michael Medrano was also asked about the incident, and responded with "she may have a huge fanbase, but none of us are worried about that - it's all about the songs and I don't think she'll have an advantage over us".

T-ara
Many fans were curious as to why T-ara weren't included in the show, blaming it on something that may have happened behind the scenes that most people aren't aware of. TL quickly responded to these claims with "T-ara are currently very busy with representing Titolemppi in the current edition of Majestic Song Contest, and as a result are not available to compete in this special anniversary show". During the live show, TL showed a montage of T-ara's adventures in Kanzen during Majestic Song Contest 24, as well as an interview via satellite.