Competitors
Sixty-two singers out of 475 applicants have been chosen to take part in the VIII Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition. They represent 22 nationalities.
The list of competitors consists of 34 men (3 countertenors, 7 tenors, 20 baritones, 2 bass-baritones and 2 basses) and 28 women (2 coloratura sopranos, 20 sopranos and 6 mezzo-sopranos).