I tried to search for some new possibilities for the new Nightwish singer. When I Googled "new nightwish singer", the results weren't very helpful. Either because I know that some of the singers are ruled out and because of irrelevance. I thought that I may get different, possibly better results if I Googled those words in Finnish. I tried to Google (including using
http://www.freedict.com/onldict/fin.html) what the words are in Finnish for "new singer" or the closest words that I could figure out. I obviously don't speak any Finnish, so please correct me if I'm wrong.
"Uuden laulajan"
"Uusi laulaja"
And I found out the Finnish (Suomi) words for Nightwish.
"Nightwishin"
"Nightwishiä"
"Nightwishiltä"
One of the singers that came up in the Google images search was "Katra".
http://www.findance.com/haastattelut.php?id=221
http://www.myspace.com/katramusic
With my ignorance of the Finnish language, I have no idea if she is or was ever considered a possibility or has been ruled out. I did read something, in English, about her being compared to Tarja though. She's got a nice voice and has sung for metal and soft piano songs. If anyone has any information, please let me know. Thanks.