With the Finnish national final Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) fast approaching, broadcaster YLE revealed yesterday the familiar faces that will be performing in both the opening and interval acts during the show. On Instagram, UMK announced that 2023 UMK participants, KUUMAA and Benjamin would be opening the grand final in Tampere on the 10th February. Finns and Eurofans alike will …

Every year, there are so many moments during the season that unites fans, but tonight marked a very important moment in the season. Tonight, the allocation draw was held and with that, we now know where all the 37 countries will be voting and/or competing, let’s dive in! The draw 2024 The draw started with the allocation of the 6 …

Not long now until Malmö officially becomes the host city of this year’s contest, when the official keychain is handed over to the city from Liverpool. Before all that, we still have the very last details that needs to be set, before the ceremony can take place and before we exactly know, who will compete in the two semi-finals. Let’s …

Sometime last week, we got the grand announcement and now with the current week soon over, we have all 7 songs finally available. Finland are hungry for revenge, and 7 hopefuls are duking it out, in order to follow in Käärijä‘s footsteps, and maybe one of them could climb one step further and bring the trophy back to Finland. Let’s …

Today UMK reveals the seven artists looking to go one step further than Kaarija and take home the Eurovision crown in Malmo. After days and weeks of teasing, we now know the artists vying for the Finnish crown in Tampere on the 10th of February. Here are the artists! Cyan Kicks – Dancing with Demons Previously coming second in UMK …

The long awaited moment, where doubts are ended and the field is settled! The EBU has finally announced the list of participating countries, and one of them will be taking the coveted crystal microphone. May can not come any faster from now on. 2024 participants Without further ado, let’s have a quick glance at the 37 participating countries: Albania …

Finnish broadcaster YLE has sent a representative to observe this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Nice, France. The Associate Producer for UMK and Assistant Head of Delegation for Finland Matti Myllyaho are in Nice to observe the 21st contest on behalf of UMK. A number of EBU members have previously visited the Junior Eurovision Song Contest to gauge interest …

UMK is back! And bigger than ever, well the arena that it is in anyway. Today YLE has announced their plans for the UMK final coming to our screens on the 10th of February 2024. This year, they are moving from its previous home in Turku to the big Nokia Arena in Tampere. The organisers thanked Turku for being a …

Today the new season of Finlands UMK has started! From today (21st August 2023) until the 24th of August songwriters and artists can submit their entries to UMK. Successful applicants will get an answer in October. Artists who take part in UMK have the chance to participate in Eurovision’s quickest growing national final, with each of the songs from this …

They might have played a smaller role in the results this year, but their role is still a huge part of the contest. The EBU has revealed the names of all the juries of this year’s song contest, as a reminder, for 2023 the juries only mattered in the final. The juries of 2023 Just like in 2021 and 2022, …