The Finnish broadcaster YLE has announced that their national selection Uuden Musikiin Kilpailu (or UMK for short) will be held on February 8th. The live show will once again be held within the Nokia arena in Tampere, which can hold a total of 15,000 audience members. The executive producer Anssi Autio stated that the decision to keep UMK in Tampere …
Finland might have been about breaking all, or at least some, of the rules this year, but just recently, Yle (Finnish broadcaster) decided to publish the updated rules, when it comes to 2025. Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu – or just UMK – will return as the national as the national selection process for next year as well. Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2025 …
Fast becoming Eurovision fans favourite National Final UMK has just come to a close, and with this we know who will be going to Malmo Windows95man will represent Finland in Malmo this year with their song ‘No Rules’! After winning UMK with 313 points at the end of a tense voting sequence. Here are all the results: Windows95man – 313 …
Our poll for UMK opened earlier this week and our readers wasted no time voting on their favorite act to win the selection. A total of 134 individuals voted in our poll, with all artists receiving at least one vote. According to the results our readers overwhelmingly want Sara Siipola to win the selection on Saturday, as she received a …
This coming Saturday we are set to add three more Eurovision songs to the roster, one of which will be the next representative for Finland and winner of UMK 2024. The official roster of participants for UMK were released by YLE in early January, with the songs being released throughout the following days at midnight Finland time. And this year’s …
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 …
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 …
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 …
