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 …
What a year it has been for Finland, not only did the country blow viewers out of their minds by winning the public vote, but they also achieved their officially second ever best result in their over 60 year long history. As much as a victory would’ve probably have been preferred, the Finns are not ready to give up, just …
Tonight Finland has decided who they want to send to Liverpool for the Eurovision Song Contest. The next of the Nordic national finals rounded of UMK’s selection process. After weeks of hype the tough competition came to a close and gave us our 22nd artist of Eurovision 2023! Turku’s Logomo played host to the steller show where 7 acts competed …
All opinions expressed in this article are those of the person quoted and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the other team members or ESC United as a whole. It’s finally time. This weekend, and after much anticipation, Finland will select its act for Eurovision 2023 in Turku! Finland are still looking for their second win since Lordi and …
Our next interview from this year’s UMK selection comes from Lxandra, who had nothing to lose by chatting with us! Lxandra is a singer and songwriter from Suomenlinna, Finland and the daughter of the Finnish bassist and composer Pekka Lehti. She first appeared in the music scene in 2017 with her first singles “Hush Hush Baby” and “Flicker”, and also …
We’re excited to bring you a new interview with Finnish star and UMK contestant Robin Packalen! Robin is a well-known and listened to artist in Finland, whose music has sold over 370,000 copies as of 2014 alone. He first popped up in the music scene in 2008 when he won the Finnish youth singing contest Staraskaba, and then competed for the …
UMK’s final is fast approaching on the 25th of February, and no show is complete without great interval acts. Last year’s winner The Rasmus will perform their latest single ‘Live and Never Die’ from their 10th studio album that was released last year. They are glad to be back after winning UMK last year and looking forward to seeing the …
UMK is just a week away, so YLE has now released the running order amongst other things for the program. Other announcements included commentator and production information. The running order on the 25th of February will be as follows Robin Packalen – “Girls Like You“ KUUMMA – “Ylivoimainen” Käärijä – “Cha Cha Cha“ Keira – “No Business on the Dancefloor“ …
It is the final day of our week long UMK coverage. We finish off with a bang and Portion Boys song ‘Samaa Taivasta Katsotaan’. Described as Finland’s loudest party bands Portion Boys are one of the most experienced participants in this years UMK competition. The band begun over 10 years ago in Tampere, just north of Helsinki. On its inception …
It’s almost the end of UMK’s week of song releases and today we are feeling Hot for KUUMA and their Finnish song ‘Ylivoimainen’; KUUMA are a three-piece Finnish pop group that have been signed with Universal Music since 2016. Their first album was released in 2019 also named KUUMA. The band made up of Johannes Brotherus, Jonttu Luhtavaara and Aarni …
