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 …
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 …
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 …
Finland’s new prince Käärijä is back home and preparing for his next adventure after Eurovision. But, before all that he has got a huge concert in Helsinki for thousands of fans in the arena, and it has been announced by Yle that it will be livestreamed worldwide. People around the world will be able to watch Käärijä’s homecoming concert live …
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 …
