It’s been a while now since the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest concluded and for most, the return to the usual daily life has already kicked in, but Finland is already gearing up towards 2026. Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2026 To put it bluntly, the news were revealed during the heating moments of the 2025 contest, just to show, that Finland are …

As the second semi-final rapidly approaches tomorrow, it’s time for us to discover who YOU believe will advance to the grand final! A total of 16 acts are slated to compete in the semi-final, vying for 10 coveted spots. But for now it’s your turn, the readers of ESC United, to share your predictions on which acts will qualify. You …

Another day, another poll result article! We received a total of 119 votes on this flash poll, and the winner was decided almost instantly. To no ones surprise – 48% our readers agreed that Finland’s Erika Vikman was the most impressive and standout rehearsal in Basel Friday. Denmark’s Sissal had the second best rehearsal according to our readers, earning 13% …

The remaining acts competing in Semi-Final Two have completed their second rehearsals in Basel which means we want to know who’s rehearsal impressed YOU the most today! Below you will find a listing of every act who rehearsed today, and you can cast your vote for your top three favorites. Please note that you can only vote once in this …

Today we’re moving ahead with the second rehearsals over in Basel, and whose turn is it today? Well, it’s Semi-final 2 (last 7), for their second rehearsals! So, let’s see how they did, shall we? Georgia @eurovision Your preview of the powerful performance planned by Georgia Georgia / Mariam Shengelia – Freedom rehearsal clip / @mariamshengeliaa1 Eurovision2025 …

It’s our final round before second rehearsals begin, so who do we have in store today? Let’s see! MALTA: Miriana Conte’s in the house! Her larger-than-life attitude and presence shines through even from photos only. Her MESC staging was animated enough, but this seems to be on a whole new level. Sparkly lips and disco balls are definitely on …

We are getting closer and closer to the 2025 contest in Basel, Switzerland. Today, we saw another huge step towards the contest, with the running order for the semi-finals now being known. The Running order of the 2025 Semi-finals No big changes have been made since last year, 2025 will continue with the new idea of having the finalists performing …

Erika Vikman has officially been announced the winner of UMK25, and will represent Finland with her song, “Ich komme”, at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland! Six acts competed at this year’s UMK25, which was held at the Nokia Arena in Tampere. The national final also featured performances from last year’s UMK winner, Windows95man, co-host of this year’s …

Hyvää iltaa, everyone! We’re cranking out the Team Reviews this year like there’s no tomorrow, and in this post we tackle the highly awaited (I presume) FINNISH reviews! As always, we have a diverse bunch of opinions and viewpoints ready for you, filleting the six entries hoping to fly the Finnish flag in Basel this May. Because of the disqualification …

The semi-final allocation draw is now over, and now we know in which semi-final that 31 semi-finalists will compete in. It was also decided that 15 countries will compete in the first semi-final and that 16 will compete in the second semi-final. Finally, it was also decided in which semi-final the pre-qualified countries will vote in. Let’s now go through …