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, …
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 …
We have 26 songs in the final, we know what half they would all perform in, and now, we know the full running order! Where has each and every song been placed, when will they perform for the big final, that what we’ll see right now. 2023 Running order This is the exact order we’ll have for Saturday night: 🇦🇹 …
What a show, what a spectacular, some performances, it’s all happening again! We wish the best of luck to the eliminated acts, and can now just only look forward to see, where tonight’s 10 qualified acts will perform in the final! First or second half? Once again, a huge congrats to the 10 countries of 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇷🇸 Serbia, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇭🇷 …
