This morning, UMK released the names of the artists competing in this year’s contest. Today, the first of their songs was released. Each weekday until 20/01 we will have a new song released from Finland. Today, we start with Keira and “No Business On The Dancefloor”. Keira is the youngest competitor of this years UMK at just 18 and her …
After weeks of speculation and hints released by UMK, the artists competing in the 2023 contest have finally been released. The final takes place on the 25th of February in Turku. The participants are; Keira – No Business on the Dance Floor Benjamin – Hoida Mut Robin – Girls Like You Lxandra – Something to Lose Käärijä – Cha Cha …
Umk is due to release its chosen artists for the 2023 national selection on the 11th of January. Finnish newspaper Iltalehti is beginning their rumours for possible artists at the contest, much like we reported for Melodifestivalen. Yle has given small tips of the artists but their names are tightly kept secret. With 7 artists participating, the newspaper has revealed …
After the succes in previous years, Finland is back in 2023 with their biggest music show UMK (Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu). On Saturday 25 February, seven acts will compete in the Finnish national final in Logomo to represent Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. Finnish broadcaster Yle received 363 songs during the selection procedure of UMK. …
Over yesterday and today, more and more live on tapes are being released by the EBU on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel. By now, we’ve gotten to the point, where we have now seen “all” of the first semi-final tapes and now we step into the second semi-final. This is great moment to remind everyone, that some broadcasters …
Despite the main contest having wrapped just two week ago, decisions are already being made by the broadcasters about the Junior Eurovision contest happening in December. Last year a total of 19 countries participated in the contest, and at the end of the event Armenia’s Malena won with the song “Qami Qami”. Who do we know is out? Prior to …
We now know which half of the Grand Final all of this year’s qualifying acts will perform in! At tonight’s post-show press conference, the 10 entries that made it out of semi-final two drew for their slots. Czech Republic, Finland, and Romania will be performing in the first half of Saturday night’s show, with Belgium, Azerbaijan, Poland, Estonia, Australia, Sweden, …
It’s just 3 days till the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy! Connor speaks to Lauri from The Rasmus after the Opening Ceremony in Turin. They talked about about their landslide win at UMK, the concept behind their staging and the story behind the feathers in his hair. Check out our interview in the video …
Turin, 05 May 2022 Buongiorno everyone! We’ve here with the live report on this morning’s rehearsals. Note: Images and videos will be added once they go online on the official channel. Country: Iceland Act: Systur Song: “Með hækkandi sól” [With the rising sun] Semifinal: First (10/05/2022) Position in Running Order: 14/17 Icelandic sister trio Sigga, Beta and Elin (also known …
Ahead of the Finnish Eurovision selection UMK we were priviledged enough to grab Lauri from The Rasmus and ask him some questions about the Finnish Eurovision selection and the band. Learn more about how the group was formed, their journey to the national selection, and what we can expect from them on February 26th by reading below! Hello there everyone …
