We continue our Pabandom iš naujo interview series today with Justė Kraujelytė, who is back for her second time in the national selection. Justė Kraujelytė has a long history of performing and with the Eurovision Song Contest. Throughout her childhood she performed and travelled with a jazz ensemble and made her debut on national television during the 2017 season of …
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 …
We’re back with another edition of our Pabandom iš Naujo interview series, this time featuring singer and songwriter Alen Chicco. This year will mark Alen Chicco’s third time participating in the Lithuanian national selection, with their first appearance occurring in 2019 with “Your Cure”. Prior to competing for a spot at Eurovision Alen also competed on the 2017 season of …
This morning we connected with the Lithuanian band Il Senso to arrange an interview before the first heat of Pabandom iš naujo! Il Senso is a quartet of Lithuanian singers that are classically trained, and who’s music covers a variety of genres. As a group they have appeared on Lithuanian television and large stages a number of times performing renditions …
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 …
The Eurovision juggernaut Melodifestivalen is set to kick off in just over a month, and before things get too hectic we were able to grab Melfest contestant Axel Schylström for a quick interview. Axel first gained notoriety in 2015 when he competed on Idol Sverige back in 2015, where he’d end up finishing in fourth place overall. He then became …
‘Cha Cha Cha’ing into the UMK line-up is Käärijä. His song was released today and means we now know of 5 of the 7 competing acts of this years UMK. He is an artist that even the Finnish find hard to describe. He is described as loving to break boundaries and test new things. After releasing his first album two …
Yesterday saw the end of the submission period in Moldova, and today saw both the start – and the end, of the file examination stage of the national selection. Stage 2 will feature the infamous live auditions, before we head into stage 3, which will be the national final, for now, let’s go into detail about it all. Selectia Nationala …
The next batch of songs competing in Melodi Grand Prix’s second semi-final have been released on YouTube and Spotify. You can listen to each of the songs through our MGP playlist linked below. As a reminder, the full line-up for the semi final is as follows: Alejandro Fuentes – “Fuego” Bjorn Olav Edvardsen – “Turn Off My Heart” Ella A …
Late last week YLE and UMK released the names of the 7 competing artists in this years contest. With the final fast approaching on the 25th of February and after a short break over the weekend we now hear Robin Packalen’s song; ‘Girls Like You’. Packalen is one of Finland’s most successful artists. Packalen has been performing since he was …
