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Team Reviews: ESCUnited reviews: UMK 2024 (Finland)

Hyvää iltaa, everyone! On this not-quite Super Saturday, two countries pick their entrant for Eurovision (technically three but we’re not waiting for Italy). We’ve already reviewed Latvia for you, so it’s only fair we drop in our thoughts on Finland a few hours ahead of tonight’s UMK. The Finnish selection –Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu- has known a spike in quality since …

🇫🇮 Finland: The 7 songs that fight for the spot in Malmö

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 …

🇫🇮 Finland: UMK to seek redemption in 2024!

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 …

Get ready for UMK2023! Finland reveals plans for their national final.

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. …

ESCUnited reviews: UMK 2022!

Helsinki, 26 February 2022 Hyvää iltapäivää, Eurooppa! We’re gearing ourselves up for another National Finals Saturday, but only one country will be picking its entry tonight: Suomi,  popularly known as Finland will host their annual selection show Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu, with a line-up of 7 established acts, one of which will represent the nordic nation in Turin next May. As …

Czechia & Finland: National final dates are set

After a really messed up 2021 season, with news being rather focused on artists be given a second shot, and a lot less about national finals taking place, things are slowly getting back to what it once used to be. Unfortunately no, we’re not talking about life before COVID-19, but at least the Eurovision national final season, which is somewhat …

Finland: UMK will be back for Eurovision 2022

With the dust slowly settles over the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, Finland don’t want to waste any time and already released the rules for their national final. Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu will be used again in 2022 to find the best new Finnish song and performer. The winner of the competition will represent Finland in the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest. Interested in …

Team Reviews: Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021

Another Nordic nation will decide their entry for Rotterdam tonight, with Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu once again selecting Finland’s song for Eurovision. With seven high quality songs here, it’s going to be a bloodbath of a selection. But which song comes out on top for our team? Let’s see what Boris, Daniel, James, Melanie, Sean and Stefan thought of the Finnish …

UMK 2021

Who do #YOU want to win UMK 2021? It’s poll time!

This weekend, Finland will finally make their choice for Eurovision 2021, as the latest edition of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu is held from Tampere. With eight songs competing in a high-quality contest, it is shaping up to be an exciting and dramatic race for the Finnish ticket to Rotterdam this weekend. But, we ask, which of the eight songs has captured …

Finland: Listen to OSKR’s & Teflon Brothers x Pandora’s songs for UMK 2021

Last Wednesday, Finnish broadcaster YLE announced the 7 hopefuls who are in the running to fly the Finnish flag in Rotterdam. To keep the hype alive among the Eurovision fans, the broadcaster decided to release the songs on a daily base. You can expect a new song from the national final every weekday around 23:00 CET. Without further ado, let …

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