Finland UMK 2014 – Heat 2. Photo : YLE

Finland – Tonight is the Second Heat of UMK2014 – The Finnish Eurovision 2014 Contest.

Format of the show

There are 12 songs in total in the Finnish selection and tonight the second set of 6 songs are competing for 1 direct place to the Grand Final and 4 places to the Semi Final. 1 act will leave the competition.

The voting lines for tonight’s show have been open since last Monday. The televote will account for 50% of the vote and the 4 member Jury will make up a further 50% of the vote. The Jury members are  Aija Puurtinen, Toni Wirtanen, Redrama and Tomi Saarinen – whom we have met in the presentation shows

The six acts tonight competing are :

1. MAKEA – “Painovoima”
2. Lauri Mikkola – “Going Down”
3. Clarissa feat. Josh Standing – “Top of the World”
4. Mikko Pohjola – “Sängyn reunalla”
5. MadCraft – “Shining Bright”
6. Hanna Sky – “Hope”

Viewing Details

There is a pre-contest show that begins at 19:30 (CET) and then the live heat is at 20:00 (CET) – Saturday January 18th

You can watch the show live on-line HERE

We will be covering the show live with our rolling blog – check our site for the link before the show. #JoinUs for some commentary.

Author/Website co-founder and Editor in Chief Garrett Mulhall

Source : Eurovision Ireland and YLE