YLE announced that Saara will not be going to the UK selection as many parts of the UK press thought, but has been internally selected to sing at the contest for Finland.

UMK 2018 will still take place in Helsinki, but it’s going to be more like a Song for Saara rather than the traditional UMK that we know and love (!).  Reports suggest that there will be three songs vying for the title and probably some mix of viewer and jury vote to decide the winner.

She’s clearly excited as referenced by her tweet below

… and at least she won’t finish second again (like in 2011 and 2016).  In a sad turn of events Krista will be presenting UMK for the third year in a row.

WHAT DO YOU THINK? – IS SAARA A GOOD CHOICE?

LET US KNOW!

Author : Phil Colclough (head webmaster – www.oneurope.co.uk)