Following last week’s announcement of this year’s acts for UMK 2021, the next of this year’s entries has been released. You can watch Aksel and his entry “Hurt”, below: You can watch Blind Channel and their entry “Dark Side”, below: Ilta and her entry “Kelle mä soitan”, will […]
Following yesterday’s announcements of this year’s acts for UMK 2021, the first of this year’s entries has been released. You can watch Telfon Brothers x Pandora and their entry “I Love You”, below: Danny and his entry “Sinä päivänä kun kaikki rakastaa mua”, will be released on Monday. […]
Following yesterday’s announcements of this year’s acts for UMK 2021, the first of this year’s entries has been released. You can watch Oskr and his entry “Lie”, below: Telfon Brothers x Pandora and their entry “I Love You”, will be released tomorrow. Let us know what you think […]
The seven artists that will be participating in this year’s UMK 2021 have been announced. This year’s Final will be taking place on Saturday 20th February. Their songs will be released every weekday starting tomorrow – the day is indicated next to the song titles below: Ilta “Kelle […]
This week see’s the return of the week-in, week-out National Final marathon season! This week has two shows, as well as song and artist announcements… Monday 11th January Norway – Semi Final 1 Songs & Artists Announcement (11:10 GMT/12:10 CET) Wednesday 13th January Finland – UMK21 Artists Announcement […]
Due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, there will be no audience at the 2021 edition of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu – the Finnish national selection for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, in Rotterdam. UMK 2021 will be held in Tampere, at the Mediapolis Studios. The seven Artists that will […]
This has been a very different year thanks to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, however we have had plenty of Eurovision related music to enjoy. Here at Eurovision Ireland and our friends from the around the Eurovision Community, we have chosen just five tracks that have summed up our […]
There has been so much news to keep up with this week, from the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, that we’ve rounded it all up here for you. Bulgaria Victoria was internally selected by BNT, the Bulgarian national broadcaster, to represent them again after the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest […]
The Finnish national selection for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, UMK, will take place on Saturday 20th February. The finalists for UMK 2021 will be revealed in January. It is currently undecided whether an audience will be present or not due to the Coronavirus pandemic. It is known […]
While thirteen countries have confirmed participation in Warsaw, three participating countries from last year – Albania, Armenia and Italy have yet to declare any participation news. Today, we can announce that Austria and Finland will not be making their debut in Warsaw this year. While no reason has […]
The 2021 edition of UMK will take place next February. Acts will be revealed next January. The winner will be chosen by a jury/televote combination. Rules are available on the YLE website. The song submission period will take place between Tuesday 1st September and Monday 7th September. Singers […]
Saara Aalto is joining in, with providing Home Concerts, like many other Eurovision Song Contest participants. “Queens Live!” will take place on Friday 1st May, at 20:00 CET. “Queens Live!” will see Saara perform tracks from her favourite musical Queens – not necessarily Eurovision songs. You will be […]
The European Broadcasting Union recently launched Eurovision Home Concerts. Show two will air tomorrow (Friday 10th April), on YouTube, at 17:00 CET. The week two acts to perform are: Montaigne – Australia Aksel – Finland Daði Freyr – Iceland Vasil – North Macedonia Gjon’s Tears – Switzerland Leonora […]
Within a week of the special programme “Eurovision: Europe Shine A Light”, replacing the cancelled 2020 Eurovision Song Contest, thirteen countries have committed to showing the programme. The thirteen countries that will be showing the programme are, with their broadcaster and channel in brackets: Belgium (VRT/Een) Bulgaria (BNT/BNT […]
Following on from the ANNOUNCEMENT that “De Eurovisa” will be broadcast as usual, YLE have announced further programming to fill the void of this year’s cancelled Eurovision Song Contest. Three former Contests will be shown in full. 2014 (their best placing since 2006), 2006 (Lordi achieve Finland’s only […]