Finland’s selection process for Eurovision 2016 – Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu – has just finished, and Sandhja has won the lucky golden ticket for the gig in Stockholm. In a close run thing, she beat off competition from Saara Aalto and Mikael Saari. Luckily with him finishing third I won’t […]
Welcome to the final part of the fun and games from good old Finland. As you may have seen last week, the people of the country selected the final three songs for the final of UMK – Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu tonight. Join us at 20:00CET for our LIVE BLOG. You […]
UMK’s thirdsemi-final has just finished, and tonight Finland selected three more songs to go to the final of the competition on Saturday 27 February. Are your favourites from tonight among them? If you missed the blog (and where were you?), you can find it HERE. Tuuli Okkonen – […]
Six already chosen, three more tonight. Tonight is the third part of Finland’s quest for more Eurovision glory. Over the last two Saturdays, they’ve started to fill the line-up for the final of UMK – Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu on Saturday 27 February. In a short time, we’ll know the full […]
Well! We’re two thirds of the way there now and it’s been a real roller-coaster. Last Saturday night, Mikael Saari, Cristal Snow, Annica Milan & Kimmo Blom joined Saara Alto, Stella-Christine and Eini in the grand final of Finland’s UMK Eurovision qualifier. Next Saturday, 20th of February sees […]
Welcome back to part two of the fun and games from good old Finland. As you may have seen last week, the people of the country selected three songs for the final of UMK – Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu on Saturday 27 February. They picked the three ladies. If you’re familiar […]
Standing out from the crowd – A necessity for Eurovision Over the years, certain media sources have bemoaned the fact that Eurovision music is too generic and is losing out on targeting a wider audience. While many countries have fielded ‘alternative’ acts over the years, these have […]
Lordi, Lordi, Lordi – It’s Heat 2 of UMK 2016 in Finland Next Saturday, 13th February sees the second heat of Finland’s UMK16 qualifying competition featuring another 6 songs. Who will join Saara Aalto, Eini and Stella Christine from the first heat? Attention 2 – Ready For The […]
UMK is underway, and tonight Finland selected three songs to go to the final of the competition on Saturday 27 February. Are your favourites from tonight among them? If you missed the blog (and where were you?), you can find it HERE. Eini – Draamaa Saara Aalto – No fear […]
Hyvää iltaa (as they say in Jyväskylä! Those crazy crazy Finns are in Eurovision, with their own unique formula. Whilst other countries may go all populist in their approach, UMK – Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu – is definitely Finnish. Broadcaster YLE goes for variety and maybe just a little bit […]
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