#FINLAND: Darude reveals second UMK song As we know, Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu is the Finnish selection for Eurovision. This year, Darude and Sebastian Rejman will be carrying hopes and sending one of three songs. Tonight we heard the first, called Superman. Here it is. The first song was […]
FINLAND: Darude reveals first UMK song As we know, Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu is the Finnish selection for Eurovision. This year, Darude and Sebastian Rejman will be carrying hopes and sending one of three songs. Tonight we heard the first, called Release me. Here it is. We’ll be hearing […]
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), will continue to use their invitational approach with artists for their 2019 Contest. It is currently unknown whether a group of artists will be selected for a televised final or whether one artist will be selected to present a number of songs like Saara […]
#FINLAND: Saara Aalto to sing Monsters at Eurovision 2018 Finland (and an international jury) have decided to send ‘Monsters‘ to the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon. It won both the vote of both the international jury and the public vote. Here’s the winning song: Are you happy […]
We recently asked you which of Saara Alto’s songs was your favourite and which one you would like to see represent Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon this May. Well, as tonight is UMK, here are the results! Drum roll, please… SAARA AALTO – MONSTERS Your […]
2018 is going to be quite the Eurovision year! Along with the excitement of heading to a brand new country for Europe’s favourite musical party, we also have a (potentially) whopping 32 national selections to look forward to! Along with yearly staples such as Melodifestivalen and San Remo, […]
With Lindita’s “Botë” selected to represent Albania, the national selection season 2017 has officially began! Ah, nation selection season… for Eurovision fans, this means 2 things: – a heck of a lot of excitement, and more often than not, a bucket load of disappointment too! It’s the […]
Yesterday all the videos from UMK 2017 were published on the UMK official youtube channel and the odds bookmakers are giving us show an early favourite to win. According to eurovisionworld.com the favourite to win is Emma, followed shorty by Norma John. Who is your favourite? Author: Bogdan Stefan […]
Yesterday (December 28th) YLE — the national broadcaster for Finland — released the music videos from the ten artists that will compete to represent the Nordic nation at Eurovision 2017 in Kyiv. Their national final Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu will take place on January 28th and the winner will be chosen through a 50-50 televote-international […]
YLE in Finland has revealed more details of the potential entrants to the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv next May. For the sixth time, Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu will be the programme that showcases and selects the winning song. The 10 finalists are: “Arrows” – Alva. Composers Arto Ruotsala, […]
Finnish Eurovision personality Saara Aalto’s appearance on this year’s season of the UK X Factor has got a lot of Eurovision fans excited – and the judges too it seems! On tonight’s live show, Saara blew the audience away with her rendition of Frozen’s “Let It Go” and […]
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 […]
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