This morning, Yle, the Finnish national broadcaster, revealed the acts, their songs and the dates of song release that will be taking part in UMK. The seven acts are: Cyan Kicks – “Hurricane” (13/01) BESS – “Ram pam pam” (14/01) The Rasmus – “Jezebel” (17/01) Younghearted – “Sun […]
This week sees the week-in, week-out 2022 National Final marathon continue! This week is just the start of things, with just the one show and one announcement… Monday 10th January Norway – MGP Songs & Artists Announcement (12:30 GMT/13:30 CET) Wednesday 12th January Finland – UMK Artists Announcement […]
Blind Channel, the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest finalists from Finland, will be going on tour from the end of August, 2022. While a visit to Ireland is not happening on this tour, Blind Channel are heading to the United Kingdom. The “Sick & Dangerous Tour” will be taking […]
YLE, the Finnish national broadcaster, has put a call out for dancers for UMK 2022 – however it is currently unknown where it will be held. During the call for dancers, YLE announced that UMK 2022 will take place in the final week of February. Along with other […]
With Sweden’s Melodifestivalen wrapping up last night, the last national selection of the 2021 season has come to an end as we only have broadcaster’s announcements left to look forward to. While we’re now all excitedly looking ahead to May and eagerly awaiting the start of the contest […]
After a thoroughly entertaining night in Tampere, UMK 2021 has finished and we have a result! Representing Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 will be… Congratulations to Blind Channel and Dark Side!! Finland now have to earn their spot in the Eurovision Final by competing in the […]
Hyvää iltaa Euroopassa ja hyvää huomenta Australiassa! This is Helsinki calling! Tonight we’ll discover who will be flying the flag at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 for Finland – it’s time for Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu! Sit back and relax, and let Eurovision Ireland’s own James Scanlan entertain and […]
What can we say about Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest? They waited for decades for their first win, but when they did it was with one of the most iconic acts ever and for a time also reigned as the contest’s highest scoring winner to date! Ever […]
Hello dear readers of Eurovision Ireland! Today we continue with our exciting series: One Day Love! Each week we celebrate one song from Eurovision History. Here, you can find facts like: year, country, artist, title of the song, lyrics (translations when the song is in another language other […]
The results of UMK are in! Flying the Finnish flag in the Netherlands this May will be Aksel Kankaanranta and his song Looking Back! Finland will need to earn their spot in Saturday’s final by battling their way out of the 2nd Semi Final on the 14th of […]
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