LISTEN: Oskr releases UMK entry “Lie”
The first of seven entries in this years Uuden musiikin kilpailu (UMK) has been released by Finnish broadcaster YLE, and it’s “Lies” by Oskr. The song has been composed by Oskr himself, alongside Joonas Angeria and David Pramik, with Heikki Slåen writing the lyrics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lftnwAhgiU Oskr, real name Oskari Ruohonen, is a Finnish singer-songwritter from […]
Finland reveals 7 artist competing in UMK 2021!
The 7 competing artists for UMK 2021 have just been revealed!
No live audience for Finnish national final UMK 2021
As the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic is still prevailing, Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), Finland’s national selection for their entry to the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, will have no live audience in the southern city of Tampere come February 20. Furthermore, the seven finalists chosen from almost 300 submissions made to Finnish broadcaster Yleisradio (YLE) […]
UMK 2021 participants will be revealed on January 13!
Eurovision 2021 is getting serious! More and more national selections are about to give details about their participants. Some of them already revealed full songs or at least snippets of them. Now, the Finnish broadcaster YLE revealed that the participants list is going to get revealed on January 13th 2021 for Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu. Up […]
Krista Siegfrids gives birth to a little baby girl
Krista Siegfrids, who represented Finland at Eurovision 2013 with her song ‘Marry Me’ gave birth to her beautiful daughter Lizzy van Nes in early morning of November 16! In June 2020 Krista announced she was expecting her first child together with her partner Rutger. Together they’re happily living together in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. View this […]
UMK21! Seven Finalists Chosen for Finland’s National Selection!
Finnish broadcast Yle has announced today that they have already chosen the 7 songs to complete in their national selections, Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu. On the official Instagram account for UMK, it was revealed that the lucky 7 were chosen from a total of 278 applications. Tapop Hakanen from Yle is quoted as saying: “The standard […]
Saara Aalto and Baga Chipz make 2020 ‘MUCH BETTA’ with new single!
Finland’s Eurovision 2018 star Saara Aalto has just released a new collaboration single together with RuPaul’s Drag Race UK queen Baga Chipz! The iconic duo sing the song ‘When The Sun Goes Down’ together. The official press release reads: ‘LGBTQ+ Icons Saara Aalto & Baga Chipz’s glittering worlds have collided to bring us, ‘When The Sun Goes […]
We have a date! UMK will be held on February 20!
With the new Eurovision season beginning, we need to start talking about national selection news! Finland has released details regarding it’s national selection Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu, or UMK for short. The national broadcaster has revealed that UMK 2021 will be taking place in Tampere like it did for the 2020 edition on the 20th February. […]
More fun on the table of sinners: Erika Vikman goes sexy in ‘Syntisten pöytä’
Back in March 2020, Erika Vikman slayed in Finland’s national final ‘Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu’ and came in second out of six participants with her erotic and fierce banger Cicciolina. In the end she wasn’t chosen to represent her country in Rotterdam but she earned a lot of hearts from people in the Eurovision bubble. On […]