It's Käärijä for Liverpool! The Finnish artist has won the final of UMK and will represent his country in Liverpool!
The Finnish national final Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (short: UMK) was hosted by the famous artist Samu Haber live in Turku, the oldest city in Finland. The winner has been determined by 75% televote and 25% international jury vote with members from the UK, Poland, Germany, Ukraine, Spain and Sweden.
This is the final ranking:
- Käärija – Cha Cha Cha
- Portion Boys – Samaa taivasta Katsotaan
- Keira – No Business On The Dancefloor
- Robin – Girls Like You
- Kuuma – Ylivoimainen
- Lxandra – Something To Lose
- Benjamin – Hoida Mut
Here you can find the English lyrics of ‘Cha Cha Cha‘:
[Verse 1]
This exhausting week and the many long days are behind
There’s only bar and piña colada on my mind
There is some time for a few, the night is still youngish
This icy shell is something I have to demolish
[Chorus]
Holding on the drinks with both hands tied on them like a
Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, no
There’s no tomorrow when I grab a pint tightly like a
Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, no
Wanna mess my head up and to free my mind of fear like a
Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, no
And I stay on this seat until I have to climb off it like a
[Verse 2]
A couple piña coladas I have devoured
Yet the expression I have on my face is sour
Yeah, yeah, ye, ye, yeah
There is some time for a few, the night is still youngish
This icy shell is something I have to demolish
The floor is calling me when I’m no longer so frozen
Like a cha cha cha I am approachin’
[Chorus]
Holding on the drinks with both hands tied on them like a
Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, no
There’s no tomorrow when I grab a pint tightly like a
Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, no
Wanna mess my head up and to free my mind of fear like a
Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, no
And I stay on this seat until I have to climb off it like, woah
[Post-Chorus]
I head towards dance floor
Like a cha, cha, cha
And this world ain’t making me scared no more
Like a cha, cha, cha
When champagne all over myself I pour
[Bridge]
Cha, cha, cha, one eye keeps turning crossed too far
And talking is so hard when this different side of me does its part
Cha, cha, cha, I don’t usually go and drop my guard, not me
But now I am that guy, now I am that guy
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