Late last week YLE and UMK released the names of the 7 competing artists in this years contest. With the final fast approaching on the 25th of February and after a short break over the weekend we now hear Robin Packalen’s song; ‘Girls Like You’. Packalen is one of Finland’s most successful artists. Packalen has been performing since he was …
This week, UMK released the names of the artists competing in this year’s contest. The daily release of songs continues today. Today, we hear Benjamin’s song “Hoida Mut”. Benjamin is one of the more established artists at UMK 2023. His career kicked off on social media in 2012 with his English language music taking off across the world. His single …
This morning, UMK released the names of the artists competing in this year’s contest. Today, the first of their songs was released. Each weekday until 20/01 we will have a new song released from Finland. Today, we start with Keira and “No Business On The Dancefloor”. Keira is the youngest competitor of this years UMK at just 18 and her …
After weeks of speculation and hints released by UMK, the artists competing in the 2023 contest have finally been released. The final takes place on the 25th of February in Turku. The participants are; Keira – No Business on the Dance Floor Benjamin – Hoida Mut Robin – Girls Like You Lxandra – Something to Lose Käärijä – Cha Cha …
Umk is due to release its chosen artists for the 2023 national selection on the 11th of January. Finnish newspaper Iltalehti is beginning their rumours for possible artists at the contest, much like we reported for Melodifestivalen. Yle has given small tips of the artists but their names are tightly kept secret. With 7 artists participating, the newspaper has revealed …
After the succes in previous years, Finland is back in 2023 with their biggest music show UMK (Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu). On Saturday 25 February, seven acts will compete in the Finnish national final in Logomo to represent Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. Finnish broadcaster Yle received 363 songs during the selection procedure of UMK. …
The list has finally dropped, and thankfully it did. With recent news about the withdrawal of Bulgaria, Montenegro and North Macedonia, there were fears of possibly more withdrawals to come, but those speculations are now over, as the EBU has finally confirmed that 37 countries will participate in the upcoming contest. 37 countries it is! In the end, it is …
Today marks the final day for any broadcaster with an active membership in the European Broadcasting Union to apply for participation in Eurovision 2023. After this, no additional broadcaster will be able to participate in the contest that did not originally apply – but broadcasters who submitted an application can still withdraw prior to October 11th without financial penalty. Any …
Over yesterday and today, more and more live on tapes are being released by the EBU on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel. By now, we’ve gotten to the point, where we have now seen “all” of the first semi-final tapes and now we step into the second semi-final. This is great moment to remind everyone, that some broadcasters …
Congratulations are in order to …. KALUSH ORCHESTRA of Ukraine. The group won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest after receiving a record-shattering 439 points from the televote. (Moldova, Spain, and Serbia were the only other entries to receive more than 200 points from the televote.) The group were in 4th place after the points from the 40 international juries were …
