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Pertti Kurikan nimipäivät wins UMK

February 28, 2015by Riku Ranta

Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu culminated in Helsinki on Saturday night. Half of the 18 acts made it to the final through the semi-finals. The winner was chosen by a combination of […]

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Breaking News, Finland

Finland: UMK finalists are clear!

February 21, 2015by Riku Ranta

The last semi-final of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu took place in Helsinki. Another six acts were competing and half of them managed to qualify for next week’s grand final. The qualifiers […]

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Finland, National Selections

Finland: Three qualified for UMK final

February 7, 2015by Riku Ranta

First out of three semi-finals took place in Helsinki on Saturday night. Six songs were competing and three of them qualified for the February 28th national final. The qualifiers were […]

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Finland, National Selections

Finland: New UMK format presented – Listen to the entries

January 13, 2015by Riku Ranta

All 18 Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu participants have been officially presented in today’s press conference. Although the names leaked already last week, the songs and music videos were still unheard and unseen till […]

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Finland, National Selections

Finland: Names of UMK contestants leaked online

January 7, 2015by Riku Ranta 1 Comment

The names of all the UMK participants have leaked online today. The official presentation of the artists will take place on Tuesday, January 13th. Webcast will be available here at […]

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Finland, National Selections

Finland: UMK contestants announced mid-January

December 18, 2014by Riku Ranta 1 Comment

All the UMK 2015 contestants have been chosen already in October but we’ll still have to wait for a few more weeks to know the names. The artists will be […]

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Finland, National Selections

UMK contestants to be announced in January

October 24, 2014by Riku Ranta

Yle has today confirmed in its press release that the pre-selection jury has now chosen the contestants, competing in the Finnish pre-selection 2015. These artists will be announced in January […]

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Finland, National Selections

Switzerland, Finland start their 2015 search in fall

May 19, 2014by Riku Ranta

The Swiss and Finnish broadcasters have preliminary confirmed their participation in Eurovision 2015. Both will be using an open competition for songwriters and artists to enter. Finland goes for Uuden […]

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Finland, Switzerland

Finland: Softengine wins UMK!

February 1, 2014by Riku Ranta

Third edition of UMK has now finished and Finland has its new Eurovision representative. Eight acts competed in tonight’s final which took place in Espoo. Also last year’s UMK winner […]

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Breaking News, Finland, National Selections

Tonight: Finland and Switzerland decide for Copenhagen!

February 1, 2014by Riku Ranta 2 Comments

Two more Eurovision entries will be chosen tonight as national finals in Finland and Switzerland take place. Find out more below. Die Grosse Entscheidungs Show In late November, the 18 […]

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Finland, National Selections, Switzerland

Betting odds: Softengine to win UMK

January 31, 2014by Riku Ranta 1 Comment

Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2014 is about to reach its climax when the representative for Finland is chosen. Eight acts have made it to the final after the previous weeks’ pre-qualification […]

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Betting Odds, Finland, National Selections

Hanna Sky straight to UMK final

January 18, 2014by Riku Ranta

The second heat in the Finnish Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu was competed tonight in Helsinki. The last six acts were on stage performing for the audience and the jury before next […]

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Finland, National Selections

Tonight: UMK Heat Two!

January 18, 2014by Riku Ranta

Another six get on stage in Helsinki tonight to compete for four tickets to the semi-final and for one ticket straight to the final. One has to join Lili Lambert […]

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Finland, National Selections

Tonight: UMK heat one

January 11, 2014by Riku Ranta

The first live Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) show will air tonight from Helsinki. First half of 12 contestants are performing tonight – one of them will have to leave the […]

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Finland, National Selections

Finland: UMK final in Espoo

November 3, 2013by Riku Ranta

The third edition of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) will take place soon. Yle has now confirmed that the same hosts and jurors will continue also this time. This means that […]

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Finland, National Selections

Yle receives 420 songs for UMK 2014

September 23, 2013by Riku Ranta

Immediately after the grand final of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest, the Finnish broadcaster Yle opened its submission period for Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) 2014. This format is being used […]

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Finland, National Selections

Interview: Krista Siegfrids prepares a party album for May

February 24, 2013by Riku Ranta 2 Comments

The Finnish representative, always so energetic and positive Krista Siegfrids spoke to ESC Webs. She won the second edition of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu earlier in February with nearly 40% of […]

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Finland, Interviews

Finland: Televoting results revealed

February 15, 2013by Riku Ranta

A nearly week after the final, Yle released the exact results of the UMK televoting. Now it’s clear that Krista Siegfrids won by  large margin as she received  38% of […]

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Finland

Finnish Eurovision entry annoys feminists

February 11, 2013by Riku Ranta 1 Comment

Last Saturday, Krista Siegfrids won UMK and received the Finnish ticket to Malmö. Her cheerful song, ‘Marry Me’, can be seen as a humorous song or, as some feminists, as […]

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Finland

Finland: Krista Siegfrids heading for Malmö!

February 9, 2013by Riku Ranta

The second ever edition of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu culminated in tonight’s final. The Finnish representative was chosen among the eight acts which qualified for tonight’s show from the pre-qualification rounds […]

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Breaking News, Finland, National Selections

Tonight: First elimination round in Finland

January 17, 2013by Riku Ranta

Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 20:00-21:30 CET Webcast Preceded by three presentation shows, the live concerts kicks off tonight in the Finnish pre-selection. In tonight’s show from Helsinki, six acts are competing […]

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Finland, National Selections

Finland: UMK starts in September

June 4, 2012by Riku Ranta

Yesterday, ESC Webs reported about Finland choosing its representative again using Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu, a format which was introduced last year. Today the Finnish national broadcasting company YLE revealed some rules of […]

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Finland, National Selections

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