Pertti Kurikan nimipäivät wins UMK
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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Finland: UMK finalists are clear!
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 […]
Finland: Three qualified for UMK final
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 […]
Finland: New UMK format presented – Listen to the entries
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 […]
Finland: Names of UMK contestants leaked online
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 […]
Finland: UMK contestants announced mid-January
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 […]
UMK contestants to be announced in January
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 […]
Switzerland, Finland start their 2015 search in fall
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 […]
Finland: Softengine wins UMK!
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 […]
Tonight: Finland and Switzerland decide for Copenhagen!
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 […]
Betting odds: Softengine to win UMK
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 […]
Hanna Sky straight to UMK final
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 […]
Tonight: UMK Heat Two!
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 […]
Tonight: UMK heat one
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 […]
Finland: UMK final in Espoo
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 […]
Yle receives 420 songs for UMK 2014
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 […]
Interview: Krista Siegfrids prepares a party album for May
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 […]
Finland: Televoting results revealed
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 […]
Finnish Eurovision entry annoys feminists
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 […]
Finland: Krista Siegfrids heading for Malmö!
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 […]
Tonight: First elimination round in Finland
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 […]
Finland: UMK starts in September
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 […]
