Erika Vikman News Today

Your preview of Finland's 'UMK' - from the selection of songs and the trio of hosts to the enticing guest performers!

Tonight Finland, Italy and Latvia will select their entries for the 60th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden.

Windows95man has won Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2024 and will represent Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö with the song “No Rules”.

Olly Alexander who will represent the United Kingdom at Eurovision 2024 will feature in UMK 2024 tomorrow night.

Finnish broadcaster Yle has released short rehearsal clips for the acts competing in Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2024.

Watch the video for “cicciolina,” a new song from New York band cumgirl8, who announced their signing with 4AD today.

Loppuunmyyty tamperelainen Festivaali 2021 joudutaan perumaan viranomaispäätöksellä tältä kesältä, tapahtuma viestittää Facebook-sivullaan.

Suomi has a winner! After a bloody battle for the all-expenses paid trip to Rotterdam, it was Blind Channel who won Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021 in Tampere, Finland, beating six worthy opponents in one of the best-staged editions of UMK ever. They’ll sing “Dark Side” at Eurovision 2021. Blind Channel wins UMK 2021 with “Dark Side” Blind Channel stole the night, finishing first with both the international jury and the televote. They made the stage look enormous, giving it the feel of ...

1 month ago As a Finn, I think it will be a three-way race between Blind Channel, Teflon Brothers x Pandora and Ilta. I predict that Blind Channel will most likely be 2nd in the televoting and will also do well in the jury and when put together it could make Blind Channel the winner. Teflon Brothers are very popular in Finland and they have many fans, mostly younger people. They will most definitely win the televote, but I’m not sure how the jury will like it. Ilta is also gaining popularity ...

Finland: ‘Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021 (UMK21)’ Preview Finland will select their 2021 Eurovision entry this weekend, with the 10th edition of ‘Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK)’. UMK is held as a single two hour show, where seven artists will perform their entries and be selected by a mixed vote from an international jury and the Finnish public. As we have become used to this season, there will be no live audience. In what should generate a lot of excitement in the fandom, the show will ...