Early in the Eurovision national final season, Finland revealed that they were scrapping the usual competitive UMK format to feature one special artist instead, and that artist is no other than Saara Aalto. It was then revealed that three songs would be released over three weeks, and then the Finnish public will be able to…
Read More
We don’t know about you, but we’ve just been patiently waiting for Eurovision 2018 songs to be released! We’ve had a handful of artists been selected over the last few months with songs to be released at a future time, and we’ve also had a handful of songs been chosen through both national selection and…
Read More
We all expected the usual UMK national selection process from Finland this year, but they announced early on in the Eurovision national final season that it would be Saara Aalto to represent the nation, with three songs to be revealed at a later date – and guess what, it’s now that later date and we…
Read More
Earlier in November, we learnt that Finland would be sending popular Finnish, and now international artist Saara Aalto to Eurovision 2018. In a change of national final process, it was decided that the entries submitted to the usual UMK format weren’t suitable, and with Saara having tried to represent Finland on numerous occasions, it was…
Read More
Traditionally, Finland has opted for a multi-artist national final, where each artist has the competing song they hope to take to the Eurovision stage. As such, we tuned into the press conference live stream expecting the artists to be named for the Finnish national final, UMK, however instead we got an artist announcement – in…
Read More
Every week, Eurovision Union is dedicated in bringing you a specially curated playlist full of songs from all our favourite Eurovision and National Final stars. Whether they’re new tracks, or old favourites, you’ll be sure to find songs on the playlist you can’t help but put on repeat! This week we have a mix of…
Read More
As you may recall, we first saw Saara Aalto when she performed twice in the Finnish national final for Eurovision, firstly in 2011 with the song Blessed with Love, and then last year with the song No Fear. She has also placed 2nd in the Voice of Finland, and most recently, Saara participated on the…
Read More
A couple of weeks back, we reported on the journey of Saara Aalto, the Finnish singer who took on the UK and survived weeks of voting in the X Factor to reach the top 2. The results are in, and Saara unfortunately was named a runner up once again, after finishing 3rd in Talent Suomi,…
Read More
Saara Aalto, as some of you may remember, participated in the National Final for Finland in both 2011 and 2016 with the songs Blessed With Love and No Fear respectively. Previous to this, Saara had participated in Talent Suomi, finishing in the top 3, and later on, she participated in the Voice of Finland, where…
Read More