Finnish broadcaster YLE recently revealed the six artists taking part in the Finnish Eurovision selection this year, with the plans to reveal the songs one by one. The third song, ‘Looking Back’ by Aksel Kankaanranta has been released. Listen to the entry below: After two years of internally selecting their Eurovision artist, the nation has…
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Finnish broadcaster YLE recently revealed the six artists taking part in the Finnish Eurovision selection this year, with the plans to reveal the songs one by one. The second song, ‘Cicciolina’ by Erika Vikman. Listen to the entry below: After two years of internally selecting their Eurovision artist, the nation has returned back to a…
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Finnish broadcaster YLE recently revealed the six artists taking part in the Finnish Eurovision selection this year, with the plans to reveal the songs one by one. The first song, ‘I Let My Heart Break’ by Tika has now been revealed. Listen to the entry below: After two years of internally selecting their Eurovision artist,…
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Finnish broadcaster YLE have now announced the names of the six artists competing in the upcoming national selection, UMK, After two years of internally selecting their Eurovision artist, the nation has returned back to a multi-artist public selection. The selection will take place on March 7th at 20:00 CET. The show will be hosted by…
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Earlier in the Eurovision season it was revealed that Finland would be returning to an open format of UMK, their Eurovision national selection. Now, more details have been released regarding the 2020 selection. Tapio Hakasen, the music manager of YleX and organisational team member of UMK has explained that the return to the open format…
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Finnish broadcaster YLE has now released more information on the selection process for the 2020 Eurovision season. Unlike the previous two years, the selection UMK will return to an open format, previously used between 2012 and 2017. In 2018, the Finnish broadcaster decided to change their approach for Eurovision by internally selecting their artist, but…
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You may remember our original Best of the Bunch series, which aimed to find the best Eurovision entry from each nation from the years 2006 to 2015. From that series, we created the ‘Ultimate Eurovision’ which featured the winners of each of the poll, which you can read here. Over the past year, we aimed…
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Today marked the start of the second rehearsals for the semi-finalists, starting with Cyprus through to Portugal. Who impressed, and who runs the risk of non-qualification? Our guest writer Dennis (ESCdaily) gave his thoughts on the performances of the day! Cyprus The song opens with very quick flashing camera shots of Tamta in the dark.…
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It was Jacques Houdek who once said, ‘Dare to dream, make a meal’ – ok yes, that wasn’t quite the lyric, but with this year’s slogan ‘Dare to Dream’ why not make a few adaptations! With this year’s contest quickly approaching, it’s time to start planning your Eurovision parties. With the help of Eurovision Union,…
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I was first introduced to the unique style of Stig (not to be confused with Estonian artist Stig Rästa) after he performed the song Laululeija in the Finnish Eurovision national selection back in 2012, and although he may have drifted into oblivion for many Eurovision fans, Stig has certainly remained as one of those artists…
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