Catharina Zühlke: ‘My goal this year is to be brave and sing from my heart!’

With less than a week to go until Finland decides on their next Eurovision act, we talked to one of the participants, and returning UMK artist Catharina Zühlke. She will be performing the song ‘Eternity’ on the UMK stage, three years after finishing runner-up in the same competition. Here’s what she had to say! It…

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FINLAND: Who is Erika Vikman & Cicciolina – The Porn-star turned Politician

Finland return to a national selection and already a fan-favourite is generating a lot of buzz in the Eurovision community. Erika Vikman’s “Cicciolina” is far more than a Scandinavian, schlager song. In this the first of a two-part series we delve further in the singer and inspiration behind the song to understand better what messages…

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Listen to the Fourth UMK entry, ‘Bananas by F3M

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 fourth song, ‘Bananas by F3M has been released. Listen to the entry below: After two years of internally selecting their Eurovision artist, the nation has returned back…

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Listen to the Third UMK entry, ‘Looking Back’ by Aksel Kankaanranta

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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Listen to the Second UMK entry, ‘Cicciolina’ by Erika Vikman

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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Listen to the first UMK entry, ‘I Let My Heart Break’ by Tika

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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More Details of Finnish Eurovision Selection Revealed

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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