Over the last two weeks, we’ve been treated to two potential Eurovision songs from fan favourite artist, Saara Aalto. As we know, Finland scrapped the former UMK format this year to feature Saara Aalto as the main act, with the national final to focus on the song selection. A total of three songs will be…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Last night, the Finnish national final UMK took place, where ten acts took to the stage all hoping to win the top spot and ultimately go on to represent Finland at Eurovision in Kyiv. The show was hosted by Krista Siegfrids, and the pre-show was hosted by Mikko Silvennoinen and featured Finnish pop star Jenni…
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As the Eurovision schedule gets busier and busier, it can be hard to keep up with what’s happening, and what we should watch. Over this weekend, two nations will be deciding their Eurovision 2017 act, and two others continuing with their national final processes. We’ve decided to compile all the information in one spot, so…
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Eurovision and National Final stars were releasing albums from left, right and centre, but there is only one album which can be our number one. The top spot goes to a singer we love to love here on Eurovision Union, and it may come as no surprise to hear his name once again. This certain…
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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,…
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