Finland teases UMK 2022 first artist

Yle revealed the first clues for the first artist participating in their national final.  The official Instagram account for Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) revealed three clues for the first contestant:

• The artist has over 10 million streams on Spotify
• The artist got nominations at the Emma Gaala (the Finnish version of the Grammys)
• Peto On Irti (The monster has been revealed)

 

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The first clues for the “Peto On Irti” artist lead toAntti Tuisku.  Antti Tuisku performed as the interval act for UMK 2021.  Another speculation leads to singer and songwriter Kalle Lindroth who also meet the three clues.  Moreover, we can expect more rock bands after the successful performance of Blind Channel.  For instance, bands such as Battle Beast or Beast In Black could follow Blind Channel’s path.

Yle will reveal the line-up for UMK 2022 on January 12.  After that each song in the competition will be released one every day starting on January 13.

Blind Channel ended in 6th position in Eurovision.  This makes Finland’s best result in the contest since their 2006 victory in Athens with Lordi’s Hard Rock Hallelujah.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOPGxQ4fgVw&ab_channel=EurovisionSongContest