Finland: The details of the seventh artist of UMK 2024!

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Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu‘s official Instagram account has released the next details about the sixth artist to participate in the Finnish national final, UMK 2024!

  1. So Long and thanks for all the fish!
  2. Breaking Boundaries
  3. 2313 days

 

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First estimations talk about Mikael Gabriel and Nublu who seem to meet these conditions.

Markus Pulk, is a 27-year-old Estonian rapper and is most commonly known by his stage name, Nublu. He has released two albums and several singles.

Mikael Kristian Gabriel Sohlman, is a 33-year-old rapper from Finland, better known by his stage name, Mikael Gabriel. He has released six albums and he has performed with many artists like Cheek, Lord Est, Robin and Uniikki. He took part in the fifth version of the show Vain Elämää and he was one of the judges in the finnish version of X Factor 2018.

The complete list of competing artists in UMK 2024 will be revealed tomorrow, 10/1 at 19:00 CET.

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Finland: The details of the sixth artist of UMK 2024!

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Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu‘s official Instagram account has released the next details about the sixth artist to participate in the Finnish national final, UMK 2024!

  • Iconic, But it’s not Danny
  • Trailblazer
  • Slay!

The first estimates talk about Erika Vikman where it seems that she meets the conditions. Erika Vikman is a 31 year old Finnish singer and songwriter from Tampere. She started her professional career in 2013, participating in the seventh edition of Finnish Idols and reaching seventh place. After leaving Idols, Erika Vikman established herself as a Finnish tango singer. In 2015 she participated in Tangomarkkinat, where she finished second and a year later she returned and was crowned winner in 2016. After the competition, Vikman signed a record deal with Sony Music and released her first single “Ettei mee elämä hukkaan”.

In 2020, Erika Vikman signed with Warner Music Finland and was confirmed by Finland’s broadcaster Yle to compete at UMK 2020, with the song “Cicciolina” and came in second place. Despite peaking at number two, the song went on to become a big hit in Finland, reaching the top five singles of the year.

After the success of “Cicciolina”, the next single “Synsten pöytä” was later released, which became for the second year the top single of the year and later the first number one radio hit. Also in 2020, he placed third in the first season of Masked Singer Suomi, competing as “The Wasp”.

 

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Finland: The clues for UMK’s fifth artist!

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Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu, Finland’s national selection, gave away a few clues regarding the fifth competing artist on its 2024 edition via an Instagram post on its official account.

  1. Sandstorm
  2. WOOF!
  3. The scale is mind-blowing

 

 

 

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The first estimates circulate around windows95man, Henri Piispanen and Darude, who seemingly fit with the clues abovementioned.

Windows95Man, also known as Teemu Keisteri, is a DJ, originating from Espoo.

 

Henri Piispanen is a 30-year-old Finnish singer, actor, presenter and vocal coach, who gained fame from the group Pasa.

 

Lastly, Darude is familiar to Eurovision fans, since he has represented Finland in the past. More specifically, he waved the Finnish flag in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, along with Sebastian Rejman, with their entry “Look Away”, placing last on the First Semi-Final gaining overall 23 points.

 

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Finland: The details of the fourth artist of UMK 2024!

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Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu‘s official Instagram account has released the next details about the fourth artist to participate in the Finnish national final, UMK 2024!

  • 34°03’01.4″N 118°05’07.7″W (Coordinates in Los Angeles)
  • litterateur
  • Very International

 

 

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The first estimates speak for Alma and it seems that it meets the conditions. Alma-Sofia Miettinen is a 28-year-old Finnish singer and songwriter who went by the stage name Alma. Starting her career in 2013, she placed fifth in the seventh season of Finnish Idol. Her first effort started in 2015 when she released the single “Muuta ku mä” by Sini Sabotage and then signed with Universal Music Group.

The following year he released the singles “Karma” and “Dye My Hair”, both of which became big hits in Finland. In 2017, the release of “Chasing Highs” repeated this success and also reached the top twenty in Germany and the UK. He has collaborated with big names such as Charli XCX, Tove Lo, MØ and Miley Cyrus.

Finland: More details for “UMK 2024″‘s third artist!

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The official account of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu on Instagram brought into the light some new details regarding the third artist that is going to participate at UMK 2024, Finland’s national final. These details are the following:

  1. Diamonds Are Forever
  2. 💩
  3. Rattling!

The very first odds are talking about Mikael Gabriel, Apulanta and Sanni, although the most favourite to win and to fullfil these expectations is probably Mikael Gabriel. Mikael Kristian Gabriel Sohlman, known professionally as Mikael Gabriel, is a Finnish 33 years old rapper who has already released six solo albums and has worked with a number of artists, including Cheek, Lord Est, Robin and Uniikki. He is also a famous television personality in Finland since he participated at the fifth season of the musical TV reality show “Vain Elämää” and he has also been a judge at the second season of Finland’s “X Factor” in 2018. Take a look at his single “Ruotsinlaiva“:

Let’s keep in mind that UMK’s songs for 2024 are set to be released from the 11th up to the 19th of January one by one each day while the artists will be revealed on January the 10th!

Thus, a few days are separating us from finding out who are going to be Käärijä’s succesors for Finland in Eurovision Song Contest 2024 and whether they will manage to keep Finland at the Final’s top3 or not, as Käärijä did with his hit song “Cha Cha Cha” in 2023 ending up at the second place. Take a look:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6rS8Dv5g-8

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Finland: Hints for UMK’s second act!

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Before the official announcement of UMK’s 2024 participants, the show’s official social media accounts have been teasing us with hints regarding the artists’ identities.

Today, UMK gave us hints on who the second act of this year’s edition might be. The hints given today on the second artist is the following:

  1. I came, I saw, I won (veni vidi vici)
  2. A visionary
  3. It takes 230 minutes to come and pick you up

 

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Who might be the artist ?

The initial estimation speaks for Sexmane because as he appears to meet the aforementioned objectives. Edward Maximilian Sene, 24, is a Finnish singer who performs under the stage name Sexmane. “Sextape”, his debut album, was released in 2019. The album went gold after spending eighty weeks on Finland’s official album chart. “Mama”, the opening track, has over 7 million Spotify streams. Sony released Sexmane’s second album, Väärinymärretty, in October 2021.

The detailed schedule of the artists’ reveal

The candidates of UMK 2024 will be revealed on Wednesday, January 10 at 19:00 CET during a broadcast on Yle TV1, Yle Areena and UMK’s YouTube channel. Also, the broadcast will include commentary in Finnish, Swedish as well as in English, for the international audience.

Following the reveal of the candidates, the seven nominee’s songs will be released gradually, starting on January 11 and ending on January 19. The release will be conducted in the following order:

  • Thursday 11/1 – First nominated song
  • Friday 12/1 – Second nominated song
  • Monday 15/1 – Third nominated song
  • Tuesday 16/1 – Fourth nominated song
  • Wednesday 17/1 – Fifth nominated song
  • Thursday 18/1 – Sixth nominated song
  • Friday 19/1 – Seventh nominated song

UMK 2024 will consist of a final which will be held on Saturday, February 10 at 20:00 CET.

Last year’s UMK winner and hence the country’s representative in Liverpool was Käärijä with his song “Cha Cha Cha“. Käärijä ended up in the second place, giving his country its best result since Lordi’s win in 2006.

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Finland: Hints for UMK 2024’s first act!

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The first hints regarding the first contestant of UMK, the Finnish national final for Eurovision 2024, have been revealed by Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu’s official Instagram account!

  1. I AIN’T SCARED ANYMORE
  2. Wet leather
  3. PEDDO MELLON A MINNO (Speak and pass, a phrase from the Lord of the Rings)

 

 

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Three singers—Sara Maria Forsberg, Saara Aalto, and Sini Sabotage—are mentioned in the initial speculations. Sara Maria Forsberg appears to fulfill the requirements. 29-year-old Sara Maria Forsberg is an actor and singer-songwriter. She rose to fame after she posted a singing video on YouTube which eventually went viral. Capitol Records then gave her a record deal. She later moved to Los Angeles in order to develop her music. Soon after, she received an invitation to play Natalya in the movie Skiptrace, where she costarred with Jackie Chan and other celebrities. Despite her lack of acting experience, people were amazed by the work she did on the set.

 

From January 11 to January 19, one song from UMK 2024 will be released every day. On January 10, the artists will be revealed!

Käärijä, the former UMK champion and Finland’s representative at Eurovision 2023, placed second in the Grand Final with the song “Cha cha cha”.

 

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Finland: The rumored artists for UMK 2024!

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It is true that a single photo is able to bring chaos to the Eurovision community. In fact, a leaked photo has sparked interest this weekend, just a week before the artists’ reveal for UMK 2024.

The photo, which has since gone viral, depicts a schedule for the UMK final. The document is in English, but that’s not what’s strange about it. The UMK production team has expanded to include non-Finns in recent years, putting documents in English to make them more comprehensive and accessible to non-Finnish speakers.

According to this document, Käärijä and Erika Vikman(UMK 2020) will serve as the show-openers, but the rest of the list is what has caught the attention of everyone.

Are these the competing artists in UMK 2024?

The following seven artists are mentioned in this leaked photo, along with their song titles:

  1. Mikael Gabriel & Nublu – “Serenaad”
  2. Sini Saboage – “Taivaan Valo”
  3. Sexmane – “TULTA”
  4. Windows95man & Henri Piispanen – “I Remember”
  5. Jesse Markin – “Anthem”
  6. Cyan Kicks – “Whisper”
  7. Sara Siipola – “Tupre Tunt”

 

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What’s even more suspicious is that five of the seven nominees were mentioned in a tweet posted back in November by a journalist named Mari Pudas.

The detailed schedule of the artists’ reveal

The candidates of UMK 2024 will be revealed on Wednesday, January 10 at 19:00 CET during a broadcast on Yle TV1, Yle Areena and UMK’s YouTube channel. Also, the broadcast will include commentary in Finnish, Swedish as well as in English, for the international audience.

Following the reveal of the candidates, the seven nominee’s songs will be released gradually, starting on January 11 and ending on January 19. The release will be conducted in the following order:

  • Thursday 11/1 – First nominated song
  • Friday 12/1 – Second nominated song
  • Monday 15/1 – Third nominated song
  • Tuesday 16/1 – Fourth nominated song
  • Wednesday 17/1 – Fifth nominated song
  • Thursday 18/1 – Sixth nominated song
  • Friday 19/1 – Seventh nominated song

UMK 2024 will consist of a final which will be held on Saturday, February 10 at 20:00 CET.

Last year’s UMK winner and hence the country’s representative in Liverpool was Käärijä with his song “Cha Cha Cha“. Käärijä ended up in the second place, giving his country its best result since Lordi’s win in 2006.

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Estonia: “Cha Cha Cha” voted as the Best International Hit for 2023!

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Raadio 2, of ERR, the Estonian public broadcaster, announced the most successful songs of the, now, previous year, according to public voting.

Among the most successful songs in the Baltic country, there is “Cha Cha Cha” by Käärijä, which was voted as the best International Hit of 2023!

https://youtu.be/l6rS8Dv5g-8

Of course, in the list,there are more songs that took part bith in Eurovision Song Contest 2023 and Eesti Laul 2023.

The most successful Eesti Laul 2023 songs:

  • 7. Ollie – “Venom”
  • 13. Alika – “Bridges”
  • 17. Bedwetters – “Monsters”
  • 19. Meelik – “Tuju”
  • 25. M Els – “So Good (At What You Do)”

It’s also worth mentioning that Ollie and “Venom” (runner-up of Eesti Laul 2023), ended up in a higher place, compared to the winner and Estonia’s representative in Eurovision 2023, Alika and “Bridges”.

As for the most successful Eurovision 2023 songs, there were three entries, that standed out:

  •  1. Käärijä – “Cha Cha Cha”
  • 10. Loreen –“Tattoo”
  • 35. Joker Out – “Carpe Diem”

The winner of Eesti Laul and Estonia’s representative in Eurovision 2023, was Alika with the song “Bridges”, that ended up in eighth place of the Grand Final, getting the country’s best placement since 2018:

https://youtu.be/HsbC-OYMA3s

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Finland: UMK 2024 hosts listened to the nominated songs for the first time | The schedule of the UMK 2024 entries’ reveal!

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Yle, Finland’s national broadcaster, has released the first information about the candidate songs for UMK 2024, the country’s national final for Eurovision 2024, via social media.

In particular, the hosts of UMK 2024, namely Pilvi Hämäläinen, Benjamin and Viivi Pumpanen heard for the first time the seven candidate songs for Eurovision 2024.

 

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The detailed schedule of the UMK 2024 entries’ reveal

The candidates of UMK 2024 will be revealed on Wednesday, January 10 at 19:00 CET during a broadcast on Yle TV1, Yle Areena and UMK’s YouTube channel. Also, the broadcast will include commentary in Finnish, Swedish as well as in English, for the international audience.

Following the reveal of the candidates, the seven nominee’s songs will be released gradually, starting on January 11 and ending on January 19. The release will be conducted in the following order:

  • Thursday 11/1 – First nominated song
  • Friday 12/1 – Second nominated song
  • Monday 15/1 – Third nominated song
  • Tuesday 16/1 – Fourth nominated song
  • Wednesday 17/1 – Fifth nominated song
  • Thursday 18/1 – Sixth nominated song
  • Friday 19/1 – Seventh nominated song

UMK 2024 will consist of a final which will be held on Saturday, February 10 at 20:00 CET.

Last year’s UMK winner and hence the country’s representative in Liverpool was Käärijä with his song “Cha Cha Cha“. Käärijä ended up in the second place, giving his country its best result since Lordi’s win in 2006.

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