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Eurovision 2024: Herrey’s join the interval act list of the second semi final!

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Eurovision 2024 turns out to be an all-star show. The Swedes had prepared an all-star participants’ line-up for last night, which during the First Semi-Final included Eleni Foureira, Chanel, Eric Saade as well as the King of Eurovision, Johnny Logan.

 

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Who else will be joining Herreys in the Second Semi-Final?

With Helena Paparizou (Greece 2005), Sertab Erener (Turkey 2003), and Charlotte Perrelli (Sweden 1999, 2008) and Käärijä (Finland 2023), the all-star lineup continues and Herreys (Sweden 1984 – Winners, “Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley“) will also appear as revealed by the EBU! Live performances by all of them are scheduled for the Second Semi-Final.

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Eurovision 2024: Käärijä will appear during the Second Semi-Final!

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Eurovision 2024 turns out to be an all-star show. The Swedes have prepared an all-star participants’ line-up, which during the First Semi-Final included Eleni Foureira, Chanel, Eric Saade as well as the King of Eurovision, Johnny Logan.

However, the surprises do not stop here and it was officially announced that Käärijä, last year’s runner-up, will take the Eurovision stage once again during the Second Semi-Final on May 9.

 

Who else will be joining Käärijä in the Second Semi-Final?

With Helena Paparizou (Greece 2005), Sertab Erener (Turkey 2003), and Charlotte Perrelli (Sweden 1999, 2008), the all-star lineup continues. Live performances by all three of them are scheduled for the Second Semi-Final on, as promised by the organizers, World’s Biggest Sing-Along.

The Second Semi-Final of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest will take place tomorrow evening(9/5) at 20:00 CET, live from Malmö, Sweden.

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Eurovision 2023 Finland: Käärijä’s Tallinn concert featured a voodoo doll and claims about Loreen!

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As Käärijä progresses with his Northern European tour after his Eurovision success,lots of peculiar happenings surround his concerts.The singer’s performance in Tallinn’s Flex Fest some days ago was a huge success and the audience was left in awe.

At some point during the concert,the singer reportedly asked the audience if they had watched Eurovision and what they thought about Loreen winning the contest.The infamous question was followed by a deathly silence,with a couple of people among the audience booing the singer.It is said that Käärijä’s satisfaction with the audience’s response was more than evident.

Later on,a fan threw a voodoo doll to the singer that was dressed just like him,with the audience going mad and dancing to the rhythm of “Cha cha cha” in the end of the concert.

Käärijä represented Finland in this year’s Eurovision with his song “Cha cha cha”,which won him the 1st place in the televote and the 2nd place overall.

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Finland: Käärijä rules out a possible Eurovision return!

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Käärijä represented Finland in Eurovision 2023 with his big hit “Cha Cha Cha“, winning the public vote and finishing 2nd overall, behind Sweden. A month after Eurovision, “Cha Cha Cha” continues to be really successful in music charts all around Europe.

Käärijä recently gave an interview to the Israeli news site Ynet making some statements regarding his Eurovision participation.

Regarding his song winning the public vote but not winning the contest overall, he stated that:

At first, when I understood the meaning of the results, I wasn’t happy. I hoped to win. I know there were many talented artists and bands who wanted to win, but that’s how it is in a competition, you only want to finish first. Now when I think about it, it doesn’t matter to me that much. When it happened, I was upset, of course. But what happened to Loreen is amazing, she is awesome, she won, and I didn’t.
Regarding a possible Eurovision return, Käärijä says:
I don’t think so, I won’t compete again with a new song. I’m willing to come and perform in the semifinals or something like that, but definitely not as a contestant.
Also, Noa Kirel seems to have bonded with Käärijä and her team is considering of bringing him to Israel as a guest in her planned performance at HaYarkon Park in September. In a possible condition that Käärijä will indeed be invited he states that:
Oh my god, wow. If that happens, then I’ll do it. We have so many shows in Finland, so maybe I won’t have enough time, but I hope so. Maybe one day I can come to perform in Israel, and we can do something crazy together.
Bearing in mind that Käärijä recently hosted as a guest in one of his concerts in Finland the lead singer of the Slovenian band “Joker Out!”, Bojan Cvjetićanin, we might as well see more Eurovision 2023 artists collaboration in the future.
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Finland: Käärijä wins “You’re a Vision Award 2023”!

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Following the end of the famous “Barbara Dex Award“, given each year to the worst dressed contestant, we now have for the second consecutive year the “You’re A Vision Award“. The later highlights diversity and creativity among Eurovision contestants and crowns those who take the risk and experiment with their outfits.

Käärijä from Finland might have lost from Loreen in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, but is proudly announced as the winner of the “You’re A Vision Award 2023“. His striking green bolero jacket was his own trademark, was deeply connected to his “Cha Cha Cha” performance and became a trend in and out of Finland.

The rest of the Top 3 according to the fans’ voting was the following:

  • in second place we had Let 3 from Croatia
  • and in third place we had Gustaph from Belgium

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Finland: Citizens gone mad as the Country remains among the favorites to win Eurovision 2023!

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After Käärijä’s explosive performance in the First Semi-Final, he has emerged as the big favorite to win the 67th Eurovision Song Contest trophy competing against Sweden with Loreen.

Cities around Finland have been deched out in the artist’s trademark green bolero. Citizens are confident that they will have the best result in the competition after Lordi’s victory in Athens in 2006.

In particular, in Tampere,the central streets were decorated with green light, while a public screening of the Grand Final is also set up. In the city of Pori, The Joemsuu and Vaasa statues have been dressed in the artist’s green bolero.

These are just a few examples of the Finns’ preperation for the -possible- victory. Next up are green Cha Cha Cha-styled nails, free Käärijä-styled haircuts, decorated trees and various monuments with boleros, a Ρiña Colada drink called “Cha Cha Cha” and much more.

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Finland: A viewing share of almost 80% for Semi Final 1!

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Finland, one of the favorites to win Eurovision 2023, participated yesterday in the 1st Semi Final with Käärijä and his song “Cha Cha Cha“. His high placement for winning the competition on the betting odds had a huge impact on the viewing share in Finland.

More specifically, almost 1,3 million viewers watched the 1st Semi Final of Eurovision 2023 last night, which translates to a 78% viewing share. As a result, it was the most viewed program on Finnish television yesterday.

Käärijä was one of the 10 finalists and his next stop will be the Grand Final of Saturday and he is allocated to perform in the 1st half of the show.

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Finland: Watch footage of Käärijä’s rehearsals for “Cha Cha Cha”!

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A few days ago, we had the first details for the staging of  Käärijä’s Finnish entry “Cha Cha Cha“, but now YLE, the Finnish national broadcaster had published a short clip of the rehearsals at the official account of UMK, on Instagram!

As we can witness, all the details that had been revealed are indeed there!

 

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At the end of the Reel, a cardboard cut-out of Käärijä is shown, maybe this will be part of their Liverpool promotion? That remains to be seen, when Eurovisionfun will travel to Liverpool accredited on-site, to inform you for all the latest news with regards to the contest!

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Finland: Tonight the final of UMK 2023!

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The greatest moment is now for Finland. Tonight will be the grand final of UMK 2023, one of this year’s strongest national finals ahead of Eurovision 2023.

Seven songs will compete tonight, with the big UMK winner representing the Nordic country in May in Liverpool.

Participants

The participants of the Finnish national final, in order of appearance, are:

  1. Robin Packalen – “Girls Like You“
  2. KUUMMA – “Ylivoimainen” (Overpowered)
  3. Käärijä  – “Cha Cha Cha“
  4. Keira – “No Business on the Dancefloor“
  5. Benjamin – “Hoida mut” (Take care of me)
  6. Lxandra – “Something to Lose“
  7. Portion Boys – “Samaa taivasta katsotaan” (We look at the same sky)

Format

The grand winner of UMK 2023 will be determined 25% by the preference of an international jury and 75% by the will of the Finnish viewers.

The Finnish national final is hosted by Samu Haber, singer of the famous rock band, Sunrise Avenue.

The grand final of UMK 2023 starts at 21:00 and will last for two hours. You can watch it through the YLE website with an English broadcast, by clicking HERE.

Until we find out who will represent Finland at Eurovision 2023, let’s remember the country’s participation in last year’s contest. Previous UMK winners and Finland’s representatives at Eurovision 2022 were The Rasmus with the song “Jezebel” and they finished in 21st place in the Grand Final:

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Finland: Watch snippets from the performances of the UMK 2023 participants!

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A few minutes ago, the official Instagram account of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), posted a video, consisting of mere seconds of tommorow’s performances.

You can watch the performances of the artists here:

 

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The running order of the seven artists competing in the final of UMK is as follows:

  1. Robin Packalen – “Girls Like You“
  2. KUUMMA – “Ylivoimainen” (Overpowered)
  3. Käärijä  – “Cha Cha Cha“
  4. Keira – “No Business on the Dancefloor“
  5. Benjamin – “Hoida mut” (Take care of me)
  6. Lxandra – “Something to Lose“
  7. Portion Boys – “Samaa taivasta katsotaan” (We look at the same sky)

On an announcement made yesterday, the public broadcaster of Finland, revealed the seven countries that the international jury will be consisted of. These are:

  • Australia 
  • Germany
  • Poland
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Ukraine
  • United Kingdom 

The national final will take place in February 25. UMK 2023 will be broadcasted live from Turku with Samu Haber as the host, while the winner and Finland’s representative in Eurovision 2023 will be determined by 25% internationla jury vote and 75% public vote.

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