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Finland: Does Windows95Man’s outfit break EBU’s regulations?

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Finland‘s Eurovision entry is called “No Rules”, but the country’s delegation is by far the one that has had to alter its performance the most in order to adhere to the EBU‘s rules. Representatives of Finnish public television have stated that Windows95Man may have to change his outfit once more .

Anssi Autio, Yle‘s producer, specifically stated that Windows95Man might not be permitted to wear the underwear he wore in the national final of the country. The fact that the colour of the clothing in question is the same as that of the singer’s skin may be contrary to the regulations of the other participating broadcasters.

“Not all countries are as familiar with nudity as Finland is”

Autio further stated that the ultimate decision on the matter is anticipated to be taken in Malmö during the rehearsals. The Finnish delegation has thus prepared alternatives.

This isn’t the first time Windows95Man has had to change his outfit. While he was permitted to maintain his stage name, the EBU refused to let him wear the T-shirt bearing the corporate name “Windows” because it violated the competition regulations, which forbid any form of advertisement. Thus, the artist selected a new shirt featuring a blurred logo.

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Source: Yle

Finland: Windows95man will represent the country in Malmö!

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Finland’s national selection for Eurovision 2024, UMK, took place tonight at the Nokia Arena, in Tampere .The show was hosted by  Pilvi Hämäläinen, Benjamin and Viivi Pumpanen. Seven artists competed to represent Finland in Malmö. The winner and therefore Finland’s representative, was Windows96man with the song “No Rules”.

The show was opened by Benjamin and Kuumma. They sang their UMK 2023 entries “Honda Mut” and “Ylivoimainen”.

The songs

1) Sini Sabotage – Kuori Mua

2) Cyan Kicks – Dancing with my Demons

3) Jesse Markin – “Glow“

4) Mikael Gabriel x nublu – “Vox populi”

5) Sara Siipola – “Paskana“

6) Sexmane – “Mania“

7) Windows95man – “No Rules“

Interval acts

Pilvi Hämäläinen – “ja hyllytetty kahdeksas kisaesitys”

Katri Helena – “Katson sineen taivaan”

Käärijä & Erika Vikman – “Ruoska”

Käärijä – “Cha Cha Cha”

Results

The winner was decided by both an international jury, which determined 25% of the final result, and a public vote, which determined the remaining 75%.

The following countries made up the international jury: Armenia, Spain, Ukraine, Luxembourg, Slovenia, United Kingdom, and Sweden

Jury voting

  1. Sara Siipola – “Paskana“ – 70 points
  2. Cyan Kicks – “Dancing with my demons” – 48 points
  3. Mikael Gabriel x nublu – “Vox Populi” – 42 points
  4. Sini Sabotage – “Kuori Mua” – 38 points
  5. Jesse Markin – “Glow” – 34 points
  6. SexMane – “Mania” –  34 points
  7. Windows95man – “No Rules!” – 28 points

Televoting

  1. Windows95man – “No Rules!” – 285 points
  2. Sara Siipola – “Paskana“ – 203 points
  3. Mikael Gabriel x nublu – “Vox Populi” – 136 points
  4. Cyan Kicks – “Dancing with my demons” – 80 points
  5. Jesse Markin – “Glow” – 76 points
  6. SexMane – “Mania” –  74 points
  7. Sini Sabotage – “Kuori Mua” – 27 points

Full results

  1. Windows95man – “No Rules!” – 313 points
  2. Sara Siipola – “Paskana“ – 273 points
  3. Mikael Gabriel x nublu – “Vox Populi” – 178 points
  4. Cyan Kicks – “Dancing with my demons” – 128 points
  5. Jesse Markin – “Glow” – 110 points
  6. SexMane – “Mania” –  108 points
  7. Sini Sabotage – “Kuori Mua” – 38 points

What is your opinion on Finland’s Eurovision 2024? Which was your favourite UMK 2024 act?

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Finland: Harsh criticism from Mr. Lordi for the entries of UMK 2024!

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Tomi Putaansuu, also known as Mr. Lordi gave a revealing interview to local Finnish media, harshly criticizing the UMK 2024 entries.

Finland’s only winner of the Eurovision song contest, revealed his favorite entry in this year’s UMK, while describing the other entries with indecent characterizations.

Tomi characterized as Satan, rap music, as well as the corresponding entries in this year’s UMK, while he considers that there is no worthy entry among the candidate songs.

“It’s Satan. Otherwise, probably great music, but it sounds like shit. I can not stand it. They miss the tune. There are no favorites for me among rappers. Probably nice boys, possibly girls too. There’s Cyan Kicks, but there’s also quite a bit of rap. It’s anti-music to me. You can not do anything”.

Mr. Lordi however has a favorite among the current UMK contestants, and that is Cyan Kicks.

Lordi were the big winners of the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 which took place in Athens and gave Finland their first and only victory so far.

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source: is.fi

 

Finland: UMK 2024 finalists react to each others’ songs!

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Finland’s national broadcatser YLE posted on its official YouTube account a video, that features the seven UMK 2024 finalists reacting to each others’ song.

You can watch the video by clicking on the following link:

 

We remind you that the competing entries of UMK 2024 that will vie for Finland’s representation on the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden are:

Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2024 is scheduled for February 10th in Nokia Arena in Tampere. The hosts of UMK 2024 are Pilvi Hämäläinen, Benjamin and Viivi Pumpanen.

Last year, Finland managed to climb on the 2nd place of the scoreboard with Käärijä and his song “Cha Cha Cha”, winning the televote. That is Finland’s best result since Lordi’s victory 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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Η δημοσίευση κοινοποιήθηκε από το χρήστη UMK (@uudenmusiikinkilpailu)

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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Source: uudenmusiikinkilpailu

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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Η δημοσίευση κοινοποιήθηκε από το χρήστη UMK (@uudenmusiikinkilpailu)

 

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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Finland: UMK 2024 will be presented by Pilvi Hämäläinen, Benjamin, and Viivi Pumpanen!

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UMK 2024 will be hosted by Pilvi Hämäläinen, Benjamin, and Viivi Pumpanen, as announced by the Finnish broadcaster Yle.

Following the announcement, Pilvi Hämäläinen, a well-known figure in Finland thanks to the comedy program Putous (Comedy Combat), stated:

 Over the past few years, UMK has become something truly special, and last spring’s competition got me thinking again about how cool it would be to be part of that. I decided to stop just sitting around at home and offered to be a host. Even though I have a lot of experience with live broadcasts, being a host is completely new and different to me.

Benjamin participated in the UMK last year and placed last. He returns to UMK this year, this time in the role of host.

Last year’s UMK was an unbelievable experience, and I wanted to be a part of the magic this year too. As a major Eurovision fan, being able to host the UMK is a dream come true.

Out of the three hosts, Viivi Pumpanen has the most experience. She is eager to take on this challenge since she views UMK as a world-class show.

 It’s unbelievable that I can help in putting together such an amazing feel-good show for the whole family. The contest is super important for the competitors and viewers, so I can only imagine how it’s going to feel as a host that night. Of course, I’m also looking forward to working with Pilvi and Benjamin – the three of us have such an unbelievably positive vibe.

UMK 2024 will take place on February 10. On January 10 from 20:00 to 21:30 CET, a live TV show will be held to reveal the UMK 2024 participants. The program, which will be available on Yle TV1, Yle Areena, and UMK’s YouTube channel, will have commentary in English, Finnish, and Swedish.

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Source: Yle 

Finland: City of Vantaa awards Käärijä with one year rent-free apartment

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Finland continues showing appreciation to their 2023 Eurovision representative.  Käärijä has become a music heroe after his Eurovision participation in Liverpool where he won the televote and overall finished in second place, Finland’s best result in the contest since 2006.

The city of Vantaa announced that it will award Käärijä with a rent-free apartment for one year.  The singer whose real name is Jere Pöyhönen, said previously that he would like to move back to Vantaa where he spent most of his childhood.

The city of Vantaa will give Käärijä a one year rent-free apartment as a recognition for Käärijä’s outstanding services to the City of Vantaa”.  Käärijä received the keys of his new apartment from the Deputy Mayor of the city’s urban environment unity in a special ceremony.

“Home in Vantaa always feels so much more like home” Käärijä

But the celebrations did not end there.  The city has commissioned the painting of a mural that will honor the Finnish representative for Eurovision 2023.  Käärijä was also awarded with “The Vantaa medal” for his achievements.

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

Source: Yle

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Finland: The highest viewing figures for the Grand Final since 2007!

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Almost 2.8 million viewers watched the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool. It was the most popular final since 2007, when the country hosted the contest in its capital, Helsinki.

Here are the viewing figures we know for the Grand Final:

Germany – 7.96 million
Italy – 4.9 million
United Kingdom – 11 million

The competition ended at midnight on Saturday night, with Sweden crowned the winner with 583 points. Just behind in second place was Finland with 526 points. Finland was represented in this year’s competition by Käärijä and his song “Cha Cha Cha“. He took 1st place in the public vote, receiving the second highest score in Eurovision history. With the jury’s 4th place, Finland finished in 2nd place this year.

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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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Source: UMK