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Finland: Käärijä’s song accused of plagiarism!

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A few days ago, Käärijä’s song titled “Cha Cha Cha”, was released in order to compete in Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2023, the Finnish national final for Eurovision 2023.

From the moment it was released, it quickly became one of the fan favourites and rised to the first place of the betting odds for winning the national final, by a great margin.

However, some of the comments in the Finnish press came in to change everything and even disqualify Käärijä  from the contest. The journalists accused Käärijä of plagiarism and that his song is a copy of another song, something that is prohibited by EBU’s rules for the contest.

In detail, the accusations want “Cha Cha Cha” to be a copy of the song “We Got the Moves” by Electric Callboys a German electronicore group:

What do you think about all of the above? Do you think that “Cha Cha Cha” is indeed a copy and that Käärijä should be disqualified from UMK?

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Finland: These are the hints for the seventh act of UMK 2023!

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Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu‘s official Instagram account has released the first details about the seventh and final act who will participate in the Finnish national final!

  1. The name does not tell the whole truth
  2. All the best from Finland
  3. To the market!

 

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The speculated artists are Ramses II, a Finnish hip-hop singer and the hard rock band Shiraz Lane.

The UMK songs will be released from January 12 to 20, one song per day, while the artists will be announced on January 11!

The previous UMK winners and Finland’s representatives in Turin were The Rasmus with the song “Jezebel” which finished 21st in the Grand Final:

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Finland: These are the hints for the sixth act of UMK 2023!

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Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu‘s official Instagram account has released the first details about the sixth act who will participate in the Finnish national final!

  1. Sky strikes fire
  2. Multitalented
  3. Made history

 

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The speculated artists are KUUMA, which is a Finnish pop band, while others think the hints lead to Teräsbetoni, the metal band that represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song Missä miehet ratsastaa.

The UMK songs will be released from January 12 to 20, one song per day, while the artists will be announced on January 11!

The previous UMK winners and Finland’s representatives in Turin were The Rasmus with the song “Jezebel” which finished 21st in the Grand Final:

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Finland: These are the hints for the fifth artist of UMK 2023!

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Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu‘s official Instagram account has released the first details about the fifth artist who will participate in the Finnish national final!

  1. Releases Party/Alcohol music
  2. “Bends” to many things/Versatile artist(s)
  3. Vappu (May Day) never ends

 

 

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The speculated artists are JVG, which is a Finnish duo consisting of Jare Joakim Brand and Ville-Petteri Galle, Portion Boys, Ramses II and Mouhous.

The UMK songs will be released from January 12 to 20, one every day, while the artists will be announced on January 11!

The previous UMK winners and Finland’s representatives in Turin were The Rasmus with the song “Jezebel” which finished 21st in the Grand Final:

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Finland: These are the clues for the fourth competing artist of UMK 2023!

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Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu published earlier today through their official Instagram account the first clues regarding the fourth artist who is going to take part in the Finnish national selection.

  1. United States
  2. International artist
  3. Movie end titles

 

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The first speculations are about Lxandra who seems to satisfy the requirements. Lxandra is a Finn pop singer and songwriter. Most of her songs have been recorded in the USA and she now has an international carrier.

UMK‘s songs are going to be released from January 12th to January 20th,  one each day, while the artists are going to be announced on January 11th !

Previous UMK winners and  Finland‘s representatives at Eurovision 2022  were  The Rasmus  with the song “Jezebel” and they finished in the 21st  place in the Grand Final:

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Finland: These are the clues for the third competing artist of UMK 2023!

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Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu‘s official Instagram account  has released the first details about the third artist to participate in the Finnish national final!

  1. The most experienced artist on the label (note: they use the same word “konkari” which could also be translated as “veteran” as they used to describe The Rasmus , but not necessarily 60+ years old)
  2. Returns to the UMK stage
  3. Iconic, but not Danny

The first talks are about three female singers since they seem to meet the conditions. Perhaps the third clue immediately goes to Erika Vikman where she participated in UMK 2020 and ended up in the second place. Danny and Erika were in a relationship for four years and broke up after the competition.

Also names that come to the surface are Saara Aalto and Krista Siegfrids where they both represented Finland at Eurovision. 

UMK‘s songs will be released from January 12th to January 20th,  one each day, while the artists will be announced on January 11th !

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: These are the clues for the second competing artist of UMK 2023!

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Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu’s official Instagram account, gave away the clues for the second artist that is taking part in this year’s Finnish national final!

The second artist’s clues are:

  • He/She started his/her career in a young age
  • He/She is capable of creating emotions
  • He/She has something in common with the host of UMK (Samu Haber)

 

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The first speculations, want that artist to be Robin Packalen, who seems to meet these conditions. Robin is 24 years old and he is a Finnish singer who started his career in Finnish pop as a teenager. During the course of his career, Robin has won many awards for his albums and singles, which have sold more than 370.000 copies. This automatically puts him in the list of the 70 Finnish artists with the most sales of all time!

Robin Packalen has perfromed many times with Samu Haber, having also done a tour together.

We remind you that the songs of UMK are going to be released fro January 12 to 20, one each day, while the competing artists will be announced in January 11, while the final of UMK will be broadcasted live from Turku, in February 25.

The last winner of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu and Finland’s representative in Eurovision 2022 were The Rasmus with the song “Jezebel” and ended up in 21th place with 38 points:

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Finland: These are the clues for the first competing artist of UMK 2023!

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Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu’s official Instagram account, gave away the clues for the first artist that is taking part in this year’s Finnish national final!

The first artist’s clues are:

  1. He/She is the youngest artist taking part in UMK (in 2023 or in general?)
  2. Has taken part in a reality show
  3. He/She has a dance song

 

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The first speculations talk about the singer Joalin Loukamaa who, for sure, meets these conditions. Joalin is 22 years old, model, singer and dancer. She took part in Survivors Finland in 2020 and was part of the group Now United.

We remind you that the songs of UMK are going to be released fro January 12 to 20, one each day, while the competing artists will be announced in January 11, while the final of UMK will be broadcasted live from Turku, in February 25.

The last winner of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu and Finland’s representative in Eurovision 2022 were The Rasmus with the song “Jezebel” and ended up in 21th place with 38 points:

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Finland confirms participation for 2023 with UMK

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Finland is set to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.  Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) continues as the national final for Finland.  In 2023 UMK will have its 12 edition as the national selection for the artist and song representing Finland at Eurovisin 2023.

Finnish Head of delegation and producer Anssi Autio has stated:

The reputation and popularity of Eurovision and UMK among audiences as well as artists have increased year by year, and our next season will be bigger than ever. If you are interested in submitting a new song, start writing it right now!

Yle has launched UMK as a national final for 12 years since 2012.  The Rasmus won the last edition of UMK and went to Turin.  They ended up in 21st place.

The artists participating in the Finnish national final can submit their songs for UMK starting in September 01 until September 05.  According to the EBU rules, songs released from September 2022 are eligible to participate in Eurovision 2023.

The Rasmus represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest held in Turin with the song Jezebel.  The Rasmus received 38 points.  They finished in 21st place.

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Finland: The results of the third episode of Viisukupla – Eurovisionsbubblan!

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On Saturday, 7 May, the third and final episode of Viisukupla – Eurovisionsbubblan took place, where 13 more entries of this year’s Eurovision 2022 were evaluated by the audience and the panel of judges.

The Finnish preview show is presented by Märta Westerlund and Katri Norrlin. Permanent panel members are Eva Frantz and Mikko Silvennoinen while there are two guest judges each week. In this episode we saw BESS and Robin. The audience and the panel of judges could vote for each entry by choosing a colour. Green when they liked it, yellow when the song left them with neutral feelings and red when they didn’t like it.

The results of the judges:

  1. Spain – 4 positive / Israel – 4 positive
  2. Italy – 3 positive, 1 neutral
  3. Greece – 2 positive, 2 neutral / Montenegro – 2 positive, 2 neutral
  4. Moldova – 2 positive, 2 neutral
  5. Iceland – 2 positive, 1 neutral, 1 negative
  6. Ireland – 1 positive, 2 neutral, 1 negative
  7. Croatia – 1 positive, 1 neutral, 2 negative
  8. France – 3 neutral, 1 negative
  9. Malta – 2 neutral, 2 negative / Romania – 2 neutral, 2 negative
  10. Germany – 4 negative
  1. The winners in the judges’ vote were Spain and the Israel with 4/4 positive votes.
  2. Italy received very good reviews, with three positive votes.
  3. Germany received 4 negative votes from the judges.

The results of the public voting:

  1. Italy – 88% positive, 13% neutral, 0% negative
  2. Moldova – 76% positive, 0% neutral, 24% negative
  3. Spain – 62% positive, 35% neutral, 4% negative
  4. France – 50% positive, 29% neutral, 21% negative
  5. Israel – 40% positive, 32% neutral, 28% negative
  6. Romania – 36% positive, 24% neutral, 40% negative
  7. Ireland – 31% positive, 35% neutral, 35% negative
  8. Greece – 30% positive, 48% neutral, 22% negative
  9. Malta – 24% positive, 32% neutral, 44% negative
  10. Germany – 21% positive, 13% neutral, 67% negative
  11. Iceland – 16% positive, 48% neutral, 36% negative
  12. Montenegro – 13% positive, 46% neutral, 42% negative
  13. Croatia – 4% positive, 33% neutral, 63% negative
  1. The winner of the public vote with 88% was Italy.
  2. Moldova ended up 2nd with 76%.
  3. Denmark finished last in the public vote with 4%

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Source: Eurovoix