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Finland: Running order and change in the voting for UMK!

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The voting for the Finnish national final for Eurovision, UMK will change this season! This year the audience can start voting for their favorite artists right after the first performance begins. The aim is to allow even more music fans to influence the selection of the UMK winner and Finland’s next Eurovision representative.

We remind you that according to the UMK rules, the winner will be decided by a combined audience vote (75% weight) and an international jury of professionals (25% weight). The UMK final will take place on February 8 at Nokia Arena in Tampere, Finland.

UMK executive producer, Anssi Autio says about the changes in the voting:

It’s the Finnish voters, above all, who decide the winner and Finland’s next Eurovision representative. By extending the voting time, we want to give voters more time to support their favorite, and we also hope to achieve the largest vote count in UMK history this year.

The association Mieli Ry will get the proceeds of the UMK voting. Miely Ry works on mental health, supporting young people by chat, wherever they may be, without referrals or fees. The funding will be used to improve youth’s mental health in schools and leisure activities.

Running Order

The running order for the UMK will be as follows:

  1. costee
  2. NEEA RIVER
  3. Goldielocks
  4. VIIVI
  5. Nelli Matula
  6. Erika Vikman

The UMK final will be held in Nokia Arena, Tampere, on February 08, 2025, at 8 pm CET.

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Finland: UMK 2025 artists react to each other’s songs

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Finnish broadcaster YLE has posted on their Official Youtube channel their now traditional reaction video with the 2025 UMK artists reacting to each other’s songs.

Find out who called Erika Vikman “the Cicciolina lady”, who brought a puppy with her for the reaction, who gave us the drums reaction and who said “Slay” the most in this reaction:

Seven artists are competing to represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest:

NEEA RIVER – “Nightmares”
Nelli Matula – “Hitaammin Hautaan”
costee – “Sekaisin”
VIIVI – “Aina”
One Morning Left – “Puppy”
Goldielocks – “Made Of”
Erika Vikman – “ICH KOMME”

The UMK grand final will take place on Saturday, 10 February, 20:00 CET at the Nokia Arena in Tampere, Finland and will be broadcasted on Yle TV1, Yle Areena and Yle radio channels.

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Finland: The First Bets for UMK 2025 After the Release of All Seven Songs!

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With less than a month to go until Finland’s national final for Eurovision 2025, the betting odds for Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) are already indicating a frontrunner.

Erika Vikman appears to be the favorite for first place, with her song sparking mixed reactions among fans but gaining significant attention. In fact, it has broken streaming records for UMK standards.

In second place, with a significant gap, are One Morning Left, followed by Goldielocks and NEEA RIVER in third and fourth places, respectively.

Detailed betting odds can be found below:

The seven songs of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2025

Just yesterday, the release of the seven songs competing to represent Finland at Eurovision 2025 was completed. The seven entries are as follows (click on the song title to listen):

We remind you that Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2025 will take place on February 10 at the Nokia Arena in Tampere. The hosts for UMK 2025 will be the famous singer SANNI and Yle’s Youth News journalist, Jasmin Beloued.

Windows95man won last year’s UMK and represented Finland in Malmö with “No Rules“. The country finished nineteenth overall with thirty-eight points.

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Source: eurovisionworld

Finland: Erika Vikman on top of charts with Ich Komme!

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Erika Vikman is on top of the charts with her UMK song “Ich Komme”.

In only 24 hours Ich Komme has received more views than 2023 UMK winner Käärijä received with “Cha Cha Cha”. This could be an early positive signal for Erika Vikman’s bet to represent Finland in Eurovision. In 2023 Käärijä obtained 53% of the televote. The second artist in the televote, Portion Boys only received 14.1% of the vote. Furthermore, Käärijä not only represented Finland in Liverpool but also won the televote in Eurovision and finished in second place overall, Finland’s best result in the contest since Lordi’s victory.

Ich Komme was born from a video Erika Vikman uploaded on her Instagram account:

“While I was in Germany, I had posted a half-joking video on Instagram of me speaking German to a friend. Chisu and Jori had seen it and got the idea for the song Ich Komme  from it. When they introduced the song to me, I thought, oh my god, we’ll see each other in February. The song screams UMK and Eurovision.”

According to  Vikman her song is “ambiguous”. Ich Komme represents a message of joy, ecstasy, and a state of trance:

“This song is about taking control. Everything about your sexuality is in your own hands. Pleasure shouldn’t be taboo.”

Spotify Charts

The positive reactions to Ich Komme do not end there. Erika Vikman’s “Ich Komme” is dominating the Spotify Charts. “Ich Komme” is currently in number one in the Spotify Charts in Finland.

Currently, all UMK songs are in the Spotify Top 10 in Finland. VIIVI’S Aina is in third place. Following Nelli Matula, Costee, Goldielocks, and One Morning Left are in fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh place, respectively. Neea River is also in the Top 10, in ninth place.

According to the rules of UMK, the winner is determined by a combined 75% vote from the public and 25% from the international jury. This means that, should Erika Vikman keep the momentum until the day of the Final she could be Finland’s 2025 representative for Eurovision. Erika Vikman participated in UMK in 2020 with the song “Cicciolina”. Although she won the televote she finished in second place.

Cicciolina encouraged female artists to break free. Female artists are easily put into a certain mold. “You can’t be too revealing, so as not to be labeled a whore. Someone had to open the bottle so that the champagne could come out”, Vikman commented in an interview.

Now in 2025, Erika Vikman wish to represent Finland in Basel. About the significance of her representing Finland in Eurovision for Women she said:

Although men are wonderful, Finland also has feminine power in poetry. Now is the time for that.

The final of UMK will take place in Saturday February 8, 2025 at the Nokia Arena in Tampere, Finland

Source: Soundi | Klangi

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Finland: Erika Vikman will compete in UMK 2025

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According to Viisupodi, Erika Vikman will be one of the artists in UMK 2025, competing to represent Finland at Eurovision 2025.

Only a few days remain before the names of the participants are revealed, and speculation has already begun. Erika Vikman became well-known to Eurovision fans in 2020 when she finished in second place in the Uuden musiikin kilpailu (UMK) with her song “Cicciolina“. The song topped the televote and became a massive hit in Finland.

In October, during an interview, she revealed that she had been working with Chisu and her husband Jori Roosberg on her second album. Her participation in UMK 2025 is expected to generate excitement and draw the attention of Eurovision fans.

UMK 2025

On Wednesday, January 8, 2025, the artists for UMK 2025 will be announced. From January 9 to January 17, 2025, the songs, along with their accompanying music videos, will be gradually released, one each day. Finally, a month later, the final will be broadcast live from the Nokia Arena in Tampere.

Last year, Windows95man won UMK and represented Finland in Malmö with the song “No Rules.” The country finished 19th overall with 38 points.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nidDtyS0Wo

 

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Source: Viisupodi

Finland: Miryam Bryant to participate in UMK25?

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According to Iltalehti, Miriam Bryant is one of the artiststo compete in next year’s UMK.

Bryant performed for Finnish President Alexander Stubb in Gothenburg in the spring during his first state visit. Following this visit Miriam Bryant was invited to the Finnish Independence Day Gala (Linnan juhlat), one of the biggest celebrations of the country.   Around 2000 people are invited every year during Independence Day by the president as honored guests.

During the Independence Gala Iltalehti asked Miriam Bryant if she is planning to participate in UMK. 

What is UMK? Bryant answered the question.

It was then explained to Bryant that UMK is Finland’s equivalent to Melodifestivalen.

Oh no. I’m not. No, no, I don’t dare, Bryant said.

Miriam Bryant, is a Swedish-Finnish musician born in Gothenburg and currently living in Stockholm. Her mother is from Finland and her father is English.

Miriam Bryant is a very popular artist in Sweden. Her debut album was released in 2013, and her bigger breakthrough came in 2015 when she participated in the show Så mycket bättre.

Bryant has previously sung her songs in Swedish, but this year she released music in Finnish.  On Independence Day, she released the song Tää on slut, which is a Finnish version of the previously released hit Regnblöta skor.

We will get to know the participating artists for UMK on January 8, 2025. Until then, Yle expects that the artists will not reveal that they are participating in the competition.

According to Iltalehti, even if Miriam Bryant said that she will not participate, it is still possible that the rumors are true.  For instance, they remind us that when pop singer Robin Packalen participated in UMK, he denied the rumors when Iltalehti asked them about his participation in November 2022.  He ended up participating in UMK 2023.

Source: Iltalehti

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Finland: SANNI and Jasmin Beloued will host UMK25

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SANNI and Yle Youth News journalist Jasmin Beloued will host the Finnish national final for Eurovision, UMK.

The participating artists for UMK25 will be announced on Wednesday 8 January 2025 in a live broadcast. You can follow the announcement with English commentary via Yle Areena streaming service.

Next year, UMK will be hosted by SANNI, one of the biggest artists in Finland, together with Jasmin Beloued.  The hosts will appear together on January 8 to announce the participating artists live at Yle Studios in Helsinki.

SANNI has earned widespread respect, winning three Emma Awards (Finland’s equivalent of the Grammys) and the Music Publishers’ Song of the Year award. Her hit single “2080-luvulla” became the most-played radio song in Finland over the past decade. With a career spanning five albums and one EP, SANNI’s music has garnered over 300 million streams, solidifying her place as a powerhouse in Finnish pop music.

“Hosting is really different from singing and I think this experience will bring me new ideas for performing. I’m sure that this will strengthen me as a performer in general,” SANNI

Jasmin Beloued began her career hosting Yle’s youth program Yle Galaxi in 2017 and gained further recognition in the spring of 2020 as the host of Yle’s special COVID-19 program for children. Since 2020, she has been a journalist for Yle’s children’s news service, Yle Mix, and since 2021, she has also reported from Finland’s prestigious Independence Day Reception.

“Being part of UMK has been my dream for a long time, and I have had the opportunity to collaborate with the UMK production team in my role as a journalist. That was how I made myself visible to the UMK team, and eventually I received a request for test shoots and got to join the team. This production is full of top professionals, so even though the role is very nerve-racking, I feel very confident. I am also a Eurovision fangirl, so it feels like a great privilege to be in this role and hit the stage in front of the audience in Tampere.”

The Final of UMK will take place on Saturday 8 February 2025 at the Nokia Arena in Tampere, Finland.

Source: STT Info | Yle

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