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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: Listen to the seventh song for UMK 2025!

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The finnish broadcaster has released the seventh and last song competing in UMK 2025, the finnish national final for Eurovision 2025.

The song is “ICH KOMME” by Erika Vikman and you can listen to it here:

One of the brightest stars in the Finnish pop world, Erika Vikman, started her career in the entertainment industry at a very young age. In the early stages of her career, she performed at summer theatres and various TV programmes and, in 2016, Vikman became famous among Finnish people by winning the popular Tangomarkkinat festival. In 2019, Vikman signed a recording agreement with Warner Music and Mökkitie Records. In 2020, she participated in UMK with the song Cicciolina, and the following year, she released the Erika Vikman album, which reached the top of the Finnish album charts.

“Cicciolina encouraged female artists to be bolder. Female artists tend to be put inside a certain mould. You must not reveal too much, otherwise you get labelled a whore. Someone had to pop the cork to let the champagne flow!” Vikman says.

Vikman’s music resonates with many Finns, and her fans are all across the country, from the Helsinki Metropolitan Area to small municipalities. The message inside her music is clear.

“People should be loved exactly as they are. When people are allowed to be themselves, they are free and happy,” says Vikman.

Vikman and UMK have a long history together. In 2020, she came second with her performance of Cicciolina. The following year, she performed UMK’s opening number together with Antti Tuisku. At last year’s UMK, Vikman and Käärijä performed their duet Ruoska during the intermission.

Vikman had initially thought that she would not return to the UMK stage as a contestant. However, the plans changed when she made a song when working on her next album with producers Chisu and Jori Roosberg. That was how the UMK song ICH KOMME was born.

“I asked Chisu and Jori to make a Eurovision-type song for me. They asked me directly if I wanted to take part in the Eurovision Song Contest. That’s where it all started.”

We remind you that the artists/songs competing to represent Finland will be revealed in this order:

  • Thu, 9 January NEEA RIVER – “Nightmares”
  • Fri, 10 January Nelli Matula – “Hitaammin Hautaan”
  • Mon, 13 January costee – “Sekaisin”
  • Tue, 14 January VIIVI – “Aina”
  • Wed, 15 January One Morning Left – “Puppy”
  • Thu, 16 January Goldielocks –  “Made Of”
  • Fri, 17 January Erika Vikman – “ICH KOMME”

The UMK grand final will take place on Saturday, 10 February, 20:00 CET and will be broadcast on Yle TV1, Yle Areena and Yle radio channels.

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