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Finland: Listen to the seventh song for UMK 2024!

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The finnish broadcaster has released the seventh and last song competing in UMK 2024, the finnish national final for Eurovision 2024.

The song is “Vox Populi” by Mikael Gabriel x nublu and you can listen to it here:

Mikael Gabriel and Estonian rapper nublu are among the most successful rap artists in their respective countries. Released in 2010, Mikael Gabriel’s debut album Pohjosen poika was well received, and the singles on his 2015 album Versus broke streaming records even before the album was officially released.

Nublu rose to become Estonia’s biggest artist and rap phenomenon when he was voted Hip-Hop/Rap/R&B Artist of the Year in 2020. A collaboration by Gabriel and nublu, Universum, was released that same year, quickly rising to become one of the most listened-to singles in both countries on Spotify.

Mikael Gabriel x nublu’s UMK entry is called Vox Populi. The song talks about how it is sometimes hard to know what’s true and what isn’t in such polarised public forums.

“The song deals with political and cultural divides, saying that even though we’re all entitled to our own opinions, it doesn’t necessarily make them true. Everyone should use their voice, but at the same time you should also keep in mind that you will be judged no matter what,” says Gabriel.

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

  • Thu, 11 January Cyan Kicks – “Dancing With Demons”
  • Fri, 12 January Sexmane – “Mania”
  • Mon, 15 January Sara Siipola – “Paskana”
  • Tue, 16 January Jesse Markin – “Glow”
  • Wed, 17 January Windows95Man – “No Rules!”
  • Thu, 18 January Sini Sabotage –  “Kuori Mua”
  • Fri, 19 January Mikael Gabriel x NUBLU – “Vox Populi”

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.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding UMK and the finnish representative for Eurovision 2024!

Finland: More details for “UMK 2024″‘s third artist!

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The official account of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu on Instagram brought into the light some new details regarding the third artist that is going to participate at UMK 2024, Finland’s national final. These details are the following:

  1. Diamonds Are Forever
  2. 💩
  3. Rattling!

The very first odds are talking about Mikael Gabriel, Apulanta and Sanni, although the most favourite to win and to fullfil these expectations is probably Mikael Gabriel. Mikael Kristian Gabriel Sohlman, known professionally as Mikael Gabriel, is a Finnish 33 years old rapper who has already released six solo albums and has worked with a number of artists, including Cheek, Lord Est, Robin and Uniikki. He is also a famous television personality in Finland since he participated at the fifth season of the musical TV reality show “Vain Elämää” and he has also been a judge at the second season of Finland’s “X Factor” in 2018. Take a look at his single “Ruotsinlaiva“:

Let’s keep in mind that UMK’s songs for 2024 are set to be released from the 11th up to the 19th of January one by one each day while the artists will be revealed on January the 10th!

Thus, a few days are separating us from finding out who are going to be Käärijä’s succesors for Finland in Eurovision Song Contest 2024 and whether they will manage to keep Finland at the Final’s top3 or not, as Käärijä did with his hit song “Cha Cha Cha” in 2023 ending up at the second place. Take a look:

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

Source: uudenmsiikinkilpailu

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun for even more news regarding Finland’s participation at Eurovision 2024!