Finland: Hints for UMK’s second act!
Before the official announcement of UMK’s 2024 participants, the show’s official social media accounts have been teasing us with hints regarding the artists’ identities.
Today, UMK gave us hints on who the second act of this year’s edition might be. The hints given today on the second artist is the following:
- I came, I saw, I won (veni vidi vici)
- A visionary
- It takes 230 minutes to come and pick you up
Δείτε αυτή τη δημοσίευση στο Instagram.
Who might be the artist ?
The initial estimation speaks for Sexmane because as he appears to meet the aforementioned objectives. Edward Maximilian Sene, 24, is a Finnish singer who performs under the stage name Sexmane. “Sextape”, his debut album, was released in 2019. The album went gold after spending eighty weeks on Finland’s official album chart. “Mama”, the opening track, has over 7 million Spotify streams. Sony released Sexmane’s second album, Väärinymärretty, in October 2021.
The detailed schedule of the artists’ 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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