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Finland: Listen to the second song for UMK 2024!

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

The song is “Mania” by Sexmane and you can listen to it here:

Sexmane, a.k.a. Max Sene, is currently one of the most listened-to artists in Finland. His 2019 debut album Sextape was a roaring success, sitting on the Official Finnish Albums Chart for over 100 weeks. His second album Väärinymmärretty earned the artist four Emma nominations (Finnish Grammys).

His 2023 album Sextape II sealed his success. After the album’s release, 18 of its 20 songs made the Finnish Top 50 chart. Sene was nominated for four Emmas in two consecutive years and won the title of Finnish Artist of the Year.

His UMK entry Mania was formed slowly from different pieces. Sene wrote the song at different times and in different moods, which is also apparent in the song lyrics.

“The words in the chorus crystallise my thoughts: it’s quite all right to be a bit ‘crazy’. I know that a lot of young people are struggling with mental health challenges. I want to give them the strength and courage to hang in there.”

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: Hints for UMK’s second act!

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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:

  1. I came, I saw, I won (veni vidi vici)
  2. A visionary
  3. It takes 230 minutes to come and pick you up

 

Δείτε αυτή τη δημοσίευση στο Instagram.

 

Η δημοσίευση κοινοποιήθηκε από το χρήστη UMK (@uudenmusiikinkilpailu)

 

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.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news!