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Finland: Submissions for UMK 2023 have officially opened!

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With the official Eurovision season starting today, September 1st, Finland announces the opening of song submissions for its national final UMK, which will be used again in 2023 to determine the Finnish entry in our beloved contest.

Finland’s broadcaster Yle, in particular, has published the following submission rules:

  • Song demos (which must not have been previously released) must be sent to Yle between September 1st and 5th
  • A singer can send up to three entries, but only one will be considered for participation in the national final
  • Any other members of a participating singer’s team/band, such as composers, songwriters, can participate with multiple artists
  • At least one songwriter and one singer must be a Finnish citizen or a permanent resident of Finland
  • Entries must comply with EBU rules (no longer than three minutes, no offensive lyrics etc.)
  • A panel of experts will select the songs that will finally compete at UMK 2023. All selected participants must send the final version of their song by November 3rd.
  • The UMK 2023 final will be held in February 2023. The winner will be decided by a combination of jury and public voting.

Song submissions for the Finnish selection are therefore open until September 5th. Who will succeed The Rasmus, who took the 21st place in Eurovision 2022?

https://youtu.be/LSi9nfr65FE

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Source: Eurovoix

Finland: UMK 2023 Rules Released

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Yle, the Finnish national broadcaster, has released the rules for UMK 2023.

Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) will be used for the 12th time to select the Finnish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. Yle published the rules for the 2023 edition of the contest.

Some of the rules include:

  •  The demo must be delivered to Yle between the 1st and the 5th of September 2022. Only demos that arrive on time and comply with these rules are accepted in the
    competition.
  • The lead singer(s) may participate in the competition with a maximum of three (3) songs although only one (1) song is eligible for continuation. Band members can participate in more than one song and composers, lyricists and arrangers (hereafter ‘songwriters’) may participate in the competition with several songs.
  • The singer(s) or the band performing the song on the demo must be the final performer of the song.
  • At least one songwriter and one lead singer must be a Finnish citizen or have permanent residence in Finland.
  • Entries must comply with EBU rules (no longer than three minutes, no insulting lyrics etc).
  • An expert panel will choose the UMK 2023 entries. Any chosen entrants must send in the final version of their song by November 3.

The final of UMK 2023 will be held in February 2023. The winner will be decided by a combination of jury voting and public voting.

You can read the full set of rules here in Finnish and English.

The Rasmus represented Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with “Jezebel”. They came 21st in the final with a total of 38 points.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSi9nfr65FE

Source: Yle

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