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Finland: These are the clues for the first competing artist of UMK 2023!

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Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu’s official Instagram account, gave away the clues for the first artist that is taking part in this year’s Finnish national final!

The first artist’s clues are:

  1. He/She is the youngest artist taking part in UMK (in 2023 or in general?)
  2. Has taken part in a reality show
  3. He/She has a dance song

 

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The first speculations talk about the singer Joalin Loukamaa who, for sure, meets these conditions. Joalin is 22 years old, model, singer and dancer. She took part in Survivors Finland in 2020 and was part of the group Now United.

We remind you that the songs of UMK are going to be released fro January 12 to 20, one each day, while the competing artists will be announced in January 11, while the final of UMK will be broadcasted live from Turku, in February 25.

The last winner of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu and Finland’s representative in Eurovision 2022 were The Rasmus with the song “Jezebel” and ended up in 21th place with 38 points:

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Finnish participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, in Liverpool!

Finland: The Rasmus’ staging in Turin to include flying props!

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The official account of UMK, the finnish national final, controlled by the public broadcaster YLE, has just brought to light information about The Rasmus‘ performance and staging in Turin via a Twitter post.

The post emphasizes that the band’s appearance on the Eurovision stage will be very different from their appearance in the finnish national final, which took place in February. In addition, many props in the air will be used, as they also seem to be referring to balloons.

https://twitter.com/Yle_UMK/status/1510968531688562690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1510968531688562690%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Feurovisionfun.com%2F2022%2F04%2FCF86CEB9CEBDCEBBCEB1CEBDCEB4CEAFCEB1-CEBCCEB5-props-CF83CF84CEBFCEBD-CEB1CEADCF81CEB1-CEB7-CEB5CEBCCF86CEACCEBDCEB9CF83CEB7-CF84CF89CEBD%2F

Below you can watch the band’s performance in the finnish national final UMK:

https://youtu.be/XtMfCf3vFbc

We remind you that Finland will be opening the second semi-final on May 12th.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding the Finnish entry in Eurovision 2022!

Finland: Snippets of the UMK 2022 performances!

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A few minutes ago, UMK’s official Twitter account posted snippets of tomorrow’s performances. You can check out the artists’ performances below.

In an online group-chat organized by UMK’s production for fans to chat with Mikko Silvennoinen, journalist, and Henkka Remes, editor and host of the UMK podcast, they announced the UMK 2022 international jury. The international jury consists of representatives from Azerbaijan, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Norway, Germany, and the Czech Republic. Each country has a four-member team of music professionals.

The artists participating in Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2022 are as follows:

  1. The Rasmus – Jezebel
  2. Isaac Sene – Kuuma Jäbä
  3. Olivera – Thank God I’m An Atheist
  4. BESS – Ram pam pam
  5. Younghearted – Sun numero
  6. Cyan Kicks – Hurricane
  7. Tommi Läntinen – Elämä kantaa mua

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding Finland’s participation in Eurovision 2022!

Finland: The Rasmus released the official video clip of “Jezebel”!

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The Finnish rock band The Rasmus is one of the participants at the Finnish national selection UMK 2022 for Eurovision 2022.

The band are claiming the representation of their country in Turin with the song Jezebel . The track was written together with Desmond Child, with whom The Rasmus collaborated for their 7th album “Black Roses”. Desmond Child has also worked with some of the biggest names of the world rock industry including KISS, BON JOVI, AEROSMITH and ALICE COOPER.

Speaking about their cooperation, Child revealed that Jezebel was written in Greece and specifically on the island of Folegandros. 

Today, the rock band released the official video clip of their entry which you can watch below:

The video was directed by the internationally awarded director Jesse Haaja.

The next representative of Finland will emerge through the UMK 2022 on 26th of February 2022, which is scheduled to be broadcast at 21:00 EET. For those outside Finland, there will be available live-streaming here  areena.yle.fi/tv.

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun.com for all the news regarding the Finnish participation at the upcoming contest in Turin, Italy.

Finland: Interview with Cyan Kicks | The right time for Eurovision and “Hurricane”! (Video)

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Following their selection for this year’s national final in Finland, Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2022, Cyan Kicks talk exclusively to EurovisionFun, Apostolos Bogiannos and Apostolis Matamis.

Cyan Kicks are among the seven finalists in Finland‘s national final for Eurovision 2022, and will try to represent their country with the song “Hurricane”.

We had been thinking about participating in UMK for four years but we never felt confident about it. This year we felt stronger since we have already released several songs. We have long wanted to write a song that would push us far as a band and as individuals and that’s how Hurricane came about. It happened completely naturally. We are very proud of it.

Regarding the stage presentation of the song in the national final, they state that:

We can’t say much. All we can say is that something very special and magical is going to happen that you are definitely not expecting. Something you don’t expect to see from a rock band. It will be a surprise!

Even though they like all the songs from UMK 2022, they like more the ones by Bess and Isaac Sene.

Their favourite Finnish entry is that of Lordi (2006), while from the competition in general they single out Loreen (Sweden 2012) and ABBA (Sweden 1974).

Just before the end of the interview, Cyan Kicks shared with us an acapella part of their participation.

Watch the full exclusive interview of Cyan Kicks in the video below:

Listen to “Hurricane”, Cyan Kicks‘ participation in Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2022!

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the latest news regarding Finland’s participation in Eurovision 2022!

Finland: Listen to the seventh and last song of UMK 2022!

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The finnish broadcaster has released the sixth song competing in UMK 2022, the finnish national final for Eurovision 2022.

The song is “Kuuma jäba” by Isaac Sene and you can listen to it here:

We remind you the rest of the artists/songs competing for the finnish representation:

The UMK grand final will take place on Saturday, 26 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 2022!

Finland: Listen to the fifth song of UMK 2022!

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The finnish broadcaster has released the fifth song competing in UMK, the finnish national final for Eurovision 2022.

The song is Thank God I’m An Atheist by Olivera and you can listen to it here:

We remind you that the artists competing for the finnish representation are the following seven. In parentheses are the dates on which their songs will be/have been released:

  • Cyan Kicks (13 January)
  • BESS (14 January)
  • The Rasmus (17 January)
  • Younghearted (18 January)
  • Olivera (19 January)
  • Tommi Läntinen (20 January)
  • Isaac Sene (21 January)

The UMK grand final will take place on Saturday, 26 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 2022!

Finland: Listen to the fourth song of UMK 2022!

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The finnish broadcaster has released the fourth song competing in UMK, the finnish national final for Eurovision 2022.

The song is Sun numero by Younghearted and you can listen to it here:

We remind you that the artists competing for the finnish representation are the following seven. In parentheses are the dates on which their songs will be/have been released:

  • Cyan Kicks (13 January)
  • BESS (14 January)
  • The Rasmus (17 January)
  • Younghearted (18 January)
  • Olivera (19 January)
  • Tommi Läntinen (20 January)
  • Isaac Sene (21 January)

The UMK grand final will take place on Saturday, 26 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 2022!

Finland: Listen to the third song of UMK 2022!

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The finnish broadcaster has released the third song competing in UMK, the finnish national final for Eurovision 2022.

The song is Jezebel by the well-known band The Rasmus and you can listen to it here:

We remind you that the artists competing for the finnish representation are the following seven. In parentheses are the dates on which their songs will be released:

  • Cyan Kicks (13 January)
  • BESS (14 January)
  • The Rasmus (17 January)
  • Younghearted (18 January)
  • Olivera (19 January)
  • Tommi Läntinen (20 January)
  • Isaac Sene (21 January)

The UMK grand final will take place on Saturday, 26 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 2022!

Finland: The Rasmus bid for Eurovision 2022 written on Folegandros Island, Greece!!

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One of the most famous bands with worldwide hits from Finland, The Rasmus, who are going to claim the representation of the Nordic country at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, gave an interview on BlabberMouth.net  on 12th of January 2022 and revealed some interesting details regarding their entry, Jezebel.

The Rasmus collaborated with Desmond Child for Jezebel, with whom the have already worked again regarding their album “Black Roses”. Desmond Child has also worked with some of the biggest names of the world rock industry including KISS, BON JOVI, AEROSMITH and ALICE COOPER.

The singer Lauri Ylönen commented regarding their entry:

“It was awesome to work with Desmond again. He really knows how to put a hit song together.”

“‘Jezebel’ is about a girl who takes what she wants, without asking. A free spirit.”

On his behalf, Desmond Child said:

“Lauri gives me a call and says ‘Hey, I need to write the biggest, greatest song in the entire world ever. Will you do it [with me]?’ and I said ‘Yeah, but I am in Folegandros (Greece)’ and he says, ‘I’ll be right there.’

“‘Jezebel’ is an homage, a tribute, to the strong women of today, who own their bodies, who are in charge of their sensuality, their sexuality, and who are determined to be an equal.”

The Rasmus are going to take part at Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2022/UMK 2022, the show that determines the Finnish entry at the Eurovision Song Contest. UMK 2022 is about to take place on 26th of February 2022 and the winner is going to emerge through the votes of the public and the jury.

The band’s song Jezebel, which is already the big favourite according to the bookmakers, is going to be released tonight at 00.01 ΕΕΤ and you can watch it below.

Last year Finland was represented by another rock group The Blind Channel and their song Dark Side. The qualified from the 5th place of the 2nd Semi-Final, while at the Grand Final they achieved the second best result of the country after their victory in 2006, 6th with 301 points.

If The Rasmus win the ticket for Turin, will they manage an even higher placement for Finland or even the victory? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun.com for all the news regarding the Finnish representation at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, Italy.