News direct from YLE – UMK is gogogogo!
YLE, up with the lark this morning sending me an email at 0603 BST for fuck's sake, decided to tell me the following info...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 12/37 – Finland
Oh Finland. It’s the law of diminishing Eurovision returns for you lot and no mistake. You were wacky last year with the man in...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2024 Part 12 – Finland
I mentioned the false Käärijä effect back while reviewing the Croatian entry. It’s the assumption that Cha Cha Cha was just a bit mad...
Eurovision Countdown 24 – Finland according to Mo
This guy really can’t sing. He’s struggling on the way too many high notes already – and I suspect this will mean a rearrangement...
The result of this year’s UMK.
After years in the wilderness, Finland are finally getting this whole national final/ Eurovision concept thing. UMK has become massive inside Finland and around...
Käärijä: Riding the Eurovision Wave
Käärijä - or Jere Pöyhönen as he was born - is not just any Finnish music artist. He's a rapper, a singer, a songwriter,...
Käärijä ends a very long day – what does the sweaty...
Our fifteenth and final presser today is the bouncy Finn himself.
He's had some in-ear monitor problems and hasn't heard anything, but he is philosophical...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2023 Part 12 – Finland
Cha Cha Cha by Käärijä.
Stop the clock, Anneka! We have our winner. Or mine at least. This is FABULOUS!
There’s something gorgeous about the sound...
Mo’s Eurovision 2023 Countdown: Finland
First up, if you only watch the official video, you'll have a very different idea of how this song will grab televoters when it...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2023 – Part 12/37 – Finland
Finland - Käärijä - Cha Cha Cha
In direct and stark contrast, therefore, to Estonia’s song with one idea, here’s a song with three ideas...