UMK 2025 Results
International Juries and a national televote (25:75) Decided the winner here. The presenters even showed us a pie chart to explain it!!
It didnt need...
Chicken balls, drag, tutus and twink rock! Phew!
Ooh a lovely chicken ball salad with That Monty's hot sauce for lunch and it's onwards and upwards now to...
Austria.
Ooh Conchy! That was classy,...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 16 – Finland
Isn't this the song that is supposed to be winning the whole contest according to Eurofans around the world? I’ve clearly missed this hype...
3 February – Is there a reason to worry for the...
We like to celebrate songs from all years, even those from the time before many of us were alive. Did you know, for example,...
10 November – The white lands are getting darker
Do you have a list of your favourites songs per country? Maybe you think Quedate conmigo is the best Spanish song ever. Or that...
20,000 fans expected for Finnish UMK 2026
Finland is about to turn up the volume on its national Eurovision selection. According to Yle, the 2026 edition of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK)...
I’ve neglected Finland. Also, Greece.
I don’t really have a lot to say about Finland – the boys really have one performance level, to my eye every rehearsal has...
The second half of a the second half
Fecund we are with musical joy this half. Many manners of pop noise stroked our lugs, and here's a couple of quick relations as...
16 July – That girl is a witch
If you're writing a song for Eurovision, you must avoid commercial references, political references, and offensive references. I'm not sure whether the quote from...
The songs vying to represent Finland at Eurovision 2021
Finnish broadcaster YLE announced the seven participating acts hoping to represent them at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest on 13 January.
The Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu...