Finland: Käärijä with Cha Cha Cha wins UMK 2023 – Review
26 February 2023 Cha, cha cha, cha cha cha, cha! The beautiful Finnish language returns to the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time since 2015 thanks to the enigmatic […]
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Finland: UMK 2023 – Preview & My Top 7
24 February 2023 After great editions of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu the past two years, guess what? We have another strong year, perhaps not quite as strong as those recent years, […]
Turin 2022: National Final Injustices
03 April 2022 It was a solid season of national finals in 2022, and not too many injustices if looking at the popular view. Of course, individual passions rise when […]
Finland: The Rasmus win UMK 2022 with Jezebel
27 February 2022 The Rasmus ran away with an impressive victory in Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2022 with the powerful rock song, Jezebel. Icons in the Finnish music industry and together […]
Finland: Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2022 Preview – My Top 7
It’s another quality Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu in Finland after last year’s superlative edition that saw Blind Channel win with Dark Side. Just like in 2021, UMK 2022 is a single […]
Blind Channel win Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021 with Dark Side
21 February 2021 Blind Channel put their middle finger up to the entire competition to demolish a high quality field and win Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021. The self-described “violent pop” […]
Super Saturday Review – Finland, Sweden & Denmark
8 March 2020 Super Saturday became more like Sullen Saturday after surprise results at Finland’s UMK and Sweden’s Melodifestivalen, and a solemn scene at Denmark’s Dansk Melodi Grand Prix when […]
Super Saturday Preview – Finland, Sweden & Denmark
7 March 2020 It’s the final week of national finals for the Eurovision Song Contest of 2020 in Rotterdam, and the Nordic region features heavily with Finland’s Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu, […]
Mr Eurovision Australia 