Aili and The Spyro were eliminated in tonight’s Finnish semifinal. The Spyro was the wild card selected by the viewers. It will be interesting to see whether there will be a discussion afterwards as the jury neglected the viewer’s choice. Nine entries performed live in club D.O.M in...
LORDI DRUMMER PASSES AWAY
posted by GHASSAN (DENMARK)
Lordi drummer, Tonmi ‘Otus’ Lillman, passed away yesterday (Tuesday 14th February) at the age of 38. Lillman joined the Eurovision Song Contest winning band in 2010, after the departure of Sampsa ‘Kita’ Astala. In a statement from the band: “Our dear friend and bandmate, ‘Otus’...
FINLAND DECIDES 2012: UUDEN MUSIIK...
posted by GHASSAN (DENMARK)
YLE TV2 recorded tonight the third show of UMK 2012 through which Finland will decide its participation to the Baku 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. The second group of singers will present themselves and two will be eliminated: Aura Pineda, Freeman, Iconcrash, Kaisa Vala, Leola, Ville Eetvartti....
FINLAND DECIDES 2012
UUDEN MUSIIKIN KILPAILU...
posted by LILIAN (SWEDEN)
Two songs were eliminated in the UMK 2012 program tonight. Six of the twelve participants did a live performance in a studio in front of the jury members. After the performance the artists got feedback. Jari & Taika and Kirahvi nimeltä Tuike had to say goodbye to the contest while the other four entries qualified for the club performance which will take place in two weeks time. Qualifying entries are: Stig: ”Laululeija” Pernilla Karlsson: ”När jag blundar” Aili: ”Mun taivas” Mica Ikonen: ”Antaa mennä” Congratulations! Next Friday we will meet the remaining six participants of which four will continue to the club gig...
UMK 2012: TONIGHT SIX ARTISTS
ARE PRESENTED
posted by LILIAN (SWEDEN)
Six of the twelve selected artists will get a closer presentation tonight when the UMK 2012 contest continues. Follow the show on the web from 20.00 CET: The six entries are: Stig: ”Laululeija” Pernilla Karlsson: ”När jag blundar” Jari & Taika: ”Aamuyön salaisuus” Aili: ”Mun taivas” Kirahvi nimeltä Tuike: ”Sinisulkien viimeinen” Mica Ikonen: ”Antaa mennä” The artists will do studio performances and two of them will be eliminated. Guest judge is Anna Puu. Next Friday the remaining six entries will go through the same process. The program will be broadcasted on YLE TV2 and YLE HD at 20.00 CET (21:00 local time)...
LISTEN TO FINALISTS IN UMK 2012
posted by LILIAN (SWEDEN)
At 15.05 CET today you can listen to the new radio versions of the Finnish finalists in UMK 2012. Previous versions have only been demos. The program is aired on YLE Radio Suomi at this link. The host for the program is Tarja Närhi. The songs are Aili ”Mun taivas” Aura Pineda ”Kunpa...
UMK 2012: THE 12 FINALISTS ANNOUNC...
posted by LILIAN (SWEDEN)
The Finnish selection will continue tonight in finding the ultimate entry for Eurovision Song Contest 2012. Our readers can follow the show on the the web. 12 entries, selected by a jury, will be presented. In addition three shortlisted songs will fight for a wild card selected by the...
PARADISE OSKAR AT HAAVISTO FOLK 20...
posted by GHASSAN (DENMARK)
The 2012 edition of Haavisto Folk is taking place this Thursday at 20:00 local times. Various artist will show their support to the Pekka Haavisto presidential campaign while the concert will be bilingual. Ticket sales and donations will be given for her presidential campaign. Amongst the...
UMK 2012: 12 SONGS TO BE PRESENTED...
posted by LILIAN (SWEDEN)
540 became 40 and tonight 40 will be 12. The Finnish selection continues in finding the ultimate entry for Eurovision Song Contest 2012. The program will be aired via this web link, starting at 20.00 CET. The 12 songs have been selected by a jury. One more song will be selected via televoting...
JESSICA & THE SPYRO FAVORITES...
posted by GHASSAN (DENMARK)
Online betting odds present the hot favorites for the 2012 national selection in Finland. Recently we published the information for Denmark and Sweden and today we get the Finnish odds. Jessica Wolff and The Spyro are considered the hot favorites to win the 2012 UMK and go to Baku,...
YLE PRESENTS THE
UMK 2012 JUDGES
posted by LUCIAN (ROMANIA)
YLE has just revealed the names of the judges that will decide wich of the 40 demos will continue the race to represent Finland in Eurovision 2012. First only 12 songs will remain for the weekly shows and after that only 6 songs will compete in the Final. The permanent judges are: Wallu Valpio (Hitlantis and a music all-rounder), Anna Laine (head of programming, Radio Helsinki), Tomi Saarinen (head of music, YleX radio) and Jorma Hietamäki (head of music, Radio Suomi). Each week will feature a guest judge. The guest judge of the first week will be singer-songwriter Anna Puu, while in the second week the guest judge will be Laura Narhi,...
SELJA FELIN IN UMK AND VOICE OF FI...
posted by LILIAN (SWEDEN)
Selja Felin is a name to remember. She is one of the first artists to be selected in the new talent show ‘The Voice of Finland’. Besides trying to become ‘The Voice of Finland’, she is also hoping to represent Finland in Baku. Selja is among the 40 artists who...
SAARA AALTO AND SANTA CLAUS IN CHI...
posted by LILIAN (SWEDEN)
Saara Aalto came second in the Finnish national final 2011. Her entry “Blessed with love” has now travelled the whole way to China together with Santa Claus. Her song is one of three which compete to become the Santa Claus’ official season’s greeting song. In the new version of...
ANNA ABREU GUEST STAR IN UMK 2012
posted by ANOTHER SOURCE
ILKAR.BLOGSPOT.COM REPORTS Anna Abreu will be the main guest star in UMK’s final in Helsinki’s Ice hall. She seems to be rather thrilled to be able to perform on such a big stage being able to do “never seen before” kind of a show. Anna shot to the fame from Idols 2007...
UMK 2012 SELECTION ONGOING
posted by LUCIAN (ROMANIA)
UMK, the new format of the Finnish selection for Eurovision, is in process right now. At the moment 40 songs are fighting for a place in the next phase, but in the meantime YLE is sharing some rarely seen material from how the pre-selection jury got to make their decisions. On the YLE Facebook...
UMK RESPONDS: NO PROBLEM WITH MART...
posted by LILIAN (SWEDEN)
Martina and ”Checkmate” is one of 40 selected songs in the UMK2012 selection, which is also the selction to find a song for Eurovision Song Contest 2012. The song has been number 1 on the YLE top-list but since some days the popularity has gone done to number 4. Check the top-list...