Robin Packalen has released โGirls Like You”, his entry for Uuden Musikiin Kilpailu 2023.
Robin Packalen began his singing career in 2008, when he won Staraskaba, Finnish nationwide singing contest for youth at the age of 10. A year later, he represented Finland at New Wave Junior 2009 in Moscow.
Robin released his debut single “Frontside Ollie” in 2012. It spent four weeks at number one on the Finnish Singles Chart. Later on that year, he released his debut album “Koodi” (Code), which was certified quintuple platinum in Finland. He released five more Finnish-language albums before taking a hiatus from music to complete mandatory military service in 2018.
In 2019, Robin made a comeback to music with his first single in English “I’ll Be With You”.
The competing entries will be released on the official UMK Youtube channel every weekday at midnight Finnish time from January 11.
The release order for the remaining songs is as follows:
- January 17 โ Lxandra
- January 18 โ Kรครคrijรค
- January 19 โ KUUMAA
- January 20 โ Portion Boys
The following entries have already been released:
- Keira โ โNo Business on the Dancefloorโ
- Benjamin – “Hoida mut” (Take care of me)
The final of UMK 2023 will take place on February 25 in Logomo in Turku. The show will be hosted by Samu Haber. Logomo will play host to UMK for the second year in a row and the third time overall. As with the last two contests, the Finnish entry for Eurovision 2023 will be chosen by international juries (25%) and public voting (75%).
Image Source: Yle/ Nelli Kenttรค | Source: UMK
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest
Finland first participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961, they debuted alongside Spain and Yugoslavia. Finland has finished last in the contest on 10 occasions and has received โnul pointsโ three times. It wasnโt until 2006 that Finland won the Eurovision Song Contest. Lordi represented the country in Athens with the song โHard Rock Hallelujahโ scoring 292 points, a record total at the time.