The Norwegian Embassy hosted the Nordic nations party last night in Baku. Alexander Rybak was invited to perform at the Philarmonic Socity Building in Baku last night however due to sound equipment issues he had to end his performance before…
Read MoreFinland: Mr Lordi To Announce Eurovision Votes
YLE the Finnish National Broadcaster has
Read MoreDaily Round-Up: 14/05/2012
So today was the second day of the rehearsals in Baku which means that we saw the second half of the first semi final today. So lets bring you the big stories of the day. Everything Looks Brilliant So today…
Read MoreBaku’12: Rehearsals Day 1
Today was the first day of the rehearsals in Baku. Today we saw performances from: Montenegro – Rambo Amadeus – Euro Neuro Iceland – Greta Salome & Jonsi – Never Forget Greece – Eleftheria Elefthierou – Aphrodisiac Latvia –…
Read MoreOGAE: Uk, Finland & Croatia Vote
Today has seen three more countries release their votes in this years OGAE vote. Finland, Croatia and the United Kingdom have released their votes so lets see how they voted: Finland: 12 – Sweden 10 – Iceland 8
Read More2012 Review: Finland, Ireland & Bonsia & Herzegovina
Here is the fourth of our reviews of three of this years entries to the contest. Myself and a number of judges will rate the songs our of 10; we will then say whether they will get out of their…
Read MoreFinland: Pernilla Karlsson Wins In Helsinki
Pernilla Karlsson has won Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu with her song “N
Read MoreUMK Semi Finalists Chosen
The semi-finalists of UMK Uden Musiikin Kilpalun) were chosen tonight by the public and jury in a live show broadcast from Helsinki. The next show is February 3rd, the Final takes place on the 25th of February. Here are the…
Read MoreHow Many Points? Finland
Italy really? Total Points received: 2140 Points received in the semi finals: 745 Points received in the finals: 1395 Average points per contest:
Read MoreUMK 2012 Demos Online
Demo versions of the 40 songs remaining in the running to represent Finland in Baku have now been released online. The 40 songs which will be whittled away by YLE
Read MoreHow Many Points? Cyprus
Total Points received: 1653Points received in the semi finals: 422Points received in the finals: 1231Average points per contest: 57 (Semi Final + Final) Cyprus debuted back in 1981 coming 6th on 69 points one of the islands best results, but…
Read MoreUMK 2012 Receives 540 Songs
Uuden Musiiken Kilpaulin (UMK) has received a total of 540 songs from across Finland. These entries vary from Finnish rock and metal to pop and traditional songs. This number according to YLE has exceded the expectations of the shows directors.…
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