“The contest is back!” The six artists competing in this year’s Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) on the 7th March have been revealed during Yle’s press event. There are no big names this time, but it’s a list of new and interesting artists who represent a variety of styles. Here we go!
- Tika – I Let My Heart Break Release date: 24 January
- Erika Vikman – Cicciolina Release date: 27 January
- Aksel Kankaanranta – Looking Back Release date: 28 January
- F3M – Bananas Release date: 29 January
- Sansa – Lover View Release date: 30 January
- Catharina Zühlke – Eternity Release date: 31 January
Read more about the artists and songs in Yle’s article: Here are the UMK finalists – Who will represent Finland at the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest?
There seems to be one thing in common with nearly all of the contestants: almost all of them have participated in some music competition before: X Factor, Idols, Voice of Finland, UMK, Tangomarkkinat (‘tango fair’).
The entries will be released, one by one, at midnight (UTC+2), in Yle Areena and in Spotify. In the Yle Areena page, click on “Tulossa” to see a list of forthcoming broadcast times for “story of a song” (“Biisin tarina”) for each of the songs.
The Finnish Eurovision fan group in Facebook has an active poll about the most promising UMK artist. At the moment the poll results look like this:
One of the competing songs, F3M’s “Bananas”, has already leaked to Spotify. The song may disappear soon, but while it’s still here, listen to it: