Tag: riikka

Thommy Fagerlund is a talented Finland-Swedish artist and producer. Eurovision fans might remember him as a cruise manager and performer from Viking Line Eurovision...

ABBA is back. And very soon we will know more. “Thank you for waiting,the journey is about to begin.” ABBA, the hugely popular Swedish pop group,...

On the 24th of July, the Irish Eurovision legend Johnny Logan was seen at a rare event in a Finnish rural village Degerby. The...

Ever since Erika Vikman participated in the Finnish preselections, UMK 2020 with "Cicciolina", she has become the new pop and disco queen of Finland...

Finland has for a long time enjoyed Eurovision-themed shows by a talented singer and producer Thommy Fagerlund. Since 2008, he has worked for the...

This year Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) takes place in Yle Mediapolis in Tampere, with six artists competing. Before the evening's live broadcast, we followed...

Today Yle presented the second Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu entry: "Cicciolina" by Erika Vikman. And what an amazing banger it is! The style can be...

"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...

During the last, warm day of August, Eurovision fans from 41 different countries stepped aboard on M/S Silja Europa from Helsinki to Tallinn and...

Helsinki Pride is an annual LGBTIQ event, which has become very popular in the Finnish capital within a past few years. It was arranged...

After two years of internal artist selection, the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle decided to continue Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) as an open contest where...

When Finland's Eurovision stars Darude and Sebastian Rejman arrived to Tel Aviv, they had already toured around the Europe in various ESC pre-parties: in...

Tonight Finland will choose their song for Tel Aviv. Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) 2019 takes place in the event venue Logomo, Turku, Finland. The...

Chess is a musical with music by ABBA's Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and lyrics by Tim Rice. Its soundtrack was released in 1984,...

The national broadcaster in Finland, Yle, has announced guidelines for the country's national preselection UMK (Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu) for 2019. The contest will continue the concept...

Helsinki Pride 2018 took place at the end of June and this year the event was more visible than ever in the Finnish capital...

Dance, neon colours, hot sun! That was the overall feeling of We Love Festival in Helsinki, Finland, this year.  The festival took place during...

In 2015, Finland was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest by the punk group Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät (shortened PKN). Although the group dissolved in...

Mamma Mia!, the musical based on the songs of ABBA had its first premiere already in 1999, and since then has toured countless countries...

Only a few days before the semifinal rehearsals for this year's Eurovision Song Contest started in Lisbon, Finland's representative Saara Aalto released a new...

Before tonight's #UMK18 show, the press was invited to attend the dress rehearsal and the premiere of tonight's show. The opening number is performed by...

The seventh edition of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK18) will take place on 3rd of March at Espoo Metro Arena. All three entries will be performed...

The third and final song for Saara Aalto for this year's Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK18), titled "Queens" was released on Thursday, 22nd of February....

Saara Aalto will represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 and now her second song for Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK18) is out. The...