Käärijä: Riding the Eurovision Wave
Käärijä - or Jere Pöyhönen as he was born - is not just any Finnish music artist. He's a rapper, a singer, a songwriter,...
28 June – Oh, why can’t the clocks stop?
Do you think it's true that some languages sound easier on the ear than others? French songs did well in the early days, before...
Winner winner winner
*still* The winner of the Eurovision - there is no chance that this is not going to the Final. They have gone into a...
Et Finalament – La Finlande
Saara has made an improvement on the overall performance. She still, though, looks the same as on Tuesday, and starts off strapped to the wheel...
23 July – Let your hip go hippety pump pump
Eurovision songs are occasionally branded - by muggles - as nonsense. Meaningless lyrics, daft arm-waving dance routines, and reinforcement of national stereotypes.
Some of this...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 13 – Finland
Not only do I not have my finger on the pulse of popular music, but it seems I don’t even have it on the...
The result of this year’s UMK.
After years in the wilderness, Finland are finally getting this whole national final/ Eurovision concept thing. UMK has become massive inside Finland and around...
Finland – no tongues
...talking of kitchen sinks, this one has them too in a very different way. Krista knows what this song is about and she clearly...
Sandhja to Stockholm! – Mp3 anyone?
So who is going to represent Finland in the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest? Sandhja, that's who!
The Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (or UMK as it's called)...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Finland
One thing in Darude's favour - he won't be using the fool who staged the Finnish song in 2018.
The UMK performance made excellent use...