Eurovision 2012 – Today saw the resumption of rehearsals by acts in both semifinals. Russia kicked off this morning. They got a huge round of applause in the press conference where journalists were watching on the big screen. They’d also brought a large cut out of themselves where you could put your face in and [...]
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Eurovision 2012: Today’s Rehearsals SF1
Posted: May 18, 2012 by hulluna in Austria, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Moldova, Russia20
Eurovision 2012: Day 1 Rehearsals Completed
Posted: May 13, 2012 by hulluna in Belgium, Eurovision Song Contest 2012, Finland, SwitzerlandEurovision 2012 – The first day’s rehearsals have been completed. Despite a initial 2 hour delay, Switzerland, Belgium and Finland have now all made their debuts on the Crystal Hall Stage. Plasma screens for the press to watch them weren’t delivered until late afternoon though; another unprepared moment in Baku to embarrass officials. See the [...]
Finland – Pernilla Karlsson will be the Finnish representative in Baku, singing ‘När jag blundar’. The song is sung in Swedish. Pernilla was crowned winner of tonight’s Finnish national final, UMK, in the Helsinki Ice Hall, beating Stig and Ville Eetvartti in the superfinal.
Finland – The semi-final of Finland’s UMK competition has just concluded in Helsinki. Held in the ice hall, the venue for tomorrow’s final, another act, Freeman & Uusi Fantasia, was evicted. This leaves 6 in the final. During rehearsals, the acts were called onto the stage in two groups and the finalists announced.
Finland – Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu tonight saw Aili and The Spyro eliminated by the jury in the ‘live club’ round. Seven acts remain: Pernilla Karlsson, Kaisa Vala, Freeman & New Fantasy, Stig, Iconcrash, Mica Ikonen and Ville Eetvartti. There is now a public vote which will see 5 go directly into the final on Saturday, [...]
Finland -Viewers in Finland saw the third show of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) tonight. Six artists performed, and Aura Pineda and Leola were evicted by the jury. A wildcard place was given to The Spyro. There are now nine acts performing on next week’s show, which will see all acts performing at a club gig.
Eurovision Recap (29)
Posted: January 28, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Finland, Georgia, MontenegroRecap – With the Eurovision season getting into full swing once more, we will use our well-tried “Eurovision recap” to keep you updated about all news from the Eurovision Song Contest world. This time we have submissions for Georgia, a date for the Bosnian song presentation, the name of Rambo Amadeus’ song and the [...]
Finland – Finnish broadcaster YLE today announced that international rock band The Rasmus will be performing at the “UMK” (Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu)” final. They will perform their new single “I’m a Mess” on the show for the first time anywhere . Other performers will be Anna Abreu, Paradise Oskar (last year’s Finnish eurovision contestant in [...]
Finland - YLE, the national broadcaster responsible for the Finnish selection for Eurovision 2012, revealed the judges for UMK, the national final today. There are four permanent judges, who will appear every week, and one special guest, different every week. The first guests will be the singer-songwriters Anna Puu and Laura Närhi, in week one and [...]
Finland: Welshman Wants Eurovision Victory for the Finns
Posted: January 8, 2012 by hulluna in FinlandFinland – Welsh-born singer / songwriter and musician Tom Morgan has revealed his hopes of Eurovision glory…but not for his native UK. Tom is performing one of the 40 songs still in the competition for Finland, where he has lived for the last 8 years in. Speaking to Walesonline, Tom, who now lives in the Finnish [...]
Editorial Finland - National broadcaster YLE took a new approach this year with their selection process, and it may give us a clue as to who will qualify for Baku. The newly named national final “Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu” (UMK) saw 540 entries, with a jury initially choosing 40 to go to the second phase. Interestingly the [...]
Finland – Finnish national broadcaster YLE has had great success with their new national final “Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu”. 540 songs had been submitted for the preselection process. A jury chose 40, which went to the second phase. These songs were revealed on the internet and can be “tykää”ed (aka liked) by visitors of YLE’s [...]
Finland -Paradise Oskar will be Finland’s 45th representative at the Eurovision Song Contest this year. He talked to us about his favourite Eurovision entry, his plans for the stage in Düsseldorf and the story behind his artist name.
Preview Videos for Romania, Finland, Spain, Georgia and an English Version of Serbia
Posted: March 13, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Finland, Georgia, Romania, SerbiaPreview Videos – Currently the preview videos of the 43 Eurovision entries are starting to pour in and are presented on the official YouTube channel of eurovision.tv Today we have the Finnish, Romanian, Spanish and Georgian preview videos for you to enjoy. Furthermore Serbia has published an English version of their entry called “Magical”. It [...]
Finland: ‘Paradise Oskar – Da Da Dam’ to Eurovision
Posted: February 12, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in FinlandFinland – The first country to determine its Eurovision entry tonight was Finland. The Finnish public selected Paradise Oskar and his song “Da Da Dam” to represent them in Düsseldorf in May. Ten artists had competed in the national final of “Euroviisut 2011″. Paradise Oskar, Sara Alto and Father McKenzie had made it into the [...]
LIVE: Finland Decides – The Final of Euroviisut 2011
Posted: February 12, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in FinlandFinland – Tonight Finland will also choose its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. Ten artists will be competing to fly the Finnish flag in Düsseldorf in the final of “Euroviisut 2011″. According to the bookies “Paradise Oskar” is the clear favourite to win the competition. The decision will be taken by televote. The [...]
Finland – The final of the Finnish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest Euroviisut will be held in Turku this Saturday. Of the participants the bookies see Paradise Oskar as the clear favourite to win the competition and represent Suomi in Düsseldorf next May. The young singer with his song about protecting the environment [...]
Eurovision recap (25)
Posted: February 3, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Finland, FYR Macedonia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Portugal, SloveniaToday with news from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Slovenia, Macedonia, Finland, the Netherlands and Portugal Netherlands – The 3Js, the Dutch representatives at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest will probably sing their entry “Je vecht nooit alleen” (I don’t fight alone”) in its English version. Armenia – Gohar Gasparyan,the Armenian Head of Delegation has told OGAE [...]
Finland – Tonight the third and last semi-final of Euroviisut 2011, the Finnish selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, was held in Tampere. A total of 5 artists fought for the last 3 places in the national final to be held in Turku on February 12. Sami Hintsanen, Saara Aalto and Stala & So were [...]
Finland – Tonight the third and last semi-final of Euroviisut 2011, the Finnish selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, will be held in Turku. A total of 5 artists will fight for the last 3 places in the national final to be held in Helsinki on February 12. Four of them were invited by YLE [...]
Finland - The second semi-final of Euroviisut 2011, the Finnish selection for the Eurovision Song Contest was held this Firday. A total of 5 artists fought for the 3 places in the national final to be held next month. Paradise Oskar, Milana Misic and Father McKenzie qualified. The outcome was decided by televote. Watch the [...]
Finland – Tonight the second semi-final of Euroviisut 2011, the Finnish selection for the Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Turku. A total of 5 artists will fight for the 3 places in the national final to be held in Helsinki next month. Four of them were invited by YLE and one qualified through [...]
Finland – The first semi-final of Euroviisut 2011 which was held last Friday was the most watched television program that day in Finland. 634.000 people watched the show. Merete Manninen promised changes for 2012: “We are not going to try to reach the Swedish niveau of excitement, but we would like to make Eurovision a [...]
Finland – Tonight the first semi-final of Euroviisut 2011, the Finnish selection for the Eurovision Song Contest was held in Tampere. A total of 5 artists fought for the 3 places in the national final to be held in Turku next month. The band Cardiant, Johanna Iivanainen and Marko Manuksela qualified. The outcome was decided [...]
Finland – Tonight the first semi-final of Euroviisut 2011, the Finnish selection for the Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Turku. A total of 5 artists will fight for the 3 places in the national final to be held in Helsinki next month. Four of them were invited by YLE and one qualified through [...]
Editorial: ‘Another great year for Finland’
Posted: November 30, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Editorial, FinlandFinland – Morgan is one of the most loyal readers (and now writers) of this blog. Here is his take on the Finnish national final “Euroviisut 2011″ (The songs were published yesterday) : Anyway as every year I hear around the net “not so good this year from Finland” which if you think about it [...]
Finland – The Finnish national broadcaster YLE has published all 15 songs that will be competing to represent the Northern European country in Düsseldorf next year. The Euroviisut will be organized in three heats. The grand final will be held in Turku on February 12. You can listen to all the participating songs here:
Finland – Today Finnish broadcaster YLE has announced the results of the SMS voting for three wildcards to the Finnish national final “Euroviisut”. The winners are Saara Aalto, Cardiant and Father McKenzein. They will join the 12 singers who were invited by YLE and were already qualified. Fans could vote for their favourites out of [...]
Eurovision recap (12)
Posted: October 6, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Andorra, Azerbaijan, Finland, France, Slovakia, SwitzerlandThis time with news from: Slovakia, Andorra, France, Azerbaijan, Switzerland and Finland! Slovakia – Today the Slovak television channel STV has started a poll concerning Slovakia’s future in the Eurovision Song Contest. If you want Slovakia to continue competing please vote for “áno” meaning “yes” in Slovak. You can find the poll on the right [...]
