Finland’s Eurovision national final Uuden musiikin kilpailu is just days away. Just as last year, during the final this Saturday, international juries will have a 25% say in the final results of UMK 2023.
The seven juries will come from:
- ๐ฆ๐บ Australia
- ๐ฉ๐ช Germany
- ๐ต๐ฑ Poland
- ๐ช๐ธ Spain
- ๐ธ๐ช Sweden
- ๐บ๐ฆย Ukraine
- ๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom
Germany and Spain are the only returning countries from UMK22. So far, just one of the spokespersons have been revealed, and that is Timur Miroshnychenko for Ukraine. He’s been commentating the show for his home country for many years now, and co-hosted the 2017 Contest when it was in Kiev.
After all seven songs have been performed, Finns will be able to vote by calling in, sending an SMS, or by creating an account with Yle and voting using their app. This will make up the other 75% of the final score.
Also, UMK can proudly boast that it is even more diverse this year, as โโin addition to Finnish, broadcaster Yle will offer live commentary in Swedish, English, Russian, Ukrainian, Northern and Inari Sami, and sign language on its website!
Who do you think will win UMK23? Let us know by voting in our poll below or by leaving a comment!
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Last year The Rasmus won UMK22 and represented Finland at Eurovision in Turin. At the end of voting, the band had 38 points, good enough for 21st place overall.
