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A Finnish woman with a huge passion for Eurovision. My favourite ESC-memory is when the victory was FINALLY brought to Finland by Lordi and ”Hard rock hallelujah” in 2006. However, my all-time favourite Eurovision song is ”Waterloo” by Abba. I love Eurovision because it brings whole Europe (and some other countries as well) together with music.

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Vesa-Matti Loiri has passed away at the age of 77

Nina Poutanen Aug 11, 2022

Former Finnish Eurovision representative and one of the biggest legends of the Finnish entertainment Vesa-Matti Loiri has passed away at the age of 77. The sad news were verified to the Finnish media by Loiri’s manager Pete Eklund, who told…

Media

Måns Zelmerlöw becomes father for the second time!

Nina Poutanen Aug 10, 2022

Eurovision winner 2015 and Eurovision host 2016 Måns Zelmerlöw has become father for the second time. Zelmerlöw shared the happy news on his Instagram page and also revealed the name of his newborn son:  …

Eurovision 2023

UMK will be back in 2023 ”bigger than ever” — the song search opens in September!

Nina Poutanen May 20, 2022

The Finnish broadcaster YLE has revealed the first pieces of information about next year’s Uuden musiikin kilpailu (UMK). This information was shared on UMK’s social media channels:…

Eurostars

Aksel Kankaanranta is the Finnish spokesperson in Turin!

Nina Poutanen May 9, 2022

The Finnish broadcaster YLE has announced that Aksel Kankaanranta, the winner of UMK 2020 and the finalist of UMK 2021, will announce the points of the Finnish jury in the Grand Final of Eurovision 2022 next Saturday. According to YLE,…

Eurovision 2022

The Public Reacts to the United Kingdom: Sam Ryder – Space Man

Nina Poutanen Apr 27, 2022

19 people of different ages, professions and background took part in this year’s “The Public Reacts to Eurovision 2022” by ESCBubble. They are all casual viewers of the Eurovision Song Contest – none of them are big fans of the Contest, and…

Eurovision 2022

Vaidotas Valiukevicius to be the Lithuanian spokesperson in Turin!

Nina Poutanen Apr 27, 2022

The Lithuanian broadcaster LRT has announced that Vaidotas Valiukevicius, the singer of The Roop, will be the Lithuanian spokesperson in Eurovision 2022. Valiukevicius and his band represented Lithuania in last year’s Eurovision in…

Eurovision 2022

Here is the official music video of ”Disko” by LPS!

Nina Poutanen Apr 11, 2022

The official music video of this year’s Slovenian Eurovision entry is out! Watch the music video of Disko by LPS here: https://youtu.be/g8Ezl7xucCU LPS got the ticket to Turin in February, when they won EMA 2022, the Slovenian…

Cyprus