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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.

Estonia

Koit Toome gets engaged

Nina Poutanen Oct 25, 2018

Estonian Eurovision-star Koit Toome has gotten engaged with his long-time lifepartner, make-up artist Kaia Triisa. Toome announced the happy news in his official Instagram account: View this post on Instagram It’s…

Eurostars

Saara Aalto will participate in ‘Dancing On Ice’ in 2019!

Nina Poutanen Oct 5, 2018

Finnish superstar, Eurovision representative and X-Factor UK 2016 runner-up Saara Aalto is about to show a new area of expertise. It was announced earlier this week that this singer-songwriter will take part in "Dancing on Ice" 2019 in the…

Eurovision 2019

Who should represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019?

Nina Poutanen Sep 18, 2018

In the beginning of summer the Finnish broadcaster Yle announced that Uuden musiikin kilpailu (UMK) will continue as an invitation contest in 2019. Right after this announcement Finnish Eurovision fans and media started to speculate which…

Eurostars

Saara Aalto and her life after Eurovision

Nina Poutanen Aug 28, 2018

Saara Aalto has done a lot during her career. This Finnish singer-songwriter has been a voice of a Disney princess, recorded an album in Chinese and of course finished second in many competitions. In May, one of her long-time dreams…

News

More information of UMK 2019 coming soon!

Nina Poutanen Aug 27, 2018

The Finnish broadcaster Yle will reveal more information about Uuden musiikin kilpailu (UMK) 2019 during September. Anssi Autio, the producer of UMK told Finnish tabloid Iltalehti that there is something to tell soon. ”We have something to…