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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.

Eurostars

Is Carola returning to Melodifestivalen in 2020?

Nina Poutanen Oct 18, 2019

Rumors tell that the Swedish superstar and Eurovision legend Carola Häggkvist might be taking part in the Swedish national selection for Eurovision, Melodifestivalen, in 2020. According to the sources of Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet…

Eurovision 2020

What can we expect from UMK 2020?

Nina Poutanen Sep 16, 2019

In the beginning of June the Finnish broadcaster Yle announced that the Finnish national selection for Eurovision, Uuden musiikin kilpailu (UMK) will continue as an open contest in 2020 after two years of invitation contest. One of the new…

Eurovision 2020

UMK will continue as an open contest in 2020

Nina Poutanen Jun 3, 2019

The Finnish broadcaster Yle has announced the first information of Uuden musiikin kilpailu (UMK) 2020. In 2020 UMK will be an open contest, which is produced together with radio channel YleX. According to UMK's producer Anssi Autio and…

Eurovision 2019

LIVE: Eurovision 2019, semi-final 1

Nina Poutanen May 14, 2019

Tonight is the night we've all been waiting for: the live shows of the Eurovision 2019 are starting with the first semi final. 17 countries are competing for the 10 places in the Grand Final on Saturday. The entries competing tonight are: …

Eurovision 2019

D Mol: “We got like five or six versions before the final…”

Nina Poutanen May 9, 2019

Our Nick met up with D Mol, the group that's representing Montenegro at Eurovision 2019 in Tel Aviv. Nick talks with them about their song 'Heaven' and how it has altered since its creation, their stage performance and how well the members…

Eurovision 2019

The public review ‘Scream’ by Sergey Lazarev

Nina Poutanen May 2, 2019

Our series of public reviews is almost over, but before the end we still get to hear our panel's thoughts of the last couple of songs. Tonight it's time to find out our panel's verdict for the Russian entry. This year Russia is represented…

Eurovision 2019

The public review ‘Spirit in the Sky’ by KEiiNO

Nina Poutanen May 1, 2019

Our series of public reviews has reached Norway. This year Norway is represented by the band KEiiNO, which won the ticket to Tel Aviv after winning the Norwegian national selection, Melodi Grand Prix, in the beginning of March. The…

Eurovision 2019

The public review ‘Arcade’ by Duncan Laurence

Nina Poutanen Apr 28, 2019

Our series of public reviews has reached The Netherlands. This year The Netherlands is represented by 25-year-old Duncan de Moor, better known as his artist name Duncan Laurence. Soon after the song 'Arcade' was published, The Netherlands…

Azerbaijan

The public review ‘Truth’ by Chingiz Mustafayev

Nina Poutanen Apr 27, 2019

Our series of public reviews continues with the entry from Azerbaijan. This year Azerbaijan is represented by 28-year-old Chingiz Mustafayev with his song 'Truth'. 14 people from different countries, of different ages and professions…

Armenia

The public review “Walking Out” by Srbuk!

Nina Poutanen Apr 15, 2019

Our series of public reactions continues with the Armenian entry. This year Armenia is represented by 25-year-old Srbuhi Sargsyan, better known as Srbuk, with her song "Walking Out". 14 people from different countries, of different…

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