Seven songs, but only one winner. Who do you think deserves to win Finland’s Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2024?
As ever, the Finnish team have delivered seven very different songs, all of which are sure to find their fans. But who has what it takes to appeal to a broad, European audience in May?
We want to hear from you. You can listen to each of the seven acts in the UMK playlist below. Then vote in our poll.
You can vote for as many acts as you’d like, but you can only vote ONE time. Be sure to tick the box next to each act you want to support before pressing submit. It’s up to the Finns in February. But in May, it’s over to you, Europe!
UMK 2024 songs and finalists
- Cyan Kicks – Dancing With Demons
- Sexmane – Mania
- Sara Siipola – Paskana
- Jesse Markin – Glow
- Windows95man – No Rules
- Sini Sabotage – Kuori mua
- Mikael Gabriel x nublu – Vox Populi
Poll: Who is your favourite in Finland’s UMK 2024?
All my love for queen Sara Siipola. What a powerfull song. I’m portuguese and I will vote massively for Paskana in May, in Malmo
VOX POPULI!!!
All of your opinions are equally wrong! 😀
Just heard all 7 songs for the first time. For now it’s “Vox Populi”
Good job, Finland! Well done! All 7 songs have something. Overall, I would say I liked more the 2023 songs (Kuuma was my favourite) but this year all songs are unique and stand out. They are made for Eurovision and I can imagine all of them on stage, with equal chances of qualifying to the final and doing their thing (perhaps a good ranking, too). Personally, for some reason, from the first listening of the 7 songs, “Glow” stood out but I also like Vox populi and Paaskana. That will be a close race. Let’s wait and see! Finland is… Read more »
What did I miss about Sara Siipola? It does sound like a a generic average modern mid-tempo song sung by a woman (but in Finnish).
The message: yeah, the song might sound like a generic ballad but taking its message into account, it was very well done, as it could’ve come off as a gimmick
VOX POPULI! He is the voice of the people!
Also Windows96man.
windows95man all the way for me
good competition for Baby Lasagna and Ollie i think
My favorite is Glow from Jesse (strong Kemama vibes, but this one is 100% stronger and better). I also enjoy Sini Sabotage and Cyan Kicks.
Sara or Cyan Kicks for me. Sara might be a bit more risky choice because I’m not sure how well she will do with televoting around Europe, but she has the best song and she will probably do better with juries. At the same time I expect that Cyan Kicks will elevate their song with the live performance, just like they did with Hurricane, and they can do well with both televoting and juries. I don’t feel that any of the other songs has an equally strong package, but UMK is again a very competitive final with a lot of… Read more »
I’d honestly be happy with any of my top 6 winning. But Glow is the only one that can stay in my top 5 of the season I think.
I am slightly underwhelmed by UMK this year. Although all of these songs are well produced and definitely quite good, nothing hugely caught my attention.
None of them.
Fröken Snusk might get disqualified from Melodifestivalen for buying fake streams!
Source: https://www.expressen.se/ledare/melodifestivalen-maste–kasta-ut-froken-snusk/
Sara Siipola or Windows95man would be my picks. Haven’t listened to the song of Mikael Gabriel x Nublu yet though.
Yea by far Paskana is my first, good selection overall tho!
I might be delusional, but I think Paskana could win Eurovision.
Nope.. with these songs Finland is not gonna win this year. Next year better…
Why would Finland want to win?
After Käärijä didn’t, it’s somehow raised that question now?
Ei ikinä tule voittoa, tehoaa vain melankolisiin suomalaisiin, joista joka toinen on aina paskana!
It’s Sini or Sara for me, but all 7 are well-produced and well-executed. Bravo, Finland, once again!
It’s the first time that I don’t like ANY song from UMK… Last year I loved 2 songs! Hoida Mut was my favorite. It is sad that he can’t sing live…
1 PASKANA
2 Mania – 2 Dancing with Demons – 2 No Rules
3 Vox Populi.
I agree with the results for the moment, it’s either Sara Siipola or Cyan Kicks. Cyan Kicks would probably have a better result with televote at Eurovision but Sara Siipola’s song is more interesting to me.
Windows95Man have the only listenable song in this bunch. The rest of them are terrible, terrible…
Jesse Markin. We are long overdue for some optimistic anthem.
It’s interesting how Sara’s song has only grown with the fandom and look at poor Sexmane’s polling here! He definitely doesn’t have the worst song!
It hasn’t only grown with the fandom, it is Finns’ favorite song too
The Finns are part of the fandom!
While it came off as underwhelming or disappointing to some, I really like this year’s UMK!
My favorite is Paskana, but I’ve vibed with all songs. YLE did a great job and I think Finland will do great with whatever they choose! 😀
If someone’s interested, here’s my top btw:
1. Sara Siipola
2. Cyan Kicks
3. Sini Sabotage
4. Jesse Markin
5. Mikael Gabriel x Nublu
6. Sexmane
7. Windows95Man
Baby Lasagna, 5minuust&Puulup and Windows95man are the ones who can make this Eurovision the best one in a while.
sara siipola easily
Am ready to peel some onions.
You know on music-based reality shows when TV panel members say “this was a really tough decision”, and you don’t believe them because it’s a TV show with a prepared script? Well… This really IS a tough decision. Normally I’d say “nothing can follow Käärijä from last year and do as well, so it doesn’t matter.” But, this selection is also pretty good. Sigh, I know, music experts have to draw the line somewhere. If in doubt, go for the heart: I choose Sara Siipola.
https://youtu.be/DkEE56iocsQ?si=QdywEcre9uiFVXGr
Well, that makes no sense, please ignore*. Technical difficulties.
*Unless you happen to be a Great Gatsby fan
jesse definitely
Sara Siipola would be my choice
Sexmane’s “Mania” is my favourite, and I am quietly confident of it winning UMK.
Won’t do anything at Eurovision
Also my favourite – but I am not confident.
Best Sexmane has been voted last?? Seriously?!
The poll has not closed, there is still time!
it’s unlistenable
It’s such a horrible song ofc it’s last
Biggest guilty pleasure for me is Windows95man! I’m sad to say I love it!
Don’t regard is as guilty pleasure or ‘Chachacha’ could have too? It has irrestible pleasant 90’s sound in the whole package.
Vox Populi, No Rules and Glow are all EXTREMELY underrated songs, especially the first two!
Surprised about Mania’s result too!
Me too…
sini sabotage and that is not even a difficult choice
Paskana, Dancing With Demons and Vox Populi are easily the ones that should finish in top-3 (IMO), other songs will require a very strong live performance from the artist to stand out
Paskana is my favorite song out of the selection, but I really want Cyan Kicks to go to Eurovision, but I also expect Vox Populi to dominate the televote, so I’m split in three on this one
Vox populi, vox populi! Already on my playlist, totally works for me. I personally like it better than Cha cha cha which I never really listened to. I also think this could be another televote magnet for Finland with the right presentation. Maybe not the same amount of success, but who knows. UMK overall is disappointing this year but Finland still has the one song that counts.