This afternoon the Wiwi Jury—our in-house panel of music unprofessionals—gathered to review MIAU’s #umk14 song “God/Drug”. Did it leave us feeling holy and high? Or were we left questioning our faith…
Earlier this morning the Wiwi Jury—our in-house panel of music unprofessionals—caught a sled to Finland to review Lili Lambert’s #umk14 song “Let Me Take You There.” Did she have what we want…
The Wiwi Jury—our in-house panel of music unprofessionals—were tearing up some pickled herring this morning. That’s because we were in Finland reviewing Hukka ja Mama‘s #umk14 song “Selja”. That means…
Earlier this morning the Wiwi Jury—our in-house panel of music unprofessionals—grabbed our Finnish-English dictionaries and headed to Helsinki to review Jasmin Michaela‘s #umk14 song “Kertakäyttösydän”. That means “Disposable Heart” in…
Earlier this morning the Wiwi Jury—our in-house panel of music unprofessionals—grabbed our first aid kits and headed to Finland to review Dennis Fagerström’s #umk14 song “My Little Honey Bee”. Was…
Over the next two weeks the Wiwi Jury—our in-house panel of music un-professionals—will be reviewing and scoring all 12 of the acts competing in Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu, Finland’s national selection for…
Finland is getting ready to turn up the heat on Eurovision, y’all! The first heat of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu—the Finnish national selection—takes place on 11 January. One winner will advance directly…
Remastered and finalized versions of the 12 songs of the Finnish selection, Uuden musiikin kilpailu (UMK) were played on Finnish radio today. The artists have been finishing the songs in…
YLE, Finland’s state broadcaster, published the jury performances of the first six acts of this year’s UMK, the Finnish national selection, last Saturday. Now it’s time to present the final six entries…
When the Finnish national broadcaster YLE published the list of 12 artists for UMK 2014, no one really knew who they were—not even in Finland. We still don’t. But tonight…
On December 10 the Finnish national broadcaster YLE treated us to snippets of the 12 entries that will battle it out for a ticket to Copenhagen. The first heat of…
When someone says the words “Finland” and “Eurovision” in the same sentence, the first things to come to mind are the terrifying red-eyed monsters that earned Finland their only Eurovision…
Today, our Finnish beauty Krista Siegfrids released the long awaited music video for her new single “Can You See Me?”. Taken from her debut album, “Ding Dong!”, this emotional ballad…
British Eurovision fans and “Ding Dongers” need to tune into Big Brother’s Bit On the Side on Channel 5 at 12:55 on Sunday. That’s because Finland’s Krista Siegfrids will perform her Eurovision…
Krista Siegfrids didn’t win Eurovision 2013, but that didn’t stop her from making an impact. Armed with a veil and a message, she carried Finland to the grand final and…
Gay Star News reports that the Turkish broadcaster TRT has taken the drastic measure to cancel tonight’s Eurovision Second Semi-Final program because of Finland’s show, which ends with a lesbian…