The success of the evening’s live performances will decide who wins a one-way ticket to Liverpool’s Eurovision Song Contest, writes music journalist Ville Vedenpää.
The final of the New Music Competition will take place in the evening at Logomo in Turku. The songs of seven artists are competing for a representative place. This year, the level is tough, so predicting the winner is more difficult than before.
The competition is so evenly matched that the live performances ultimately decide the competition.
UMK’s evenness and unpredictability is also indicated by the fact that social media has seen stronger campaigning for its favorite this year than before.
In Tiktok, on the other hand, people have made two lists of competitors. In one, the contestants are ranked according to their own taste in music, and in the other, based on how they think the songs will do in Eurovision. The Finns have therefore become a smart people.
Finns also know how to enjoy the Eurovision Song Contest. Many have said that UMK has brought a lot of joy to the beginning of the year since the competition songs were announced. The drug will peak tonight, when the competition is tense at the house party.
Finland and UMK have been praised abroad throughout the spring. Foreign Eurovision fans would be ready to send all the finalist songs directly to Eurovision.
Finland has also been at the top of the betting statistics even before a five-year representative has even been elected. It speaks of UMK’s hard level and faith in the fact that Finland can succeed in Eurovision no matter what song was chosen.
*UMK’s final from Logomo in Turku can be watched at 21:00 on Yle TV1 and Yle Areena. You can also listen to the final on the radio: YleX, Yle Radio Suomi and Yle X3M channels. In addition, Yle.fi follows the finale and publishes the best moods during the evening.*