The final of the new music competition is currently underway at Turku Logomo.
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Finland’s next representative for Eurovision will be chosen tonight in the New Music competition. The winner of the evening will represent Finland at the Turin Eurovision Song Contest in Turin.
On-site at Turku Logomo, the broadcast will be monitored by Iltalehti’s editor Mari Pudas.
The last competition show was taken care of Tommi Läntinen. He presented Life carries me song. The performance was not unnecessary, but Läntinen relied on his own interpretation.
Matti Matikainen
Rock music is not missing from this year’s UMK final. The band Cyan Kicks came on stage with the song last Hurricane.
Matti Matikainen
Matti Matikainen
Touching Sun number The song was heard on the fifth and was performed by the band Younghearted.
Matti Matikainen
Matti Matikainen
Bess rushed to the competition stage in fourth. Paragraph Ram pam pam contained a brisk go. Bess is also among the pre-favorites, as her song has been at the top of Finland’s listening charts for many weeks.
Matti Matikainen
Matti Matikainen
Oliveran sensitive Thank God I’m an Atheist silenced the audience after Isaac. The singer had a burning match in his hand, which he finally dropped from his fingers.
Matti Matikainen
Matti Matikainen
The other performer of the evening was Isaac Sene with a song Hot ice. There was no bare skin in the performance, as the background dancers performed in fairly tight pants.
Matti Matikainen
Matti Matikainen
The pre-favorite The Rasmus, who competes in the UMK with a song, was the first to take the stage Jezebel. The band’s Lauri Ylönen drove the audience wild, as the man performed without a shirt.
Matti Matikainen
Matti Matikainen
The news will be updated during the evening.