The organizers of UMK or Uuden musiikin kilpailu that replaces Euroviisut as the Finnish national final for the Eurovision are pretty stunned as the total number of songs submitted hit 540. A new record. Most songs came in the last days and at some point a new song was submitted every 2 minutes... The musical style of demos is very varied but female singer-songwriters seem to be numerous reflecting the recent boom of them on top of the charts from Jenni Vartiainen to Chisu and Kaija Koo amongst others. And then there's typical Finnish rock, pop-rock, some schlager and pop. And not too much heavyrock it seems. Amongst artists top names of the moment and several artists who have been in the Euroviisut selections over the years. Now the jury will start their work and pick up 12 songs...
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