In less than three weeks Uuden musiikin kilpailu aka UMK or the new Finnish national selection preplacing good old Euroviisut will start on TV. Today the songs start to play on radio and on Friday January 27 in the first TV-programme we will find out the 12 songs that have been selected for the next stage out of 40 that are online here. Those were selected from 540 songs sent in this year. There is an online voting but that's only as a reference to the jury that will choose the lucky dozen. Besides voting they will see how the songs have been doing in the social media and only they themselves know what else their criteria will be.
It would be a surprise if they would ignore Jari & Taika - despite the dislike of most fans - that has been topping the number of likes almost since the beginning, or Raita Ilomäki and Jessica Wolff that complete the top-3. The fan favourite seems to be DCX (6) so it might be a safe bet to include in the line up. What they will think of The Spyro (4), Selja Sini (5), KaksKaks (7) and Alchemy Road (8) is to be seen. Then we have ARTo (12) and Stig (15) that have made us talk quite a bit and the early favourites Iconcrash (9), Martina (18), Mica Ikonen (23) and Freeman (27) that have lost ground all the time. Will Hans on the bass (25) and Fatima Koroma (26) make the cut? Or Malin Kojola (19)? How about 1Love (10) and Lasmatic (11) that are high on the list but have had mixed reactions? And most of all, how about this bloggers favourites that are stuck in midtable: Leola (20), Ville Eetvartti (21) and Boys Hate Silence (22)? And whatever happened to Anne Inginmaa (35)??? Will the jury have the courage the lift songs that aren't so popular in this "liking"?
Well, my wild guess/wish is this top-12:
Anne Inginmaa (35) - Meikin alta
But then, what do I know?
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