Switzerland or rather SRF uses again the very questionable way of letting anyone upload their entries in the hope to be selected. So far it's been rather quiet, less than 50 songs are up but as usual, the best and most serious ones will be added the last minute. Listen them here.
This year already three Finns are at it, too. ARTO* who has tried his luck in UMK and other talent shows without luck in Finland, and has become a sort of a cult figure in the fan circuit has sent in Pysähtyneet. Then we have a band called Pöytä osaa puhua (Table can talk) and Meren keskellä on kukka. You better listen that one yourself! And then there's Max and the Ducks, already a regular in the Swiss selection - this time with Anna-Kaisa and Misery.And it's not bad at all....
Not only Finns and Swiss have been busy as the songs in various languages come also from Russia, France, Sweden, Germany, Austria, Turkey, USA, UK....
*Update: Actually this song was sent to UMK 2014 and rejected as ARTO himself confessed on October 17, 2013.... apparently also Meren keskellä on kukka is a UMK 2014 drop out.... This adds to the "questionable" part in the process. The UMK rules state that the song may not take part in any other national selection, if I remember correct. That of course is valid only when the song is still in the running and as the songs are out in two weeks, they have already been selected and the rest are free to send them to Switzerland and other places. Maybe the Swiss should have a look at their rules as well?
*Update: Actually this song was sent to UMK 2014 and rejected as ARTO himself confessed on October 17, 2013.... apparently also Meren keskellä on kukka is a UMK 2014 drop out.... This adds to the "questionable" part in the process. The UMK rules state that the song may not take part in any other national selection, if I remember correct. That of course is valid only when the song is still in the running and as the songs are out in two weeks, they have already been selected and the rest are free to send them to Switzerland and other places. Maybe the Swiss should have a look at their rules as well?
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