Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Eurovision song contest winners Måneskin has been a center or split rumors - promptly denied by all members - after Damiano David and Victoria De Angelis both have released solo material and done their own thing.  The most attention is of course on lead man Damiano. He first released Silverlines , a moody ballad and out of the blue right after comes this wonderfully pastel colored Born with a broken heart where he really can showcase his showman and entertainer skills in true Hollywood musical style. Enjoy!

This week we have those Harju brothers again each with their latest offering with added two up and coming female names both tipped for UMK 2025 as well, especially Kiki. I wouldn't mind seeing all of them in UMK if not in 2025 then very soon anyways! FRANS HARJU - MUISTAN KAIKEN  RUNO - POLTAN KAIKEN MIKKO HARJU - ALL IN  KIKI - FOBIA

  Another week, another dose of #Finpop2024. This week only Big names from the Finnihs music industry, all of them numerous hits and sold out arenas with their latest efforts. Could someone of them return or debut to UMK in 2025? Enjoy! (Such a shame the music videos seem to be very rare these days...) BESS - SAANKO MÄ LUVAN ROBIN PACKALEN / TUPE - HÄITÄ PIDELLY SANNI / GETTOMASA - PAPERIHAAVOJA  JENNI VARTIAINEN - VILLIT VEDET

After a break let's relaunch the weekly #Finpop series. And here comes the latest from Eurovision fan favorites Erika Vikman and Käärijä, separate this time but pretty much dealing with the same topic: Sex sells. And what a banger chorus once again from Käärijä! We follow with another Eurovision veteran and another fan favorite, namely Laura Voutilainen (could she be doing a comeback to UMK in 2025?) feeling like a teenager again  and Sara Siipola urging you to love, love, love her. ERIKA VIKMAN - MYYNNISSÄ KÄÄRIJÄ - SEX = MONEY LAURA VOUTILAINEN - TEINI TAAS SARA SIIPOLA - RAKASTA MUA, RAKASTA MUA, RAKASTA

Now that I have finally read Alice's L'Unica via d'uscita é dentro biography, or rather her professional biography as it is very much based on her career and albums rather than her personal life, I can also reveal to those who haven't read it what she thinks about her and Franco Battiato's joint Eurovision song contest adventure in 1984. It's no secret she's not a fan of competitions and festivals. She writes (freely translated): "The year 1984 had been so far very satisfying professionally and marked by two duets. First with German songwriter Stefan Waggershausen and Zu nah am Feur that sold in Germany and other countries over 1,5 million copies and the adorable I treni di Tozeur with Franco Battiato that EMI, our label wanted to send us to Eurofestival with, the poppiest festival in Europe or maybe in the world.  Neither of us was very convinced but decided to play the game. We took it very lightly, as a trip or a little holiday. Zero anxiety, expect...

The Eurovision host city wannabe and UMK 2024 host city Tampere and its Arena are back at it: The UMK 2025 final will be held there again with its pre- and after parties on February 8, 2025 in front of some 20.000 people and yes, the tickets sold out within hours, as did the tickets for the final dress rehearsal earlier on that day. Last year the show was watched on tv by some 1,9 million viewers As before there will be seven entries that will be revealed in January one per day starting on January 9, and the final will have an international jury with 25%  sat in the final results the remaining 75% depending on Finnish televoters.  A total of 485 songs were sent in and in addition to the usual Yle jury of music professionals also five special juries have participated in selecting the seven finalists. Tapio Hakanen, the chairman of the jury says: "This season at UMK, we will see a fine continuation of the Finnish-language pop tradition and a star of the future, who is ...