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FINLAND: BEST OF UMK - MIKAEL SAARI: WE SHOULD BE THROUGH

 

FINLAND: BEST OF UMK - DIANDRA: COLLIDING INTO YOU

FINLAND: DING DONG! KRISTA SIEGFRIDS GOT MARRIED

Finally! Krista Siegfrids got married to her Janne Grönroos this Saturday in her hometown Kaskinen. The couple met when both were studying to become teachers in Vaasa, and eventually moved to Helsinki when Krista's singing career took off and Janne landed a job in radio. Today he's working in Stockholm for Aftonbadet tv, and Krista works in both countries. The couple has been together already 13 years, and Krista wrote Marry me for UMK and Eurovision 2013 jokingly to get Janne to propose. He finally did it in Maldives a year later on holidays and due to their busy schedules it took this long to have the wedding. Congratulations, Krista and Janne!

FINLAND: LAURA, MIKAEL SAARI AND JENNIE IN THE SAME MUSICAL: ÄIDINMAA

Now here's a lot of Eurovision and Uuden musiikin kilpailu's royalty in one musical happening in Espoo City theater. A story about Finnish women; mothers and daughters, love and difficult choices. Äidinmaa (Mother's land) musical story runs in two periods of time; during the summer preceding the Winter War (1939), a young Anni falls in love with a handsome stranger. The mother, grocer Vieno has her doubts and her own ways of coping with the world. In the eighties Anni looks back at her life next to her daughter's daughter, who carries the heritage and scars of the family's women. Jennie Von Storbacka (from Euroviisut 2005 , 2006 ) is the young Anni, Pirkko Mannola (Euroviisut 1962, 1964 ) is the old Anni. Laura Voutilainen (Eurovision 2002 ) is Vieno, Anni's mother and Mikael Saari (Umk 2013 , 2016 ) is Olavi, the handsome stranger. 

FINLAND: KRISTA SIEGFRIDS RELEASES BE REAL VIDEO

Krista Siegfrids releases the video for her latest. The album is coming soon.... :-) And maybe she'll be in Melodifestivalen again? This year it won't clash with her #UMK2017 hosting duties....

MIKAEL SAARI RELEASES THE GRAND LETDOWN

The fan favorite from #UMK2013 and #UMK2016 finally releases his debut album, The Grand Letdown. The album includes both his entries, On it goes and We should be through (new version). He has self written all the songs, except the Queen cover Save me and a duet with Stiina Koistinen.  01 Intro 00:17 02 You shall be my wife 03:52 03 C’est la vie 03:27 04 Storms 03:24  05 On it goes 03:08 06 Revontuli 04:03 07 Dialogue (feat. Stina Koistinen) 04.07 08 You should have seen us 03:22  09 Save me 03:47 10 We should be through 03:59  11 She’s gone 05:53  12 Pray for my soul 05:04  13 Outro (Kaipuuvalssi) 04:23 Order yours here