Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

  Another week, another dose of #Finpop for your enjoyment! New comers Bee and Pyy showcase their music, Ollie goes Latinesque and Ellinoora joins forces with Ed Sheeran!  Bee - Tequilakahvi Ed Sheeran feat. Ellinoora - 2step Pyy - Jään yli Ollie - Kapinallinen

Yle has announced the rules for Umk 2023 aka the Finnish national selection for the Eurovision song contest 2023 to be held somewhere in the United Kingdom on behalf of Ukraine. While doing so they also promise that Umk 2023 will be bigger than ever! The submission period is from September 1 to 5 . One artist is allowed up to three submissions (but only one of them can qualify). If chosen the final versions must be ready by November 3. The final will take place in February 2023.  The songs can't be sent to any other country's selections and at least one writer must be a Finn, as well as the main soloist, or at least have a permanent residence in Finland. Rest of the rules are the common Eurovision rules set by Ebu. They also launched a sort of Who do you want to take part? commenting on their Instagram and here is the short list of those names mentioned most often (or just mentioned and who this blogger agrees with ;-) As we've had two rock acts in a row I hope for a more p...

  This week's dose of #FinPop has Ellinoora's latest hit (a cover of 90's ballad) with Eurovision veterans CatCat showing how time stood still and they sound exactly like back then, and it sounds very cool again! National finalist disco diva Eini is back, too, and then there's a new talent Ronja Mariela to complete this rather retro sounding all female set. Enjoy! (I just realized the song titles make up a soty: Everybody wants, Hidden from looks, After dark, A beautiful life.) Ellinoora - Kaikki tahtoo Ronja Mariela - Katseilta piilossa Eini - Pimeän jälkeen CatCat - Kaunis elämä

  And here we go again. So many songs were kept waiting during May but here I'm to expose them all one by one while new ones are being released..... Ellinoora - Meille käy hyvin Aksel Kankaanranta - Sydän paareilla Jeremie - Rooli Titta - Elämä on nyt

New music from Finland twice a week in this new series from the charts, radio play or just new names trying to make it. Enjoy! Lauri Tähkä - Aavikko Ellinoora - Dinosauruksii Cledos x BEHM - Life (Sun luo) Teemu Roivainen - Uusi alku

Vain elämää is a hugely popular semi reality music program where top artists get together for a week and each day is dedicated to one of them. The day's artist sits through lunch and dinner telling about own life and career while the others each perform a cover song of this artist's repertoire. At the moment the season 11 is airing. The season always gives birth to countless streaming hits, restarts careers, cements the up and coming ones and sells out Hartwall Arena for a concert later in the year.  The artists are so already so many, and fit also the other given #umk2021 categories like past Eurovision stars and Emma award winners. Withoiut further a do, here the very unlikely big stars come: Jannika B - Kaksi jotka pelkää Petra - Miljoona syytä Mira Luoti - Plää plää plää Sani - Tulin tänne sua varten Reino Nordin - Antaudun Nikke Ankara - Rikkinäinen prinsessa Juha Tapio - Päiväni ilman sinua Mikael Gabriel - Oli aikoi Erin - Yhtenä sunnuntaina Ellinoora - Nartut Anna Puu -...

  Pyhimys feat. Aksel Kankaanranta - Jättiläinen JVG - Popkorni Adi L Hasla feat. Pihlaja - Kevät Nikke Ankara - Rikkinäinen prinsessa Pikku G feat. BHM - Solmussa The most listened Finnish artists were  Cheek,  JVG, Pyhimys,  Sanni,  Evelina,  Ellinoora  and Jenni Vartiainen. I guess it's safe to think none of these artists is the UMK2019 chosen one...

Let's have a look what else there is in the charts this summer, that could be of interest for YLE's internal choice for #UMK2019 and  Eurovision song contest as well... Kaija Koo is a true veteran who has re-invented herself over and over and now being over 50 is more popular than ever and gets side kicks like the most popular rapper Cheek or the very hot Reino Nordin as her featured acts. Paa mut cooleriin was released just in time for Midsummer. Her breakthrough hit was legendary Kuka keksi rakkauden back in 1993. Tinakenkätyttö is another goodie among her countless hits. Reino Nordin has had incredible past a couple of years. The actor turned singer has had already seven top-10 hits in a row including two #1's, this Kuinka paljon voi rakastaa and Ytimeen , and his Antaudun was maybe the biggest radio hit overal of 2017.  Vesta is the latest critic's sensation, up and coming singer but she has broken into radios as well. Ota varovasti is the...

These are the nominess for the Newcomer of the year Emma, aka Finnish Grammy. Some real talent here and quite a few questionable ones, IMHO. But what do I know? Alma (20) made herself known in Idols three years ago where she finished 5th but then disappeared from the spotlight. She kept working and exploded this year with Karma , Bonfire and Dye my hair both nationally and internationally. Her debut album will be released in 2017 and the expectations are high, both by public and critics. Interesting talent indeed. She should just walk this category.  Arttu Lindeman (20) is a videoblogger and rap artist. Thanks to his huge following in web he has scored four Spotify #1s this year with Läikkyy , Faijas , Menee tunteisiin and Hukutaan . Fans like, critics don't. I don't.  Evelina (21), like Alma, made her first appearance in a talent show, The Voice. She didn't get that far and it took a few years and she was back; ready and succesful. She scored her firs...

Emma Gaala will take place on February 4, 2017 in Metro Arena (Espoo). The songs nominated for the Song of the Year are below. Who's your favorite? Alma - Karma (Alma/Vaughan/Meinke/Kalisch/Chacon/Vlasenko) This song made it to #1 in download charts, #5 in official singles' charts,  #9 in streaming charts and #13 in radioplay charts Ellinoora - Leijonakuningas (Lion king ) (Ellinoora/Sirviö) This was #3 in radioplay charts, #6 in download charts, #20 in official singles charts and #26 in streaming charts. JVG - Hehkuu ( Glow) (Brunila/Riihimäki/Brand/VilleGalle) This was #1 in download charts, #1 in radioplay for 9 weeks, #1 in singles charts for 6 weeks and #1 in streaming for 6 weeks. Lauri Tähkä - Morsian ( Bride ) (Tähkä/MikkolaRannila/Viljamaa/Törmä) This was #1 in radioplay for 3 weeks, #2 in download, and #22 in streaming charts Sanni - Että mitähän vittua ( What the fuck ) (Sanni/Hank Solo) This was #4 in radioplay charts Vesala - ...