There were a lot of media fingers pointing at YLE and especially UMK as a failed production ( here , here , here and here ). After Portugal's win the discussion has heated up again, and some are even demanding those responsable for UMK to resign, producer Anssi Autio especially. It has been noted out also that Portugal proved all the Eurovision mynths wrong: 1) You don't need a Swedish written/produced song to win, 2) You don't have to sing in English, 3) You don't need to do promotional tours and events, 4) You don't need a fancy and expensive video, 5) You don't need a voting block, 6) You don't need props and special effects on stage and 7) certainly you don't need fireworks and windmachines. The Portuguese staging must have been the simpliest and cheapest since 1960's. And all this right after when UMK people have been putting all their future effort in making huge stagings. IL clearly points the...