Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

  Here comes some more #Finpop 2025. We have Sofia Zida, Olli Halonen, newcomer Kaukua (as an artist as he has co-written and produced already many hits for Hugo for example) with up and coming AHTI and Finnish schlager pop scene icon Meiju Suvas with her retro banger that has taken a new life Could all these acts be heading for UMK in form or another? Meiju has expressed her wish and has applied before (already in early 1980's btw). We'll see.  Sofia Zida - Rakkauden taa Olli Halonen - Rakastaa ja tulla rakastetuksi Kaukua / AHTI - Jos viel tänään  Meiju Suvas - Pyjamas päälle mä paan 

  This week #Finpop goes kinda Latino! With a hint of Estonia. Sofia Zida - Te queiro a ti nublu / Mikael Gabriel - Vihje Playa / Jesper - Mitä vaan JVG - Vamos

  It's September and those new releases are pouring in so it's time to dust off this #Finpop series. Enjpy! Sofia Zida / Timo Kiiskinen - Rakkauden arvoinen Thelise - Voiks vielä vaihtaa elämää Bess / Nopsajalka - Viisi kesää Katri Ylander / Disco - Jos tänään kuolen

It's September and the Eurovision 2018 season is officially on. I will feature in coming days names that could be in UMK18, if only...... I say if only, as most likely we won't see any of them in there for UMK is profilied as a newcomers contest instead of being our own Sanremo or Melodifestivalen. In short: a major contest all the big names want to take part not only to win but to boost their record sales and score hits. But one can dream, right? I have thrown in some not so known names for variety. Let's go.... Vol.7  Check out the other posts by scrolling down Jannike is a singer/musician who plays piano and violin and choir conductor, She has sung with various bands and orchestras and has been backing singer to likes of Loreen, Peter Jöback and Jari Sillanpää. She's been to Idols, had songs in both Swedish and Spanish radios, got Elvis's last girlfriend (who also wrote Whitneys I have nothing btw) to write her Hallowed ground (below), Listen  I don...