Finland: YLE unveils the International juries for UMK 2021

Finland: YLE unveils the International juries for UMK 2021
Thursday, 18 February 2021

  • The countries that will contribute to the international jury voting of the upcoming Finnish national final, UMK 2021, have been revealed. 

     

    Mikko Silvennoinen, the Finnish commentator of UMK21, has revealed the seven juries who will be voting at the Finnish national final which is set to take place this Sauturday, February 20. 

     

    Namely, the countries that will cast their vote as member of the Interntional juries are: 

    • Iceland
    • Spain
    • Switzerland
    • The Netherlands
    • United Kingdom
    • United States
    • Poland

    The outcome of final will be determined by a combination of public voting and the International juries points. However, the public will have more influence on the result, as the International jury will  give out only the 25% of the total points awarded.

    The Finnishi nationa final is set to hit our screens this Saturday, February 20, at 20:00 CET and will see a total of 7 acts compete in the following running order: 

    1. Teflon Brothers x Pandora - "I Love You"
    2. Aksel - "Hurt"
    3. Laura - "Play"
    4. Danny - “Sinä päivänä kun kaikki rakastaa mua”  ( The day when everyone loves me)
    5. Oskr -"Lie"
    6. Blind Channel - "Dark Side"
    7. Ilta -"Kelle mä soitan" Kelle mä soitan"(Who will i call)

    The show will be hosted by Finnish pop star Antti Tuisku, who will open the show performing on stage along with last year's national final runner up, Erika Vikman. 

     

    Finland in Eurovision

    Finland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 53 times since its debut in 1961. Finland won the contest for the first time in 2006 with Lordi's "Hard Rock Hallelujah". The country's best result before then was achieved by Marion Rung with the song "Tom Tom Tom" in 1973, which placed sixth.

    Finland has finished last in the contest eleven times, receiving "nul points" in 1963, 1965 and 1982. Since the introduction of the semi-finals in 2004, Finland has failed to reach the final eight times. In 2014, the country had its best result in eight years when Softengine finished 11th. In 2015, Finland finished last in the first semi-final with the shortest-ever Eurovision entry, "Aina mun pitää" performed by Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät.

    Last year Aksel won the national final with the song “Looking Back”.  As the competition was cancelled due to the covid-19 pandemic the Finnish act never had the chance to perform on the Eurovision stage in Rotterdam.

     

    News Source: ESCXtra