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As a Finn, I think it will be a three-way race between Blind Channel, Teflon Brothers x Pandora and Ilta. I predict that Blind Channel will most likely be 2nd in the televoting and will also do well in the jury and when put together it could make Blind Channel the winner. Teflon Brothers are very popular in Finland and they have many fans, mostly younger people. They will most definitely win the televote, but I’m not sure how the jury will like it. Ilta is also gaining popularity with her song. “Kelle mä soitan” is trending in Spotify and… Read more »
Will Finland go for ‘Violent Pop Music’, or does Aksel get another chance?
Blind Channel at Wacken Open Air 2014 photo: P. Schwichtenberg
On Saturday in the final of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021 Finland will select the successor of Aksel, who won the competition in 2020. He is one of the seven participants again this year, but not the favourite to win.
Aksel won in 2020 with the song ‘Looking back’ and returns to UMK with the song ‘Hurt’ this year. He is the third favourite of the bookmakers in the line-up of this year, behind the rock song ‘Dark Side’ by Blind Channel. This group describes their style as ‘violent pop music’ and we understand why. The number 2 of the bookies are the Teflon Brothers & Pandora with the song ‘I Love You’. Two time Eurovision-participant Laura (2005 and 2017 for Estonia) is also taking part, but is found on bottom place.
12.02.2021 - 16:57
Finland’s representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 will be chosen on Saturday, 20 February, in a live broadcast. The final of the Contest for New Music UMK will be streamed live worldwide in four different languages on Yle Areena, Yle’s online streaming service. Here’s how you can watch it live.
Finland’s representative for the Eurovision Song Contest will be chosen for the 10th time in the Contest for New Music UMK. The final will be aired live on Saturday, 20 February, at 9.00 pm (EET).
The seven competing artists for this year’s UMK are, in order of upcoming performance,
The
Teflon Brothers have kept the party going in Finland for well over a decade, and now they want to bring their message of love to all of Europe! The cherry to their wild and sweet disco sundae is the Swedish sensation and Eurodance pioneer
Pandora.
The idea for
I Love You and participating in the Contest for New Music UMK have been long in the making. The seeds for the collaboration between the Teflon Brothers and Pandora were planted four years ago, in a chance backstage meeting.
– We’re the Teflon Brothers, and we represent the people of Finland. And what better way to represent your audience than by being crowned the official representative of Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest?”