Finland: Keira releases her UMK 2023 song 'No Business on the Dancefloor'

Finland: Keira releases her UMK 2023 song 'No Business on the Dancefloor'
Thursday, 12 January 2023

  • Keira has released her entry for the Finnish national final, UMK 2023, titled 'No Business on the Dancefloor'.

    Following the release of the seven UMK 2023 contestants, the entries of the candidates will be progressively released throughout the week. 

    The first out of seven competing entries for this year's UMK 2023 has been released as Keira has released her song 'No Business on the Dancefloor' for the Finnish national Final. 

    No Business On The Dancefloor is a power song that urges you to boldly go to the dance floor. The song has been penned by Keira herself along with Teemu Brunila and Axel Ehnström, Jason Ok. Notably Axel had represented Finland back in 2011 under the artistic name Paradise Oskar singing 'Da Da Dam'.

    Keira Lundström born in 2005 comes is from Kirkkonummi and is native Finnish singer. Lundström participated in The Voice of Finland singing competition in 2022, finishing third. She is studying at Gymnasiet Grankulla in Samskola in Kauniainen. The Finnish candidate for Eurovision 2023 has said that he has been influenced by the music of bands BTS and Stray Kids, as well as Ariana Grande, Doja Cat and Dua Lipa, among others.

     

    Song Releases

    The UMK entries will be released on the official UMK Youtube channel every weekday  from January 12 onwards. The songs will be released in the following order: 

    • January 12 – Keira
    • January 13 – Benjamin
    • January 16 – Robin Packalen
    • January 17 – Lxandra
    • January 18 – Käärijä
    • January 19 – KUUMAA
    • January 20 – Portion Boys

     

    UMK 2023

    Uuden Musikiin Kilpailu 2023 is set to take place on February 25, 2023 at the Logomo in Turku for a second consecutive year. Out of 363 entries , 7 artists have been selected to compete in next year's national final. The outcome of the final and next Eurovision hopeful will be determined by international juries (25%) and public voting (75%).

     

    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.

    In 2020 Aksel won the national final with the song “Looking Back”.  As the competition was cancelled due to the covid-19 pandemic he never reached the Eurovision stage in Rotterdam. Last year the rock band Blind Channel triumphed in UMK 2021 with their song 'Dark Side' and went off defending the Finnish colors in Rotterdam, where they achieved the country's second best result finishing 6th with 301 points in the overall score. 

    Last year The Rasmus won the UMK national final and went on represeting the nation with their song "Jezebel" which after advancing to the final finished 21st with 38 points in the overall score. 

     

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  • Angelos D.

    Angelos D.

    Loyal follower of the Eurovision Song Contest since 1987, I've made the competition one of the stories of my life. After attending as accredited press the event for 13 consecutive years along with the 2017-2024 JESC editions, I also enjoy the last three years sharing more Eurovision music through the Eurofans radio's project.