Finland: Käärijä releases his UMK 2023 song 'Cha Cha Cha'
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Käärijä has released his entry for the Finnish national final, UMK 2023, titled 'Cha Cha Cha'.
Following the release of the seven UMK 2023 contestants, the entries of the candidates will be progressively released throughout the week.
The fifth out of seven competing entries for this year's UMK 2023 has been released as Käärijä has released his song 'Cha Cha Cha' for the Finnish national Final.
'Cha Cha Cha'' is an electro-pop, rock-rap song penned down by Jere Pöyhönen (Käärijä), Aleksi Nurmi, Johannes Naukkarinen και Jukka Sorsa.
A few words about Käärijä
Born in October 21 the 29 year old Jere Pöyhönen,better known under the stage name Käärijä , is a Finnish rap artist. Käärijä spent most of his youth in Ruskeasanna, Vantaa. He played ice hockey for a long time and the drums, with that, his enthusiasm for making his own music began in 2014. His stage name comes from a joke among friends about rolling money in gambling.
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
The competing so far released are:
- Keira - No Business on the Dancefloor
- Benjamin - Hoida mut
- Robin Packalen - Girls Like You
- Lxandra - Something To Lose
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.
News Source/image: YLE - Wikipedia
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Melina F.
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