Finland: Käärijä will fly the flag at Eurovision 2023 with "Cha cha cha"

Saturday, 25 February 2023

• Käärijä won the Finnish national final of UMK 2023 and will be representing Finland at Eurovision 2023 singing "Cha Cha Cha".

  Finland determined once again their Eurovision hopeful through the Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) taking place in Logomo arena in Turku hosted by Samu Haber. The show opened the female artist BESS,  while The Rasmus and Samu Haber appreared during the show as guests.

   

   

  The competition saw a total of seven acts compete on stage for the ticket to Liverpool.

   

  Robin Packalen - Girls Like You

   

  KUUMAA - Ylivoimainen

   

  Käärijä - Cha Cha Cha

   

  Keira - No Business On The Dancefloor

   

  Benjamin - Hoida mut

   

  Lxandra - Something To Lose

   

  Portion Boys – Samaa taivasta katsotaan

   

  The results

  The results were determined by international juries (25%) and public voting (75%). First were announced the results from the International juries with the scoreboard turning out as following: 

   

   

  Once the televoting results were added to the jury's votes this is how the final overall results turned out declaring Käärijä as Finland's 2023 Eurovision representative with the song "Cha Cha Cha".

  

   

   

  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. 

   

  News Source: YLE

  Image: Miikka Varila / Yle