Finland: Lxandra releases her UMK 2023 song 'Something To Lose'
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Lxandra has released her entry for the Finnish national final, UMK 2023, titled 'Something To Lose'.
Following the release of the seven UMK 2023 contestants, the entries of the candidates will be progressively released throughout the week.
The fourth out of seven competing entries for this year's UMK 2023 has been released as Lxandra has released her song 'Something To Lose' for the Finnish national Final.
''Something To Lose'' is an emotional ballads and are penned down by Amy Kuney, Lxandra, Belinda Huang & Minna Koivisto.
A few words about Lxandra
Born in March 22 the 26 year old Alexandra Lehti, better known by her stage name Lxandra, is a Finnish pop singer and songwriter. Raised in Suomenlinna, she is a daughter of journalist Baba Lybeck and musician Pekka Lehti, and presently resides in Berlin. Lxandra is a Swedish-speaking Finn. She will participate in Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2023 with the song "Something to Lose".
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
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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