Cyan Kicks has released their Uuden Musikiin Kilpailu 2024 entry “Dancing With Demons”.
Cyan Kicks was formed in Helsinki in 2016 and consists of Susanna Aleksandra, Niela Perkio, Levi Erkkila and Pietari Leijonen. They have released two albums so far and recently completed a European tour with Smash Into Peace, who will perform at this year’s Melody Festival. At UMK 2022, he won runner-up with “Hurricane”.
The release order of the remaining songs is as follows:
- January 12 – Sex Mane
- January 15th – Sara Cipolla
- January 16th – Jesse Mirkin
- January 17th – Windows95Man
- January 18th – Sini sabotage
- January 19th – Michael Gabriel x Nuburu
The 2024 edition of UMK will be held on February 10th at the Nokia Arena in Tampere. The 13,455-capacity Nokia Arena is Finland’s largest indoor arena and the largest venue to date to have hosted UMK.
Kariya represented Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with “Cha Cha Cha”. He won Semi-Final 1 with 177 TV voting points. In the grand final, Karja’s total of 526 points (376 TV voting points, 150 jury points) placed him in second place, giving Finland the second-best result ever.
Image source: Yle/Nelli Kentä
Finland to participate in Eurovision Song Contest
Finland first participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961, joining Spain and Yugoslavia. Finland finished last in this contest 10 times and received “invalid points” three times. Finland won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006. Rhodey represented his country in Athens, scoring a then-record total of 292 points with the song “Hard Rock Hallelujah.”
