Sexmane has released his entry “Mania” for Uuden Musikiin Kilpailu 2024.
Max Sene, better known as Sexmane, first came to public attention after the release of his self-published debut album, “Sextape.” The album stayed on the Finnish album charts for over 100 weeks. Sexmane’s second his album “Väärinymärretty” earned him four nominations for Emma Gaala. His latest album “Sextape II” scored 18 out of 20 songs on the Finnish singles chart. He has also been awarded Finnish Artist of the Year twice. Sexmane’s senior, his Isaac Sene, joined his UMK 2022 with “Kuumajäbä”.
The release order of the remaining songs is as follows:
- January 15th – Sara Cipolla
- January 16th – Jesse Mirkin
- January 17th – Windows95Man
- January 18th – Sini sabotage
- January 19th – Michael Gabriel x Nuburu
The following entries have already been published.
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.”