Finnish broadcaster Ale has announced the starting order for the 2024 national finals Uden Mushkin Kilpile.
In two Q&A sessions with attendees over the past few days, Mr. Ale revealed the official running order of the Eurovision selection show.
The execution order is as follows:
- Sini Sabotage – “Quoli Mua” (Peel Me)
- Cyan Kicks – “Dancing with Demons”
- Jesse Merkin – “Glow”
- Michael Gabriel x nublu – “Vox Populi”
- Sarah Siipola – “Pascana” (shit)
- Sex Mane – “Mania”
- Windows95man – “There are no rules”
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. The show will be hosted by singer Benjamin Peltonen, comedian Pirvi Hamalainen and actor and TV presenter Vivi Punpanen.
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 their second-best result ever.
Image source: Yle /Nelli Kentä / Miska Voinoff | Source: Yle
Finland first participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961, debuting alongside 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 292 points for “Hard Rock Hallelujah,” a then-record total.
