Windows95Man came out on top in the UMK 2024 rehearsal poll held ahead of tonight’s final in Tampere.
Eurovoix, ESC Insight, ESC United and escXtra collaborated on an exit poll of the audience at this afternoon’s UMK 2024 rehearsal. A total of 412 people responded to the question “Who would you like to win a UMK” with Windows95Man being the top result.
Congratulations to the winner Windows95man #umk2024 Sara Cipolla came in second place and Sexmane came in third place in the rehearsal voting held this afternoon at the Nokia Arena.
thanks to @ESCunited, @Eurovoix and @escxtra For allowing me to ask questions to 412. #Well Fans who want to win tonight #Eurovision pic.twitter.com/J2lFOygnyO
— Eurovision Insight (@ESCinsight) February 10, 2024
UMK 2024 will determine the winner by 75% audience voting and 25% international jury voting. The final of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2024 will be streamed live from 20:00 CET. Seven artists are representing Finland at the 68th Eurovision Song Contest. The lineup 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”
For more information on the show, listen to four of the seven acts competing in Tampere in the Eurovoix podcast UMK special below.
Image source: Yle/Nelli Kentä
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 a then-record total of 292 points with the song “Hard Rock Hallelujah.”