Finland is the first active country in the dawn of 2013 in the Eurovision Song Contest world. YLE Radio Suomi presents today at 13:00 CET the final versions of the Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) 2013 through regional and international radiostream. Top producer Jukka Immonen explains how he mentored all 12 finalists mixing up their songs for the final versions. Jukka is also involved in Belgium (no wonder how Finns will vote this year) and how his forgotten song ended up with Roberto Bellarosa.
Arion – Lost in the woods
Atlético Kumpula – Paperilyhty
Diandra Flores – Colliding into you
Elina Orkoneva – He’s not my man
Great Wide North – Flags
Iina Salin – Last night
Ilari Hämäläinen – Sytytä mut vaan
Krista Siegfrids – Marry me
Last Panda – Saturday Night Forever
Lucy was driving – Dancing all around the universe
Mikael Saari – We should be through
Rautakoura – Ilmalaivalla
17.01.2013 – UMK HEAT 1 – HELSINKI
Diandra – Colliding into you (Sarin, Leskinen, Vaughn, Oinas, Leskinen)
Iina Salin – Last night (Iina Salin, Tommi Gröhn)
Ilari Hämäläinen – Sytytä mut vaan (Just light me up) (Ilari Hämäläinen)
Last Panda – Saturday night forever (Henry Tikkanen, Aapo Immonen, Last Panda)
Mikael Saari – We should be through (Mikael Saari, Kai Poutanen, Tuomas Vertanen)
Rautakoura – Ilmalaivalla (On an airship) (Lauri Häme, Rautakoura)
24.01.2013 – UMK HEAT 2 – HELSINKI
Atlético Kumpula – Paperilyhty (Paper lantern)(Kyösti Salokorpi, Atlético Kumpula)
Arion – Lost in the woods (Iivo Kaipainen)
Elina Orkoneva – He’s not my man (Orkoneva, Arlin, Hasan, Jämsä, Lähteenkorva, Mäntylä)
Great Wide North – Flags (Kaj Kiviniemi, Mika Kiviniemi, Great Wide North)
Krista Siegfrids – Marry me (Krista Siegfrids, Erik Nyholm, Kristofer Karlsson, Jessika Lundström)
Lucy Was Driving – Dancing all around the universe (Lucy Was Driving, Otso Koskelo)
31.01.2013 – UMK SEMIFINAL – HELSINKI
four songs will proceed to the final
09.02.2013 – UMK FINAL – ESPOO
includes: two entries from each heat and four from the semifinal (total eight entries)