This year Finland has had a different UMK show, as the broadcaster YLE has made an internal decision with Saara Aalto at a very early stage. This is due to Saara’s several unsuccessful attempts in the Finnish national finals in the past. Lately she has been very successful winning “The Voice” in the UK.

This year Finland has had a different Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) show, as the broadcaster YLE has made an internal decision with Saara Aalto at a very early stage. This is due to Saara’s several unsuccessful attempts in the Finnish national finals in the past. Lately she has been very successful winning “The Voice” in the UK. Therefore it was a logical consequence that YLE has chosen Saara to represent Finland in Lisbon.

There were three songs in the choice, “Monsters” made the race, second place was “Domino” and “Queens came last.

• Watch the live performance of “Monsters” here

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My first Eurovision Song Contest I watched behind the walls of the former GDR in 1987. This was even possible at that time! Since then I am following the ESC every year on TV. In 2004 I had the chance to watch it live in Istanbul. Due to the fact that Jens and Bernd have collected many interviews, photos, etc. the idea came up to show all this contest to the public. We founded the website eurovisionlive.com and we have been one of the first to offer the medium internet for the Eurovision Song Contest.