On Saturday, we can tune in to the national finals in Finland, Latvia, Malta, and Ukraine, as well as the semi-finals in Iceland, Lithuania, and Sweden.
Finland
This year’s Finnish national final, UMK (Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu)—which translates to “Competition of New Music”—will take place at Nokia Arena in Tampere. This marks Finland’s 58th entry in the Eurovision Song Contest.
The show will be hosted by Sanni & Jasmin Beloued and will feature six competing entries. Initially, a seventh entry, “Puppy” by One Morning Left, was included but had to be withdrawn due to contract issues.
The winner will be decided through a 50/50 voting system, with equal weight given to the jury and the public vote.
The UMK can be watched on the YLE player at 20.00 CET.
Here are the six contestants:
Costee – “Sekaisin”
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More InformationNeea River – “Nightmares”
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More InformationGoldielocks – “Made Of”
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More InformationVIIVI – “Aina”
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More InformationNelli Matula – “Hitaammin hautaan”
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More InformationErika Vikman – “Ich komme”
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After two semi-finals, the top ten most popular songs have advanced to the Supernova Final in Latvia. The show will be hosted by Ketija Šēnberga & Lauris Reiniks.
Lauris is a well-known figure in Latvia, having previously represented the country in Eurovision 2003 as part of the group FLY with the song “Hello from Mars” (watch here).
As in previous years, the winner will be determined by a combination of jury and public votes, securing Latvia’s 25th entry in the Eurovision Song Contest.
You can watch the Supernova Final on the LTV Player at 20.10 CET.
Here are the ten finalists:
Chris Noah – “Romance Isn’t Dead”
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More InformationSinerģija – “Bound by the Light”
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More InformationCiti Zēni – “Ramtai”
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More InformationTepat – “Sadzejot”
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More InformationThe Ludvig – “Līgo”
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More InformationMarkus Riva – “Bigger than This”
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More InformationTautumeitas – “Bur man laimi”
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More InformationBel Tempo and Legzdina – “The Water”
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More InformationEmilija – “Heartbeat”
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In Malta, the Malta Eurovision Song Contest is always one of the biggest TV highlights of the year. After two semi-finals, 16 finalists have been selected to compete in the Grand Final on Saturday. It’s great to see that two former Maltese participants take part again: Fabrizio Faniello in the group JVF (“Another Summer Night”, place 9 in Copenhagen 2001 and “I Do”, place 24 in Athens 2006) and Kurt Calleja (“This Is The Night”, place 21 in Baku 2012).
You can watch the Malta Eurovision Song Contest on the TVM Player at 21.00 CET.
These are the 16 finalists:
Miriana Conte – “Kant”
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More InformationAdria Twins – “Qalb ma ‘Qalb”
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More InformationDario Bezzina ft. Joseph Il-Muni – “Għażliet”
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More InformationJustine Shorfid – “Still I Rise”
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More InformationJVF – “Festa (No Time for Siesta)”
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More InformationKantera – “LalaRataTakeke LalaRataKabum”
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More InformationKrista Šujak – “Unheard”
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More InformationKristy Spiteri -“Heaven Sent”
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More InformationKurt Calleja – “Aziz/a”
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More InformationMark Anthony Bartolo – “Hideaway”
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More InformationMartina Borg – “Yo Listen”
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More InformationNathan Psaila – “Concrete”
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More InformationRaquela – “Silenced”
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More InformationThe Alchemists – “Rubble and Stone”
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More InformationVictoria Sciberras – “Juno”
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More InformationStefan Galea – “Lablab (Talk Talk)“
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The Ukrainian national final, “Vidbir,” will be hosted by Timur Miroshnychenko, Yevheniiia Yefrosynina, Vasyl Baydak, Mariya, and Anna Tuleva. Out of an impressive 369 song submissions, 10 entries have been selected to compete for Ukraine’s 19th Eurovision entry.
Despite the ongoing war and constant attacks, it is truly remarkable that Ukraine continues to find the strength and determination to participate in Eurovision. In previous years, the national final was even held in an underground station for security reasons.
As always, the winner will be decided through a combination of jury and public votes.
You can watch the Vidbir final on YouTube at 17.30 CET.
Vlad Sherif – “Wind of Change”
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More InformationMOLODI – “my sea”
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More InformationFuture Culture – “Waste My Time”
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More InformationMasha Kondratenko – “No time to cry”
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More InformationKHAYAT – “HONOR”
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More InformationFIЇNKA – “Kulʹtura (Культура)”
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More InformationKRYLATA – “STAY TRUE”
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More InformationZiferblat -“Bird of Pray“
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More InformationDK Energetik “Енергетик Silʹ (Сіль)”
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Iceland
Söngvakeppnin (semi-final 1), 20.45 CET
Lithuania
Eurovizija.LT (heat 5) 20.00 CET
Sweden
Melodifestivalen (heat 2), 20.00 CET
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