Finnish broadcaster Yle has revealed its plans for the broadcast of UMK 2024, scheduled for this Saturday the 10th of February.
UMK 2024 Broadcast Plans
UMK 2024 will take place on Saturday the 10th of February at the Nokia Arena in Tampere, Finland. The show will be hosted by Pilvi Hämäläinen, Benjamin and Viivi Pumpanen. Fans will be able to watch UMK 2024 with commentary in 10 different languages: Finnish, Swedish, English, Northern Sami, Inari Sami, Finnish sign language (songs and dialogue separately), Finnish-Swedish sign language and Russian.
Additionally, fans will be able to watch UMK 2024 on TV outside of Finland. It will be shown for the first time on Estonian television, alongside Spanish and Dutch television. Alongside this, the OutTV broadcast, narrated by Krista Siegfrieds, will air in Sweden, Germany, Belgium, France, Spain and Israel.
Finland’s Eurovision History
Finland debuted in the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing 10th with Laila Kunnunen’s “Valoa ikkunassa.” Since then they have competed 56 times, and appeared in the final 48 times. Finland has finished in the top 10 an impressive 14 times. They have won the contest once in 2006, with Lordi’s performance of “Hard Rock Hallelujah” getting 292 points.
Finland’s most recent entry was “Cha Cha Cha” by Käärijä. He won the first semi-final in Liverpool, thus qualifying for the final. At the close of voting, he gained a total of 526 points, earning them 2nd place – Finland’s second best result of all time. Käärijä received 376 points from the televote, and an extra 150 points from the juries.
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News Source: Yle
Photo Credit: Yle / Nelli Kenttä, Miska Voinoff
Rory Gannon