Finnish broadcaster Yle has revealed the opening and interval acts for UMK 2024.
UMK 2024 Opening and Closing Acts
UMK will take place this Saturday, the 10th of February. The show will open with an “epic collaboration” between KUUMAA and Benjamin, who both participated in last year’s national final. Benjamin will also co-host the show. Then, last year’s UMK winner and Eurovision 2023 runner-up Käärijä and UMK legend Erika Vikman will perform a “colossal number” during the interval.
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 / Viivi Huuska, Nelli Kenttä, Ari Virem
Rory Gannon