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Cha Cha Cha - Blog Posts
Its 02:33 rn and the only thought in my mind is wishing to see irl polina and ruslan slaying slow dances too... Is that too much to want-
CHAT I GOT MY FIRST ENGLISH MARK ABOVE 80 IN GOD KNOWS HOW MANY YEARS I REJOICE AND BETTER YET THE TERM HOLIDAYS HAVE STARTED WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Wdym Finland didn't win the Eurovisions??? Why does no one Cha Cha Cha????
As a swede i have a lot to say about Eurovision this year
1. Finland was amazing
2. Sweden was not
3. The reason I’m happy that Sweden won has to do with it now being equal to Ireland, nothing to do with the song tattoo
4. I strongly believe that the main requirement for being Swedish is adoring Finland, so Sweden beating Finland for first place is unacceptable due to patriotism (for another state)
5. and also that Loreen didn’t hug Käärija after winning?? Sorry. What about Finnish-Swedish solidarity?? Is that just not a thing anymore?? I feel betrayed
Overall: Sweden BETTER make this up to Finland or else
SWEDEN NOOO YOU CAN SUCK MY BIG FAT WILLAY, FINLAND DESERVED TO WIN
my winner of eurovision 2023!
Based off real events
"Hyah Hyah Hyah" by Link and the koroks, representing the summary of the best and most epic weekend of 2023.
UMK 2023 - review
Gone are the years when Finns were ashamed of their Eurovision selection!
We saw signs of improvement in the attitude of Finnish artists and music industry towards UMK / Eurovision already in 2020 before the COVID-19 hit us. I would wanna say a game changing factor happened when YleX (radio channel, part of YLE broadcasting company) joined in the production team after ESC 2019.
Robin’s song Girls like you was elevated by the fun, uplifting and may I say a bit risky staging! (UMK23)
Three years ago Erika Vikman was the moral winner with her Cicciolina even though not winning the actual trophy and ticket to Rotterdam. Her song became a major hit launching her musical career to new hights in Finland. I even dare to say that she did change the competition with her song and performance.
In 2021 the world saw music shows differently on TV and it was much needed face lift also for UMK. The other songs had no chance against Blind Channel. These were the years when the staging improved overall tremendously even though we had a few misclick (Teflon Brothers 2021, Erika Vikman 2020).
Lxandra’s Something to lose was one of the most beautiful moments in UMK23! I would have wanted this to reach a much higher climax at one point though..
In 2022-2023 we really saw big Finnish names participating UMK (The Rasmus, Benjamin, Robin Packalen, Kuumaa) and also having some new artists emerging (Bess, Younghearted, Käärijä) and making a name for themselves some even without the UMK trophy.
In 2023 UMK final gathered 2,1 millions viewers (in 2022 1,9millions), the lyric videos on Youtube were viewed almost 5,5 million times and the songs were listened on Spotify over 14 million times!
In 2023 we finally have the quality that we need and the people’s interest (abroad and home) that we want!
Kuumaa’s Ylivoimainen live performance was simple but effective! However, when watching it for the first time it seemed a bit dull and not having enough to keep you interested. (UMK23)
Finns tend to complain about the number of UMK songs and how 6-7 is not enough but if this is the quality they deliver, personally I need no more! I’ve voted 5 UMK songs now in two years in a row and I’m content! This is also a money factor, if we had more songs would the level of quality hold? In music, music videos and in the live statings? I would be doubtful.
I also like the way things are being revealed and when. Mid Jan for artists anouncements is a perfect time just before the ESC national selection kicks off and I love that the songs are being dropped from there without any delay or waiting times. For seven days, there was always something new to look for each day! Late Feb has become a bit a pattern for UMK final but technically this could be later but would it ruin the hype then?
Keira’s No business on the dancefloor was excellent with catchy coreography and simple stating. However, the fact that she’s a new artist came across a bit. (UM23)
UMK has received criticism about stagings over the years which we’ve seen improving each year (this year being perfect). Also camera work, angles haven’t been on point (las year Isaac was a bit of a disaster) but last night was a big jump to the right direction!
What still is left to improve however is the acoustics - every year we complain about the artists vocals sounding shitty when in reality they sound good at the actual venue. The venues have been changing over the years (Tampere’s Mediapolis, Turku’s Logomo etc). Even last night the sounds of the audience singing, clapping were overwhelming the artists vocals which I think damaged the reactions of the people watching the live at home.
Benjamin’s Hoida Mut was well executed and performed except vocally... However credits for performing ALONE!
So overall UMK was smash hit with high quality performance and not just the competing ones and with a winner (Käärijä - Cha cha cha) that is definitely taking a risk. The hype has already spread outside of Finland and Cha cha cha is predicted to become a televote winner (juries, you never know). Time will tell us in a few months..
It’s been a year and I still think about CHA CHA CHA, I have not thought about tattoo
u think eurovision is a competition between european countries but it's a actually a competition between the jury and the people
Making a sketch and then suddenly it become a doodle in a painting style
IT'S CRAZY! IT'S PARTY!!!