US Edition🇫🇮 Finland: Linda Lampenius X Pete Parkkonen to Eurovision 2026
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The New Music Competition culminated on Saturday at the Tampere Arena with the victory of Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen.
Finland will be represented at the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest by the duo Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen with the song "Liekinheitin", which won the Finnish Eurovision Song Contest, or Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu, held at the Tampere Arena, ERR reports.
Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen Win UMK 2026 with 'Liekinheitin'; Set to Represent Finland at Eurovision
Internationally acclaimed violinist Linda Lampenius and pop star Pete Parkkonen won Finland’s UMK 2026 with their song "Liekinheitin (Flame Thrower) at the Nokia Arena in Tampere on Saturday night.
Linda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen win Finland’s UMK 2026 with their song “Liekinheitin”
In Finland, they already have the successor to Erika Vikman to represent them at Eurovision 2026. Linda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen won after receiving the maximum scores from the international jury and televote, totaling 570 points. They claimed victory with their song “Liekinheitin”. Antti Paalanen with “Takatukka” and Komiat with “Lululai” completed the podium of the Finnish competition, which took place this Saturday, February 28. The Finnish…
Pete Parkkonen and Linda Lampenius' victory was widely anticipated. The success of the early favorites came true this year as well.
No surprise in Finland: the clearly favored violist Linda Lampenius and singer Pete Parkkonen win the Finnish preliminaries Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2026. Since the release in mid-January, the two musicians drove up the official betting odds with their song "Liekinheitin". Shortly before the preliminaries, YLE announced that the winning act of [...]
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