Glitter and fake mustaches forgotten at home: the pictures show the fan atmosphere

Tampere

Glitter dresses there is no shortage here. Kimalle and Jolly as speakers will fill the Nokia Arena when the final of the New Music Competition (UMK) is about to begin in Tampere.

Fans enjoy UMK themed drinks in the corridors, such as Antti Paalanen “Hanurimarinaadi” named in honor of the song and danced in a five-piece disco.

Enthusiasm you can already feel it from afar About Henri Snellman and Riikka from Hauho. Friends especially praise UMK’s communal atmosphere.

In the final, both encourage victory Linda Lampeniuksen and Pete Parkkonen Flamethrower– song.

“The song explodes and has power,” Snellman explains.

In the minds of the duo who have been fans of Eurovision for decades In the flamethrower has the most international potential. UMK’s interest in the eyes of the international wisdom audience has grown tremendously anyway, says Hauho.

Although enthusiasm is bubbling in the arena, some Eurovision fans have mixed feelings about Eurovision. The participation of Israel, which is at war in Gaza, in the Eurovision has aroused opposition, and some of the visa countries boycotted the contest completely.

Snellman and Hauho say they are watching Eurovision.

“It’s about joy, music and entertainment,” says Snellman.

Mother and a daughter Heidi and Pipsa Kristo traveled to watch UMK’s general exercises from Kuopio. According to Heidi Kristo, daughter Pipsa got her Eurovision enthusiasm from “mother’s milk”.

The two are cheering on Antti Paalanen at this year’s UMK Back hair. Especially the music video of the song convinced them.

Heidi Kristo says that she has been a fan of Eurovision for a long time, but according to her, you cannot watch this year’s contest with a good conscience because of Israel’s participation.

“A country that commits genocide does not belong to the wise,” says Kristo.