The 2025 Eurovision season is here and Instead We Made a Pod is back for season 2!

We're kicking off the new Eurovision year with a brand new episode all about the upcoming Finnish National Final, UMK!

In this episode, MJ and Georga dive into UMK 2025, discussing the national final's songs, their impressions, and predictions.

Six artists will battle it out at the Nokia Arena in Tampere, on Saturday 8th February to become Finland's entry for Eurovision 2025 in Basel, Switzerland.

Competing artists:

NEEA RIVER - Nightmares
Nelli Matula - Hitaammin Hautaan
costee - Sekaisin 
VIIVI - Aina
Goldielocks - Made Of
Erika Vikman - ICH KOMME

Hosts - MJ & Georga

Produced by - Aaron (⁠⁠@Aaron_F320⁠⁠)

Listen now to find out more and don't forget you can keep up with all the latest Eurovision news by following us ⁠⁠⁠⁠@⁠ThePhoenixESC⁠⁠⁠⁠

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