The 2026 Finnish Eurovision hopefuls, Linda Lampenius & Pete Parkkonen have released the orchestral version of ‘Liekinheitin’

Linda Lampenius & Pete Parkkonen were crowned the winners of UMK 2026 with their entry ‘Liekinheitin’ and will have the grand honour of defending the Finnish colours at the ESC 2026 in Vienna. They have released the orchestral version of their Eurovision entry:

Finland at Eurovision

Finland debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961 and has competed at the contest 58 times, the country has won the competition once in 2006 with Lordi.


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