Aksel Kankaanranta
Actor · b. 1998 · Turku, Finland
Aksel Kankaanranta (b. 28 January 1998) is a Finnish singer. He won Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (Contest for New Music) in 2020 with the song "Looking Back" and was set to represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest prior to its cancellation.
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TV7.4RealityTalk ShowThe Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition, organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine the winner.
Eurovision Song Contest
1956 · 36 votes
TVRealityUuden Musiikin Kilpailu (abbreviated UMK) is an annual music contest organised by the Finnish public broadcaster Yle. UMK began in 2012 as a new concept for the Finnish selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, replacing the original Finnish Eurovision Song Contest qualifying event (Suomen euroviisukarsinta) which had been held since 1961.