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16:10 CEST: Rehearsal 8: 🇫🇮 Finland - Erika Vikman – ICH KOMME
And finally for today’s first rehearsals, it’s a big climax banger of an ending from Finland’s Erika Vikman. She’s a well-known star in Finland, having won the Tangomarkkinat festival in 2016, and brought the unforgettable Cicciolina to UMK in 2020. That wasn’t her Eurovision big moment, but Ich Komme definitely is.
It’s sung in Finnish with a light sprinkling of German – will it be the black latex outfit from UMK, or the metallic ensemble from the official UMK video?
So the best way to describe this is UMK, but…go harder. Erika sings the first verse and chorus on a circular gold plinth, before taking her gold microphone on a fast-paced journey down the walkway to the frame stage. She’s wearing a new version of the black latex outfit with thigh boots we saw at UMK, this one more leather than latex and structured in the waist with metallic studs and long black gloves. No dancers required, because Erika entirely owns every corner of this stage – every step and look to camera is precision choreographed to allow her to connect with the audience.
And then the big finale - as the tempo picks up, Erika heads back to the main stage and mounts her giant gold microphone for the final ascension. We wish it was possible to describe how the last 30 seconds of bass feels in this arena, but if you’ve got tickets for the second Semi-Final you are in for an extraordinary finish. Or Finnish, if you like.
We haven’t even talked about the LED wall, but it’s much the same as UMK with giant ICH KOMME graphics and a final ERIKA. And a final 🔥 PYRO UPDATE - blasts of smoke on the walkway in the middle section.
We very much need a lie down.
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