CHACHI has released “Cherry Cake”, her entry for Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2026.
Chachi Hildé, better known as CHACHI, was born into a Mexican-American family in Houston, USA. She began dancing at the age of four. In 2011, she won the sixth season of America’s Best Dance Crew as part of the dance crew I.aM.mE.
In 2017, while filming the series Ultimate Expedition, she met Finnish stunt perfomer Jukka Hildén. The two fell in love and later married, which resulted in Chachi moving to Finland. Three years after she appeared on Masked Singer Finland, she was offered a record deal.
The release order for the remaining songs is as follows:
The entries released so far are:
UMK 2026 will take place on February 28 in Nokia Arena in Tampere. The winner will represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna.
Erika Vikman represented Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with “Ich komme”. Finland finished 11th in the final scoring 196 points. Finland received 12 points from the Austrian jury and received 10 points from the public in Sweden, Australia and Estonia.
Finland first participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961. They debuted alongside Spain and Yugoslavia. Finland has finished last in the contest on 10 occasions and has received ‘nul points’ three times. It wasn’t until 2006 that Finland won the Eurovision Song Contest. Lordi represented the country in Athens with the song “Hard Rock Hallelujah” scoring 292 points, a record total at the time.