(; abbreviated UMK; ; ) is an annual music contest organised by the Finnish public broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle). It made its debut in 2012 as the format for the Eurovision Song Contest, replacing the previous Finnish Eurovision selection which had been held since 1961.
Winners + Table key First place Second place Third place Last place
YearSongArtistResults at Eurovision Final Points Semi Points 2012""Pernilla Karlssoncolspan=2 1241 2013"Marry Me"Krista Siegfrids2413964 2014"Something Better"Softengine1172397 2015""Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivätcolspan=2 rowspan=3 1613 2016"Sing It Away"Sandhja1551 2017"Blackbird"Norma John1292 2018"Monsters"Saara Aalto254610108 2019"Look Away"Darude feat. Sebastian Rejmancolspan=2 1723 2020"Looking Back"Aksel Kankaanrantacolspan=4 2021"Dark Side"Blind Channel63015234 2022"Jezebel"The Rasmus21387162 2023 "Cha Cha Cha" Käärijä25261177 2024"No Rules!"Windows95man1938759 2025""Erika Vikman111963115 2026""Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen62793227
Editions 2012
The final took place on 25 February 2012 at the Helsinki Ice Hall in Helsinki where the six finalist songs were performed and the viewers selected a winner. The show featured interval performances by The Rasmus, Anna Abreu, and 2011 Finnish entrant Paradise Oskar. The first of two rounds of televoting selected "När jag blundar" performed by Pernilla Karlsson, "Laululeija" performed by Stig and "Lasikaupunki" performed by Ville Eetvartti as the three super finalists. In the second round of televoting, Pernilla Karlsson and the song "När jag blundar" was the winner.
Artist Song Music (m) / Lyrics (l) Televote Place Round 1 Round 2 1 Iconcrash "We Are the Night" Janni Peuhu (m & l), Rory Winston (l) — — — 2 Pernilla Karlsson "När jag blundar" Jonas Karlsson (m & l) 29.8% 53.4% 1 3 Mica Ikonen "Antaa mennä" Lauri Hämäläinen (m & l), Mica Ikonen (m & l) — — — 4 Kaisa Vala "Habits of Human Beings" Kaisa Vala (m & l) — — — 5 Stig "Laululeija" Matti Mikkola (m), DJPP (m), Paula Vesala (l) 17% 17.8% 3 6 Ville Eetvartti "Lasikaupunki" Jyri Sariola (m), Tero Myllyvirta (l), Joni Pekkarinen (l) 18% 28.7% 2
2013
The final took place on 9 February 2013 at the Barona Areena in Espoo where the eight finalist songs were performed and the jury and viewers selected a winner. The show featured interval performances by Teflon Brothers and Stig, last year's Eurovision Song Contest entrant Pernilla Karlsson, 2007 Eurovision entrant Hanna Pakarinen, Emma Salokoski and Suvi Teräsniska. After combining the jury (50%) and televote (50%), Krista Siegfrids and the song "Marry Me" emerged as the winner.
+ Final – 9 February 2013 Artist Song Music & Lyrics (m & l) Jury (50%) Televote (50%) Total Place 1Arion"Lost"Iivo Kaipainen (m & l) 13.5% 7.0% 10.2% 5 2Elina Orkoneva"He's Not My Man"Elina Orkoneva (m & l) 11.5% 5.2% 8.4% 6 3Lucy Was Driving"Dancing All Around The Universe"Lucy Was Driving (m), Otso Koskelo (l) 9.6% 1.6% 5.6% 7 4Krista Siegfrids"Marry Me"Krista Siegfrieds (m & l), Erik Nyholm (m & l), Kristofer Karlsson (m & l), Jessika Lundström (m & l) 14.6% 38.6% 26.6% 1 5Last Panda"Saturday Night Forever"Henry Tikkanen (m & l), Aapo Immonen (m & l) 9.2% 1.4% 5.3% 8 6Mikael Saari"We Should Be Through"Mikael Saari (m & l) 14.6% 18.4% 16.5% 2 7Great Wide North"Flags"Kaj Kiviniemi (m & l), Mika Kiviniemi (m) 14.6% 12.0% 13.3% 4 8Diandra"Colliding into You"Patrick Sarin (m), Leri Leskinen (m), Sharon Vaughn (l) 12.3% 15.8% 14.1% 3
2014
The final took place on 1 February 2014 at the Barona Areena in Espoo where the eight finalist songs were performed and the combination of votes from the jury and public televote selected a winner. In addition to the performances from the competing artists, the winner of UMK 2013, Krista Siegfrids, performed her single "Cinderella" during the interval. Softengine was the winner of the competition with the song "Something Better".
+ Final – 1 February 2014 Artist Song Jury Total Jury (%) Televote (%) Total Place 1 Softengine "Something Better" 8 10 10 10 38 18.27% 28.28% 23.28% 1 2 Hanna Sky "Hope" 3 7 4 5 19 9.13% —9.13%7 3 Miau "God/Drug" 10 9 7 6 32 15.38% 13.94% 14.66% 3 4 Lauri Mikkola "Going Down" 5 6 5 7 23 11.06% —11.06%5 5 MadCraft "Shining Bright" 4 3 3 3 13 6.25% —6.25%8 6 Mikko Pohjola "Sängyn reunalla" 9 8 9 9 35 16.83% 19.48% 18.16% 2 7 Clarissa feat. Josh Standing "Top of the World" 6 4 6 4 20 9.62%—9.62%6 8 Hukka ja Mama "Selja" 7 5 8 8 28 13.46% —13.46%4
2015
It was confirmed that Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu would return in 2015, for its fourth series. Three semi-finals were held on 7 February, 14 February, and 21 February 2015 while the final was held on 28 February 2015. It was held at the YLE TV Studios in Helsinki. + Final – 28 February 2015 Artist Song Jury (10%) Televote (90%) Total Place 1 Shava "Ostarilla" 1.2% 2.2% 3.4% 8 2 Satin Circus "Crossroads" 2.1% 24.2% 26.3% 2 3 Solju "Hold Your Colours" 0.7% 5.8% 6.5% 4 4 Järjestyshäiriö "Särkyneiden sydänten kulmilla" 0.9% 2.4% 3.3% 9 5 Norlan "El Misionario" "No voy a llorar por ti" 0.4% 3.7% 4.1% 7 6 Opera Skaala "Heart of Light" 1.6% 6.7% 8.3% 3 7 Jouni Aslak "Lions & Lambs" 1.1% 3.3% 4.4% 6 8 Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät "Aina mun pitää" 1.2% 36.2% 37.4% 1 9 Angelo De Nile "All For Victory" 0.8% 5.5% 6.3% 5
2016
It was confirmed that Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu would return in 2016, for its fifth series. Three semi-finals were held on 6 February, 13 February, and 20 February 2016 while the final was held on 27 February 2016. Like the previous year, it was held at YLE TV Studios in Helsinki. + Final27 February 2016 Artist Song Jury Public Vote Total Place BeforeShow DuringShow Total Points 1 Cristal Snow "Love Is Blind" 41 12% 9% 9.1% 39 80 6 2 Stella Christine "Ain't Got Time for Boys" 19 6% 7% 6.5% 28 47 8 3 Annica Milán and Kimmo Blom "Good Enough" 35 10% 11% 10.7% 46 81 5 4 Eini "Draamaa" 32 4% 7% 6.7% 29 61 7 5 Barbe-Q-Barbies "Let Me Out" 46 12% 9% 9.1% 39 85 4 6 Tuuli Okkonen "Don't Wake Me Up" 20 4% 5% 4.9% 21 41 9 7 Sandhja "Sing It Away" 98 16% 14% 14.4% 62 160 1 8 Saara Aalto "No Fear" 67 11% 21% 20.2% 87 154 2 9 Mikael Saari "On It Goes" 72 25% 17% 18.4% 79 151 3
2017
It was confirmed that Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu would return in 2017, for its sixth series. Unlike previous years, there were no semi-finals, only a single final held on 28 January 2017 at the Espoo Metro Areena, and the show used international juries instead of Finnish juries. + Final – 28 January 2017 Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place 1 Emma "Circle of Light"53531063 2 Alva "Arrows"1548636 3 Günther & D'Sanz "Love Yourself"3745825 4 Anni Saikku "Reach Out for the Sun"4316597 5 Knucklebone Oscar & The Shangri-La Rubies "Caveman"5131810 6 Norma John "Blackbird"94881821 7 Lauri Yrjölä "Helppo elämä"4315588 8 Club La Persé "My Little World"2129509 9 Zühlke "Perfect Villain"74711452 10 My First Band "Paradise"4552974
2018
Yle selected Saara Aalto internally to represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. Aalto performed three songs and the winning song was selected by viewers and international juries. The show was held on 3 March 2018 at the Espoo Metro Areena. Song Composer(s) Jury Televote Total Place 1 "Monsters" Saara Aalto, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Ki Fitzgerald 88 95 183 1 2 "Domino" Thomas G:son, Bobby Ljunggren, Johnny Sanchez, Will Taylor, Saara Aalto 84 75 159 2 3 "Queens" Farley Arvidsson, Charlie Walshe, Tom Aspaul, Saara Aalto 68 70 138 3
2019
The 2019 edition took place on 2 March 2019. Yle announced on 29 January 2019 that they had internally selected Darude to perform three songs, similarly to how Saara Aalto's song was selected in the previous edition.
Darude performed three songs, featuring vocalist Sebastian Rejman, and the winning song was selected by viewers and international juries. The show was held on 2 March 2019 at Logomo in Turku. Song Composer(s) Jury Televote Total Place 1 "Release Me" Ville Virtanen, Jaakko Manninen, Brandyn Burnette 70 19 89 3 2 "Superman" Ville Virtanen, Chris Hope, Thom Bridges 74 73 147 2 3 "Look Away" Sebastian Rejman, Ville Virtanen 96 148 244 1
2020
The 2020 edition was held on 7 March 2020 in Tampere. + Final – 7 March 2020 Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place Votes Percentage Points 1 Catharina Zühlke "Eternity" 42 8,600 7.5% 24 66 5 2 Erika Vikman "" 58 35,431 30.9% 99 157 2 3 Aksel Kankaanranta "Looking Back" 76 33,711 29.4% 94 170 1 4 F3M "Bananas" 64 7,167 6.3% 20 84 4 5 Sansa "Lover View" 30 2,121 1.8% 6 36 6 6 Tika "I Let My Heart Break" 50 27,634 24.1% 77 127 3
2021
The 2021 edition was held on 20 February 2021 in Tampere.
+ Final – 20 February 2021 Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place Votes Percentage Points 1 Teflon Brothers and Pandora "I Love You" 30 23,493 17.0% 150 180 2 2 Aksel "Hurt" 56 8,154 5.9% 52 108 5 3 Laura "Play" 4 1,382 1.0% 9 13 7 4 Danny "" 22 5,942 4.3% 38 60 6 5 Oskr "Lie" 62 8,292 6.0% 53 115 4 6 Blind Channel "Dark Side" 72 75,040 54.3% 479 551 1 7 Ilta "" 48 15,892 11.5% 101 149 3
2022
The 2022 edition was held on 26 February 2022 at Logomo.
+ Final – 26 February 2022 Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place Votes Percentage Points 1 The Rasmus "Jezebel" 68 41,758 27.4% 242 310 1 2 Isaac Sene "" 28 17,069 11.2% 99 127 5 3 Olivera "Thank God I'm an Atheist" 46 20,879 13.7% 121 167 4 4 Bess "Ram pam pam" 56 25,604 16.8% 148 204 3 5 Younghearted "" 40 8,839 5.8% 51 91 6 6 Cyan Kicks "Hurricane" 52 29,261 19.2% 169 221 2 7 Tommi Läntinen "" 4 8,992 5.9% 52 56 7
2023
The 2023 edition was held on 25 February 2023 at Logomo in Turku. + Final – 25 February 2023 Artist Song JuryTelevote Total Place Votes Percentage Points 1 Robin Packalen "Girls Like You" 2821,303 9.2% 81 109 4 2 Kuumaa "" 4416,569 7.1% 63 107 5 3 Käärijä "Cha Cha Cha" 72122,822 52.9% 467 539 1 4 Keira "No Business on the Dancefloor" 4223,933 10.3% 91 133 3 5 Benjamin "" 348,416 3.6% 32 66 7 6 Lxandra "Something to Lose" 466,312 2.7% 24 70 6 7 Portion Boys "" 2832,613 14.1% 124 152 2
2024
The 2024 edition was held on 10 February 2024 at Nokia Arena in Tampere.
+Final10 February 2024 Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place Votes Percentage Points 1 Sini Sabotage "" 38 6,872 3.06% 27 65 7 2 Cyan Kicks "Dancing with Demons" 48 20,392 9.08% 80 128 4 3 Jesse Markin "Glow" 34 19,381 8.63% 76 110 5 4 Mikael Gabriel and Nublu "" 42 34,675 15.44% 136 178 3 5 Sara Siipola "" 70 51,743 23.04% 203 273 2 6 Sexmane "" 34 18,864 8.40% 74 108 6 7 Windows95man "No Rules!" 28 72,651 32.35% 285 313 1
2025
The 2025 edition was held on 8 February 2025 at Nokia Arena in Tampere.
+Final8 February 2025 Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place Votes Percentage Points 1 Costee "" 40 16,7004.88% 43 83 6 2 Neea River "Nightmares" 24 23,3026.80% 60 84 5 3 Goldielocks "Made Of" 74 88,93725.96% 229 303 2 4 Viivi "" 38 38,83711.34% 100 138 3 5 Nelli Matula "" 50 34,1779.98% 88 138 4 6 Erika Vikman "" 68 140,59041.04% 362 430 1
2026
The 2026 edition was held on 28 February 2026 at Nokia Arena in Tampere. +Final28 February 2026 Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place Votes Percentage Points 1 Komiat "Lululai" 40 38,414 8.2% 76 116 3 2 Etta "Million Dollar Smile" 12 15,187 3.4% 30 42 6 3 Kiki "" 28 7,146 1.6% 14 42 7 4 Antti Paalanen "" 58 76,829 17.2% 152 210 2 5 Chachi "Cherry Cake" 32 33,947 7.6% 67 99 4 6 Sinikka Monte "Ready to Leave" 46 25,907 5.8% 51 97 5 7 Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen "" 78 249,248 55.8% 492 570 1
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