Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025
| Eurovision Song Contest 2025 | ||||
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| Participating broadcaster | Yleisradio (Yle) | |||
| Country |  Finland | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2025 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 8 February 2025 | |||
| Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Finland is set to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, which will be held in Basel, Switzerland. The Finnish participating broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle) will organise the national final Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2025 in order to select its entry for the contest.
Background
[edit]Prior to the 2025 contest, Yleisradio (Yle) has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Finland fifty-seven times since its first entry in 1961. It had won the contest once in 2006 with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" performed by Lordi. In the 2024 contest, "No Rules!" performed by Windows95man managed to qualify Finland to the final and placed nineteenth.[1]
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, Yle organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. Yle had been selecting its entries for the contest through national final competitions that had varied in format over the years. Between 1961 and 2011, a selection show that was often titled Suomen euroviisukarsinta highlighted that the purpose of the program was to select a song for Eurovision. However, since 2012, the broadcaster had organised the selection show Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), which focuses on showcasing new music with the winning song being selected as the Finnish Eurovision entry for that year. Yle confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2025 contest on 3 June 2024, announcing that its entry would again be selected through Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu.[2]
Before Eurovision
[edit]Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2025
[edit]Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2025 will be the thirteenth edition of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), the music competition that selects Finland's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition will consist of a final on 8 February 2025, to be held at Nokia Arena in Tampere.[3]
Competing entries
[edit]A submission period was opened by Yle which lasted between 19 August 2024 and 25 August 2024.[4] At least one of the writers and the lead singer(s) had to hold Finnish citizenship or live in Finland permanently in order for the entry to qualify to compete.[5] A panel of experts appointed by Yle, chaired by YleX Head of Music Tapio Hakanen, alongside five audience juries selected seven entries for the competition from 485 received submissions, a new record during the current format of the competition. The competing entries will be presented on 8 January 2025, while their music videos will be released between 9 and 17 January 2025.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Finland". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ Farren, Neil (3 June 2024). "🇫🇮 Finland: Eurovision 2025 Participation Confirmed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ "The Contest for New Music UMK returns to Tampere in February 2025". tampere.fi. 1 October 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ "Finland's Contest for New Music (UMK) 2025 song search starts – who will be on the UMK stage next year?". Yle. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ "THE CONTEST FOR NEW MUSIC (UMK) RULES.pdf". Yle. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ "UMK makes a spectacular return to Tampere – tickets available on Thursday, October 3rd at 9 AM!". Yle. 1 October 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ "A record number of song submissions for Finland's 'UMK', returning on 8 February". eurovision.tv. 1 October 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2024.