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Finland: Running order and change in the voting for UMK!

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The voting for the Finnish national final for Eurovision, UMK will change this season! This year the audience can start voting for their favorite artists right after the first performance begins. The aim is to allow even more music fans to influence the selection of the UMK winner and Finland’s next Eurovision representative.

We remind you that according to the UMK rules, the winner will be decided by a combined audience vote (75% weight) and an international jury of professionals (25% weight). The UMK final will take place on February 8 at Nokia Arena in Tampere, Finland.

UMK executive producer, Anssi Autio says about the changes in the voting:

It’s the Finnish voters, above all, who decide the winner and Finland’s next Eurovision representative. By extending the voting time, we want to give voters more time to support their favorite, and we also hope to achieve the largest vote count in UMK history this year.

The association Mieli Ry will get the proceeds of the UMK voting. Miely Ry works on mental health, supporting young people by chat, wherever they may be, without referrals or fees. The funding will be used to improve youth’s mental health in schools and leisure activities.

Running Order

The running order for the UMK will be as follows:

  1. costee
  2. NEEA RIVER
  3. Goldielocks
  4. VIIVI
  5. Nelli Matula
  6. Erika Vikman

The UMK final will be held in Nokia Arena, Tampere, on February 08, 2025, at 8 pm CET.

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Finland: UMK 2025 artists react to each other’s songs

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Finnish broadcaster YLE has posted on their Official Youtube channel their now traditional reaction video with the 2025 UMK artists reacting to each other’s songs.

Find out who called Erika Vikman “the Cicciolina lady”, who brought a puppy with her for the reaction, who gave us the drums reaction and who said “Slay” the most in this reaction:

Seven artists are competing to represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest:

NEEA RIVER – “Nightmares”
Nelli Matula – “Hitaammin Hautaan”
costee – “Sekaisin”
VIIVI – “Aina”
One Morning Left – “Puppy”
Goldielocks – “Made Of”
Erika Vikman – “ICH KOMME”

The UMK grand final will take place on Saturday, 10 February, 20:00 CET at the Nokia Arena in Tampere, Finland and will be broadcasted on Yle TV1, Yle Areena and Yle radio channels.

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Finland: Listen to the fourth song for UMK 2025!

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The finnish broadcaster has released the fourth song competing in UMK 2025, the finnish national final for Eurovision 2025.

The song is “Aina” by VIIVI and you can listen to it here:

Music has been a part of VIIVI’s life since childhood. Originally from Joroinen, VIIVI studied music actively and stepped onto the stage whenever she could. She gave her first performances in singing competitions.

At the age of 18, VIIVI signed a recording contract with Capitol Records, and her first song was released three years later. The same year, Lääke ranked third on Finland’s official singles list. VIIVI’s debut album Parisuhdehautausmaa, published in early 2022, won three Emma awards (Finnish Grammy Awards) and VIIVI won the newcomer of the year award. In the same year, Ihana kipu, a duet with Robin, a previous UMK contestant, broke Spotify Finland’s daily streaming record for this decade. At the beginning of 2024, VIIVI joined Warner Music Finland.

VIIVI has collaborated with many artists, including Ahti, Ani and JVG. Her career has taken significant turns, but its core has remained the same.

“Writing songs is really important to me. When I’m involved in making the songs myself, the songs look like me and you can clearly hear my voice in them. My hobby has become my life’s work, and that’s really cool,” says VIIVI.

VIIVI had been planning to apply for UMK for a long time, but she wanted to wait for the right song.

“The song must have a “douze points” vibe! Aina is loaded with such an indescribable emotion that it requires an arena to perform it. I feel like this is the most important song in my career,” VIIVI concludes.

We remind you that the artists/songs competing to represent Finland will be revealed in this order:

  • Thu, 9 January NEEA RIVER – “Nightmares”
  • Fri, 10 January Nelli Matula – “Hitaammin Hautaan”
  • Mon, 13 January costee – “Sekaisin”
  • Tue, 14 January VIIVI – “Aina”
  • Wed, 15 January One Morning Left – “Puppy”
  • Thu, 16 January Goldielocks –  “Made Of”
  • Fri, 17 January Erika Vikman – “ICH KOMME”

The UMK grand final will take place on Saturday, 10 February, 20:00 CET and will be broadcast on Yle TV1, Yle Areena and Yle radio channels.

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