Tonight was the final of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu, Finland's national selection to find a song and artist to represent them at this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The final featured six contestants that competed for the opportunity to represent the Nordic country with their original songs. After two years of having an internally selected artist perform multiple songs in the national selection, the Finnish broeadcaster YLE have returned to the origina

We have more news on Finland and their selection to choose their representative Eurovision this year. 426 songs have been submitted to the broadcaster for Uuden Musiikiin Kilpailu, and out of all of them, six entries been chosen to compete. The members of the panel that selected the finalists are expected to be revealed later this month. Music manager at YleX and head of UMK's expert jury Tapio Hakanen says: "The music industry's response to the return to open competition was

Finally we have some new news on Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) 2020. The applications are now open to send in songs, but you are only able to send in an application between November 1st and November 8th. The winner of UMK 2020 will be able to represent Finland next year in Rotterdam. On November 30th, the contestants who have qualified will be contacted personally. The UMK 2020 contestants will be revealed on January 21st, 2020. A panel of experts will decide what entry will