Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014
| Eurovision Song Contest 2014 | ||||
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 Finland
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2014 | |||
| Selection date(s) |
Introduction shows: 26 December 2013 28 December 2013 4 January 2014 Heats: 11 January 2014 18 January 2014 Semi-final: 25 January 2014 Final: 1 February 2014 |
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| Selected entrant | Softengine | |||
| Selected song | "Something Better" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (3rd, 97 points) | |||
| Final result | 11th, 72 points | |||
| Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Finland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Their entry was selected through the national competition Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), organised by the Finnish broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle). Softengine represented Finland with the song "Something Better", which qualified from the second semi-final to compete in the final. Finland placed 11th in the final, scoring 72 points. This was Finland's best placing in the contest since Lordi's victory in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006.
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu, 2014, was the third edition of the Finnish national selection that selected Finland's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. On 10 July 2013, Yle opened the submission period for interested artists and composers to submit their proposals to the broadcaster, which lasted until 16 September 2013. A total of 420 entries were received, of which 12 were ultimately be selected to compete by a special jury.
Three introductory shows on 26 December 2013, 28 December 2013 and 4 January 2014 commenced the competition with the presentation of the jury selection process and the first live performances of the competing songs from the artists in front of the judges. Two heats with six competing songs in each took place on 11 and 18 January 2014 where the artist and song that placed first automatically advanced to the final, while the artist and song that placed last was eliminated from the competition. The remaining four songs in each heat that failed to advance to the final or be eliminated proceeded to the semi-final on 25 January 2014 where the top six songs qualified to the final. The final with the eight remaining finalists took place at the Barona Areena in Espoo on 1 February 2014. The entire competition series was hosted by Anne Lainto and Ile Uusivuori.
Yle enlisted four judges in order to assist the 12 competing artists with developing their song and performance. On 4 November 2013, Yle announced that the judges from the previous year would return, consisting of:
Yle webcast a special introduction press event regarding the competition on 10 December 2013, where the twelve competing acts were revealed.
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