Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu
| Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Music, entertainment, reality television |
| Presented by |
Current: Krista Siegfrids (2016–) Former: Roope Salminen (2015–2016) Rakel Liekki (2015) Anne Lainto (2012–2014) Ilkka Uusivuori (2013–2014) Joona Kortesmäki (2012) |
| Country of origin | Finland |
| Original language(s) | Finnish |
| No. of series | 6 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Anssi Autio |
| Running time | ~120 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Yle |
| Original release | 27 January 2012 – present |
| External links | |
| yle |
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Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (abbreviated UMK, English: New Music Competition) is a contest for new music organised by the Finnish broadcaster, Yle.
UMK began in 2012, as a new concept for the Finnish selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, replacing the original Finnish Eurovision Song Contest selection event (Suomen euroviisukarsinta) which had been used since 1961.
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.
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.
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".
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