Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu

Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK; Swedish: Tävlingen för ny musik; English: Contest for New Music)https://web.archive.org/web/20221025100534/https://yle.fi/aihe/a/20-10003550 is an annual music contest organised by the Finnish public broadcaster Yle.
==History==
The broadcaster confirmed that the Finnish entry for the 2012 contest would be chosen through the selection show Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), which will showcase new music, with the winning song being the Finnish Contest entry.https://web.archive.org/web/20120304042643/http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/17444
===Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2012===
The first edition's final took place on February 25, 2012 at the Helsinki Ice Hall in Helsinki, where the six finalist songs were performed and the viewers selected a winner.http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=47503&_t=pernilla_karlsson_winner_of_umk_in_finland Pernilla Karlsson's song "När jag blundar" was the winner, with 53.4% of televoting. She failed to qualify for the finals.
===Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2013===
The second edition's final took place on February 9, 2013 at the Barona Areena in Espoo, where the eight finalist songs were performed and the jury and viewers selected a winner.http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=watch_tonight_finland_decides_for_malmoe Krista Siegfrids and her song "Marry Me" was the winner after a combination of jury (50%) and televote (50%) votes.http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=krista_siegfrids_to_marry_in_malmoe_for_finland She was the first artist to qualify in the finals since Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu debuted in 2012.
===Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2014===
The third edition's final took place on February 1, 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. Softengine emerged as the victor of the competition with their song "Something Better".http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=softengine_win_finlands_umk
===Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2015===
The fourth edition was announced,http://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2014/05/11/suomi-yhdestoista-euroviisuissahttp://esctoday.com/83409/eurovision-2014-2nd-semi-final-press-conference-re-cap/ with three semi-finals being held on February 7, February 14 and February 21. The final took place on February 28, 2015.http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=umk_2015_launched_in_finlandhttp://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2015/02/06/umk-2015-aanestyksen-saannot?ref=ohj-articles Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät's song "Aina mun pitää" was the winner. It was held at the YLE TV Studios.
===Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2016===
The fifth edition was announced,http://esctoday.com/104319/finland-yle-confirms-participation-in-esc-2016-opts-for-umk/ with three semi-finals being held on February 6, February 13 and February 20, 2016. The final took place on February 27, 2016,http://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2016/02/28/kilpailu-umkn-voitosta-oli-tiukka-kamppailu-sandhjan-saara-aallon-ja-mikael with the winner being Sandhja with her song "Sing It Away". Like the previous year, it was held at YLE TV Studios.
===Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2017===
The sixth edition was announced,https://eurovoix.com/2016/11/12/finland-krista-siegfrids-host-umk/ but instead of having three semi-finals, it only held a final on January 28, 2017 at the Espoo Metro Areena. It was the first time that the UMK wasn't held on a February. The show used international juries instead of Finnish juries.http://wiwibloggs.com/2017/01/26/finland-umk-2017-final-running-order-juries-announced/168322/ Norma John's "Blackbird" was the winner.
===Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2018===
The seventh edition's final took place on March 3, 2018 at the Barona Areena in Espoo,https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2017/11/07/saara-aalto-to-represent-finland-in-eurovision-song-contest-umk18-gets-a where Saara Aalto performed three songs and the winning song was selected by viewers and international juries.
===Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2019===
The eighth edition's final took place on March 2, 2019 at Logomo in Turku, where Darude performed three songs and the winning song was selected by viewers and international juries, similarly to Saara Aalto in 2018.
===Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2020===
The nineth edition's final took place on March 7, 2020 in Tampere. The Eurovision Song Contest 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and because of this, Aksel Kankaanranta, the winner of UMK 2020, wasn't allowed to perform her entry "Looking Back".
===Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021===
The tenth edition's final took place on February 20, 2021 in Tampere. It was the first time since 2016 that the contest was held in February. Blind Channel's "Dark Side" was the winner. Finland had its first top 10 result with Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu.
===Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2022===
The eleventh edition's final took place on February 26, 2022 at Logomo. The Rasmus' song "Jezebel" was the winner.https://www.escunited.com/finland-jezebel-gets-into-finnish-blood-the-rasmus-go-to-eurovision/
===Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2023===
The twelfth edition's final took place on February 25, 2023 at Logomo. Käärijä's "Cha Cha Cha" was the winner.https://eurovisionworld.com/esc/finland-kaarija-wins-umk-2023-to-eurovision-with-cha-cha-cha The song gave Finland's most successful Eurovision result since 2006. The song got 2nd place, with 526 points, making it Finland's most successful entry by points.
===Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2024===
The thirteenth edition's final took place on February 10, 2024 at the Nokia Arena in Tampere.https://wiwibloggs.com/2023/10/03/umk-2024-finlands-eurovision-final-tampere-nokia-arena/277986/ Windows95man's "No Rules" was the winner.https://web.archive.org/web/20240211122634/https://yle.fi/a/74-20074005
===Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2025===
The fourteenth edition's final is set to take place in February 2025.https://yle.fi/a/74-20090970
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