Finland: UMK 2017 online voting begins
The online voting for Finland's Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) 2017 has begun. The voting is open until 26 January 2017
The online voting for this year's Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) 2017 in Finland has begun. The online voting is only open for Finnish citizens (To vote, you need a Finnish phone subscription), and will end on 26 January 2017, 12:00 local time (11:00 CET).
UMK 2017 Music Videos
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2017
Since the first UMK in 2012 there have been some changes to the format. The biggest change for UMK 2017 is that there will be no semi-finals. Instead there will be ten participants who will compete only once on 28 January 2017 live from Metro Arena in Helsinki.
The winner will be chosen by 50% televoting and 50% internation juries.
UMK 2017 will be hosted by Krista Siegfrieds (Finland 2013)
Finland in Eurovision Song Contest
Finland debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961 and has participated ever since, except for six years, mostly because of last years bad position. The country has won the competition once, in 2006 with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah", performed by Lordi. Since then Finland's best result is 11th place in 2014. Since the introductions of semi-finals in 2004, Finland has qualified for the Grand Final 7 out of 13 times.