Finland will be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, which will be held in Basel, Switzerland. The Finnish participating broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle) will organise the national final Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu2025 in order to select its entry for the contest.
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, Yle organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. Yle had been selecting its entries for the contest through national final competitions that had varied in format over the years. Between 1961 and 2011, a selection show that was often titled Suomen euroviisukarsinta highlighted that the purpose of the program was to select a song for Eurovision. However, since 2012, the broadcaster had organised the selection show Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), which focuses on showcasing new music with the winning song being selected as the Finnish Eurovision entry for that year. Yle confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2025 contest on 3 June 2024, announcing that its entry would again be selected through Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu.[2]
Before Eurovision
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu2025
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu2025 will be the thirteenth edition of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), the music competition organised by Yle to select its entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition will consist of a final on 8 February 2025, to be held at Nokia Arena in Tampere.[3]
Competing entries
A submission period was opened by Yle which lasted between 19 August 2024 and 25 August 2024.[4] At least one of the writers and the lead singer(s) had to hold Finnish citizenship or live in Finland permanently in order for the entry to qualify to compete.[5] A panel of experts appointed by Yle, chaired by YleX Head of Music Tapio Hakanen, alongside five audience juries selected seven entries for the competition from 485 received submissions, a new record during the current format of the competition. The competing entries will be presented on 8 January 2025, while their music videos will be released between 9 and 17 January 2025.[6][7]
