Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025
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Finland will be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "Ich komme", written by Christel Roosberg and Jori Roosberg, and performed by Erika Vikman. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), organised the national final Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2025 in order to select its entry for the contest.
| Eurovision Song Contest 2025 | ||||
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| Participating broadcaster | Yleisradio (Yle) | |||
| Country | Finland | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2025 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 8 February 2025 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Erika Vikman | |||
| Selected song | "Ich komme" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Background
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Prior to the 2025 contest, Yleisradio (Yle) has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Finland fifty-seven times since its first entry in 1961. It had won the contest once in 2006 with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" performed by Lordi. In the 2024 contest, "No Rules!" performed by Windows95man managed to qualify Finland to the final and placed nineteenth.[1]
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. 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
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Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2025
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2025 was the fourteenth edition of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), the music competition organised by Yle to select its entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition consisted of a final on 8 February 2025, held at Nokia Arena in Tampere and hosted by Sanni and Jasmin Beloued.[3][4]
Competing entries
A submission period was opened by Yle which lasted between 19 August 2024 and 25 August 2024.[5] 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.[6] A panel of nine experts appointed by Yle alongside five audience juries selected seven entries for the competition from 485 received submissions, a new record during the current format of the competition.[7][8] The experts were Tapio Hakanen (Head of Music at YleX), Aija Puurtinen (lecturer at Sibelius Academy and UMK vocal coach), Amie Borgar (Head of Music at Yle X3M and Yle Vega), Johan Lindroos (Head of Music at Yle Radio Suomi), Katri Norrlin (music editor at YleX), Samuli Väänänen (Senior Editor at Spotify), Jani Juntunen (Head of Radio Music at Nelonen Media), Saara Everi (Head of Marketing at PME Records) and Marcus Sjöström (Head of Music at Radio NRJ Finland).[9] The competing entries were announced in a televised programme on 8 January 2025, hosted by Mikko Silvennoinen, Eva Frantz, Jasmin Beloued, Katri Norrlin and Sanni, while their music videos were released between 9 and 17 January.[9][10]
On 22 January 2025, it was announced that One Morning Left had been disqualified due to a contract violation; the band published a statement on the same day, announcing it was being disbanded due to child grooming allegations made against its lead vocalist, Mika Lahti. Yle stated that they would not be replaced.[11][12]
Key: Entry disqualified
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
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| Costee | "Sekaisin" |
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| Erika Vikman | "Ich komme" |
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| Goldielocks | "Made Of" |
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| Neea River | "Nightmares" |
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| Nelli Matula | "Hitaammin hautaan" |
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| One Morning Left | "Puppy" |
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| Viivi | "Aina" |
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Final
The final took place on 8 February 2025. "Ich komme" performed by Erika Vikman was selected as the winner by a combination of public votes (75%) and seven international jury groups from Croatia, Estonia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, San Marino, Spain, and Switzerland (25%).[13] The viewers had a total of 882 points to award, while the juries had a total of 294 points to award. Each jury group distributed their points as follows: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 points. The viewer vote was based on the percentage of votes each song achieved through the following voting methods: telephone, SMS and app voting. For example, if a song gains 17.5% of the viewer vote, then that entry would be awarded 17.5% of 882 points rounded to the nearest integer: 154 points.[14] A record total of 342,543 votes were cast during the show: 68,539 votes through telephone and SMS and 274,004 votes through the Yle app.[15]
In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the show was opened by Windows95man and Henri Piispanen performing "What’s My Name", their 2024 entry "No Rules!", and "Paperclip". Interval acts included host Sanni performing a medley of "Roomaan", "Prinsessoja ja Astronautteja", "Mielenmaisemat", "Jacuzzi", and "2080-luvulla", and Keira, Laura Voutilainen, Annika Eklund, Eini, Bess, and Linda Lampenius performing "Shanghain valot",[16] which was originally performed by Eklund as a competing entry in Euroviisut 2006, Finland's national selection for that year's Eurovision.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||
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| Votes | Percentage | Points | ||||||
| 1 | Costee | "Sekaisin" | 40 | 16,700 | 4.88% | 43 | 83 | 6 |
| 2 | Neea River | "Nightmares" | 24 | 23,302 | 6.80% | 60 | 84 | 5 |
| 3 | Goldielocks | "Made Of" | 74 | 88,937 | 25.96% | 229 | 303 | 2 |
| 4 | Viivi | "Aina" | 38 | 38,837 | 11.34% | 100 | 138 | 3 |
| 5 | Nelli Matula | "Hitaammin hautaan" | 50 | 34,177 | 9.98% | 88 | 138 | 4 |
| 6 | Erika Vikman | "Ich komme" | 68 | 140,590 | 41.04% | 362 | 430 | 1 |
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| 1 | "Sekaisin" | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 40 |
| 2 | "Nightmares" | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24 |
| 3 | "Made Of" | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 74 |
| 4 | "Aina" | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 38 |
| 5 | "Hitaammin hautaan" | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 50 |
| 6 | "Ich komme" | 12 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 68 |
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Broadcasts and ratings
The competition was watched by an average of 1.48 million viewers in Finland (0.236 more than in 2024), with a peak viewership of 2.27 million, corresponding to over 40% of the Finnish population. This made 2025 the most watched edition of UMK since its establishment in 2012.[15]
| Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) |
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 Finland |
Yle | Yle TV1 |
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| Yle Areena | |||
| YleX | — | ||
| Yle Radio Suomi | |||
| Yle X3M | Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos (Swedish) | ||
| Netherlands |
OutTV[a] | GJ Kooijman and Krista Siegfrids | |
| Spain |
Ten | Luis Mesa Cabello | |
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