Finland: Tonight the UMK 2021 national final show
Finland is ready to decide its next Eurovision entry with the Finnish national final, Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021, set to take place tonight at 20:00 CET.
For one more year Finland will be determining their Eurovision hopeful through the traditional national selection formula of UMK 2021. The event is set to take place live at the Mediapolis Studios in Tampere. Host of the show will be Antti Tuisku who will also open the show taking the stage along with last year’s UMK 2021 runner up, Erika Vikman.
The Finnish national final will see a total of 7 acts competing for the right to represent the country in Rotterdam in the following running order:
Teflon Brothers x Pandora – “I Love You”
Aksel – “Hurt”
Laura – “Play”
Danny –“Sinä päivänä kun kaikki rakastaa mua” ( The day when everyone loves me)
Oskr –“Lie”
Blind Channel – “Dark Side”
Ilta –“Kelle mä soitan” Kelle mä soitan”(Who will i call)
The outcome of final will be determined by a combination of public voting and the International juries points. However, the public will have more influence on the result, as the International jury will give out only the 25% of the total points awarded. The International juries points will come from the following countries:
Iceland
Spain
Switzerland
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
United States
Poland
In this year’s edition viewers have a choice of commentary in Finnish, English, Russian and Swedish. The show begins at 20:00 CET and you can watch it HERE
