Finland originally planned to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song "Looking Back" written by Joonas Angeria, Whitney Phillips, Connor McDonough, Riley McDonough and Toby McDonough. The song was performed by Aksel Kankaanranta. The Finnish broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle) organised the national final Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2020 in order to select the Finnish entry for the 2020 contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Six entries were selected to compete in the national final on 7 March 2020 where the 50/50 combination of votes from eight international jury groups and votes from the public selected "Looking Back" performed by Aksel Kankaanranta as the winner.
Finland was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 14 May 2020. However, the contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prior to the 2020 Contest, Finland had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-three times since its first entry in 1961.[1] Finland has won the contest once in 2006 with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" performed by Lordi. In the 2019 contest, "Look Away" performed by Darude featuring Sebastian Rejman failed to qualify Finland to the final, placing seventeenth (last) in the semi-final.
The Finnish national broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), broadcasts the event within Finland and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Yle confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest on 3 June 2019.[2] Finland's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest have been selected through national final competitions that have varied in format over the years. Between 1961 and 2011, a selection show that was often titled Euroviisukarsinta highlighted that the purpose of the program was to select a song for Eurovision. However, since 2012, the broadcaster has organised the selection show Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), which focuses on showcasing new music with the winning song being selected as the Finnish contest entry for that year. Along with their participation confirmation, the broadcaster also announced that the Finnish entry for the 2020 contest would be selected through Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2020, reverting to an open selection with multiple artists and songs; Yle opted to internally select the artist with the song selected through Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu in 2018 and 2019.[2]
Before Eurovision
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2020
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2020 was the ninth edition of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), the music competition that selects Finland's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition consisted of a final on 7 March 2020, held at the Mediapolis in Tampere and hosted by 2013 Finnish Eurovision entrantKrista Siegfrids with YleX hosts Viki and Köpi hosting from the green room. The show was broadcast on Yle TV1 with a second audio program providing commentary in Swedish by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos as well as online at Yle Areena. The competition was also broadcast via radio on Yle Radio Suomi and with commentary in Swedish on Yle X3M.[3][4] The competition was watched by 885,000 viewers in Finland.[5]
Competing entries
A submission period was opened by Yle which lasted between 1 November 2019 and 8 November 2019. 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 ten experts appointed by Yle selected six entries for the competition from the 426 received submissions. The experts were Tapio Hakanen (Head of Music at YleX), Anssi Autio (UMK producer), Juha-Matti Valtonen (television director), Reija Wäre (choreographer), Samuli Väänänen (Senior Editor at Spotify Finland), Perttu Mäkelä (A&R manager at Etenee Records), Ida Karimaa (music journalist at YleX), Katri Norrlin (music journalist at YleX), Johan Lindroos (Head of Music at Yle Radio Suomi) and Amie Borgar (Head of Music at Yle X3M).[3] The competing entries were presented during a live streamed press conference on 21 January 2020, hosted by Krista Siegfrids and Mikko Silvennoinen, while their lyric videos were released between 24 and 31 January 2020.[7]
Neea Jokinen, Timo Oiva, Oliver@ i-One Music, Lotus Wang
Final
The final took place on 7 March 2020 where six entries competed. "Looking Back" performed by Aksel Kankaanranta was selected as the winner by a 50/50 combination of public votes and eight international jury groups from Bulgaria, Estonia, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, Russia and the United Kingdom.[8] The viewers and the juries each had a total of 320 points to award. Each jury group distributed their points as follows: 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 gained 10% of the viewer vote, then that entry would be awarded 10% of 320 points rounded to the nearest integer: 32 points. A total of 114,664 votes were cast during the show.[9] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the interval act featured Behm performing her song "Hei rakas" and Mikael Gabriel performing his single "Löytäjä saa pitää".[10][11]
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 28 January 2020, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Finland was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 14 May 2020, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.[13] However, due to 2019-20 pandemic of Coronavirus, the contest was cancelled.
During the Eurovision Song Celebration YouTube broadcast in place of the semi-finals, it was revealed that Finland was set to perform in position 13, following the entry from Albania and before the entry from Armenia.[14]
References
^"Finland Country Profile". EBU. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
^ abJiandani, Sanjay (3 June 2019). "Finland: YLE confirms participation in Eurovision 2020". esctoday.
^ ab"Here are the UMK finalists – Who will represent Finland at the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest?". Yle. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^Gullichsen, Anni (6 March 2020). "Näin seuraat UMK-finaalia – Katso myös tärpit tulevasta show'sta". yle.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 8 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^"Finnpanel - TV-mittaritutkimus: Yle TV1 10/2020". Finnpanel (in Finnish). 10 March 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^Luukela, Sami (1 November 2019). "🇫🇮 Finland: UMK 2020 dates announced, search for songs opens". escxtra.
^Gallagher, Robyn (28 November 2019). "Finland: YLE confirms six finalists have been selected from 426 entries for UMK 2020". Wiwibloggs.
^Luukela, Sami (3 March 2020). "🇫🇮 Countries voting at UMK20 final revealed". escxtra.
^"Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu kiinnosti suomalaisia – finaalilla 1,5 miljoonaa katsojaa". yle.fi (in Finnish). 9 March 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^"Behmin Hei rakas saa arvoisensa tv-ensiesityksen UMK:n lavalla – katso koskettava esitys!". yle.fi (in Finnish). 7 March 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^"Katso, kun Mikael Gabriel esittää ensimmäistä kertaa paluusinkkunsa Löytäjä saa pitää UMK-lavalla!". yle.fi (in Finnish). 7 March 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^Groot, Evert (28 January 2020). "Which country performs in which Eurovision 2020 Semi-Final". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
^Eurovision Song Contest (14 May 2020). "Part two of Eurovision Song Celebration". Retrieved 3 June 2020.
External links
Official Yle Eurovision site
Official Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2020 site
January 31, 2023
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Finland originally planned to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song Looking Back written by Joonas Angeria Whitney Phillips Connor McDonough Riley McDonough and Toby McDonough The song was performed by Aksel Kankaanranta The Finnish broadcaster Yleisradio Yle organised the national final Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2020 in order to select the Finnish entry for the 2020 contest in Rotterdam Netherlands Six entries were selected to compete in the national final on 7 March 2020 where the 50 50 combination of votes from eight international jury groups and votes from the public selected Looking Back performed by Aksel Kankaanranta as the winner Eurovision Song Contest 2020Country FinlandNational selectionSelection processUuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2020Selection date s 7 March 2020Selected entrantAksel KankaanrantaSelected song Looking Back Selected songwriter s Joonas AngeriaWhitney PhillipsConnor McDonoughRiley McDonoughToby McDonoughFinals performanceFinal resultContest cancelledFinland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 2020 2021 Finland was drawn to compete in the second semi final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 14 May 2020 However the contest was cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic Contents 1 Background 2 Before Eurovision 2 1 Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2020 2 1 1 Competing entries 2 1 2 Final 3 At Eurovision 4 References 5 External linksBackground EditMain article Finland in the Eurovision Song ContestPrior to the 2020 Contest Finland had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty three times since its first entry in 1961 1 Finland has won the contest once in 2006 with the song Hard Rock Hallelujah performed by Lordi In the 2019 contest Look Away performed by Darude featuring Sebastian Rejman failed to qualify Finland to the final placing seventeenth last in the semi final The Finnish national broadcaster Yleisradio Yle broadcasts the event within Finland and organises the selection process for the nation s entry Yle confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest on 3 June 2019 2 Finland s entries for the Eurovision Song Contest have been selected through national final competitions that have varied in format over the years Between 1961 and 2011 a selection show that was often titled Euroviisukarsinta highlighted that the purpose of the program was to select a song for Eurovision However since 2012 the broadcaster has organised the selection show Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu UMK which focuses on showcasing new music with the winning song being selected as the Finnish contest entry for that year Along with their participation confirmation the broadcaster also announced that the Finnish entry for the 2020 contest would be selected through Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2020 reverting to an open selection with multiple artists and songs Yle opted to internally select the artist with the song selected through Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu in 2018 and 2019 2 Before Eurovision EditUuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2020 Edit Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2020 was the ninth edition of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu UMK the music competition that selects Finland s entries for the Eurovision Song Contest The competition consisted of a final on 7 March 2020 held at the Mediapolis in Tampere and hosted by 2013 Finnish Eurovision entrant Krista Siegfrids with YleX hosts Viki and Kopi hosting from the green room The show was broadcast on Yle TV1 with a second audio program providing commentary in Swedish by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos as well as online at Yle Areena The competition was also broadcast via radio on Yle Radio Suomi and with commentary in Swedish on Yle X3M 3 4 The competition was watched by 885 000 viewers in Finland 5 Competing entries Edit A submission period was opened by Yle which lasted between 1 November 2019 and 8 November 2019 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 ten experts appointed by Yle selected six entries for the competition from the 426 received submissions The experts were Tapio Hakanen Head of Music at YleX Anssi Autio UMK producer Juha Matti Valtonen television director Reija Ware choreographer Samuli Vaananen Senior Editor at Spotify Finland Perttu Makela A amp R manager at Etenee Records Ida Karimaa music journalist at YleX Katri Norrlin music journalist at YleX Johan Lindroos Head of Music at Yle Radio Suomi and Amie Borgar Head of Music at Yle X3M 3 The competing entries were presented during a live streamed press conference on 21 January 2020 hosted by Krista Siegfrids and Mikko Silvennoinen while their lyric videos were released between 24 and 31 January 2020 7 Artist Song Songwriter s Aksel Kankaanranta Looking Back Joonas Angeria Whitney Phillips Connor McDonough Riley McDonough Toby McDonoughCatharina Zuhlke Eternity Marcia Misha Sondeijker Roel Rats Josefine Myrberg Henrik Tala Catharina ZuhlkeErika Vikman Cicciolina Janne Rintala Mika Laakkonen Erika Vikman Saskia VanhalakkaF3M Bananas Olli Akras Hanna Ollikainen Rafael ElivuoSansa Lover View Sannaliisa Ilkka Otto Yliperttula Anton SoninTika I Let My Heart Break Neea Jokinen Timo Oiva Oliver i One Music Lotus WangFinal Edit The final took place on 7 March 2020 where six entries competed Looking Back performed by Aksel Kankaanranta was selected as the winner by a 50 50 combination of public votes and eight international jury groups from Bulgaria Estonia Germany Netherlands Sweden Spain Russia and the United Kingdom 8 The viewers and the juries each had a total of 320 points to award Each jury group distributed their points as follows 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 gained 10 of the viewer vote then that entry would be awarded 10 of 320 points rounded to the nearest integer 32 points A total of 114 664 votes were cast during the show 9 In addition to the performances of the competing entries the interval act featured Behm performing her song Hei rakas and Mikael Gabriel performing his single Loytaja saa pitaa 10 11 Final 7 March 2020 Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total PlaceVotes Percentage Points1 Catharina Zuhlke Eternity 42 8 600 7 5 24 66 52 Erika Vikman Cicciolina 58 35 431 30 9 99 157 23 Aksel Kankaanranta Looking Back 76 33 711 29 4 94 170 14 F3M Bananas 64 7 167 6 3 20 84 45 Sansa Lover View 30 2 121 1 8 6 36 66 Tika I Let My Heart Break 50 27 634 24 1 77 127 3Detailed International Jury Votes Draw Song Total1 Eternity 6 10 10 6 6 4 422 Cicciolina 12 4 8 4 12 4 4 10 583 Looking Back 10 12 12 12 4 12 8 6 764 Bananas 8 8 4 8 8 8 12 8 645 Lover View 4 10 10 6 306 I Let My Heart Break 6 6 6 10 10 12 50International Jury Spokespersons United Kingdom William Lee Adams Estonia Laura Poldvere Germany Reinhard Ehret Bulgaria Poli Genova Spain Lucia Perez Russia Tutta Larsen Sweden Elize Ryd Netherlands Erik BolksInternational Jury Members 12 United Kingdom William Lee Adams Ricardo Autobahn Katya Edwards Charlotte Haining Estonia Laura Poldvere Erik Morna et Liis Lemsalu Noep et Heidy Purga Germany Reinhard Ehret Frank Albers Meike Vollmar Felix Brand Bulgaria Poli Genova Borislav Milanov Vasil Ivanov Georgi Simeonov Spain Lucia Perez Chema Puron es Vicente Rico Xabier Vizcaino Russia Tutta Larsen Elena Pindzhoyan Marina Gubina Oskar Kuchera Sweden Elize Ryd Elina Ryd sv Olof Morck Henrik Englund Wilhelmson Netherlands Erik Bolks Roel Schaap Sanne Messemaker Anja KroezeAt Eurovision EditAccording to Eurovision rules all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the Big Five France Germany Italy Spain and the United Kingdom are required to qualify from one of two semi finals in order to compete for the final the top ten countries from each semi final progress to the final The European Broadcasting Union EBU split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot On 28 January 2020 a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi finals as well as which half of the show they would perform in Finland was placed into the second semi final to be held on 14 May 2020 and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show 13 However due to 2019 20 pandemic of Coronavirus the contest was cancelled During the Eurovision Song Celebration YouTube broadcast in place of the semi finals it was revealed that Finland was set to perform in position 13 following the entry from Albania and before the entry from Armenia 14 References Edit Finland Country Profile EBU Retrieved 18 August 2014 a b Jiandani Sanjay 3 June 2019 Finland YLE confirms participation in Eurovision 2020 esctoday a b Here are the UMK finalists Who will represent Finland at the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest Yle 21 January 2020 Retrieved 11 January 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Gullichsen Anni 6 March 2020 Nain seuraat UMK finaalia Katso myos tarpit tulevasta show sta yle fi in Finnish Retrieved 8 September 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Finnpanel TV mittaritutkimus Yle TV1 10 2020 Finnpanel in Finnish 10 March 2020 Retrieved 24 February 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Luukela Sami 1 November 2019 Finland UMK 2020 dates announced search for songs opens escxtra Gallagher Robyn 28 November 2019 Finland YLE confirms six finalists have been selected from 426 entries for UMK 2020 Wiwibloggs Luukela Sami 3 March 2020 Countries voting at UMK20 final revealed escxtra Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu kiinnosti suomalaisia finaalilla 1 5 miljoonaa katsojaa yle fi in Finnish 9 March 2020 Retrieved 24 February 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Behmin Hei rakas saa arvoisensa tv ensiesityksen UMK n lavalla katso koskettava esitys yle fi in Finnish 7 March 2020 Retrieved 8 September 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Katso kun Mikael Gabriel esittaa ensimmaista kertaa paluusinkkunsa Loytaja saa pitaa UMK lavalla yle fi in Finnish 7 March 2020 Retrieved 8 September 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link UMK n kansainvalinen raati esittaytyy Groot Evert 28 January 2020 Which country performs in which Eurovision 2020 Semi Final eurovision tv European Broadcasting Union Retrieved 28 January 2020 Eurovision Song Contest 14 May 2020 Part two of Eurovision Song Celebration Retrieved 3 June 2020 External links EditOfficial Yle Eurovision site Official Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2020 site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w 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