Today, Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2023, Finland’s show to select their Eurovision representant took place. It was won by Käärijä and he will represent the country with his song “Cha Cha Cha”!
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2023 Final
The show was broadcasted on Yle TV 1 with an audio program providing commentary in Finnish, Swedish, English, Russian, Ukrainian, Finnish Sign Language, Northern Sami and Inari Sami. The competition was also broadcasted online at Yle Areena and via radio on YleX, Yle Radio Suomi and with commentary in Swedish on Yle X3M. The winner was picked by the international juries (25% of the vote) and the televote (75% of the televote)
The results of the final are as follows:
| Order | Artist | Entry | Jury points | Televote points | Result |
| 1 | Robin Packalen | “Girls Like You” | 28 | 81 | 4th |
| 2 | Kuumaa | “Ylivoimainen” | 44 | 63 | 5th |
| 3 | Käärijä | “Cha Cha Cha” | 72 | 467 | 1st |
| 4 | Keira | “No Business on the Dancefloor” | 42 | 91 | 3rd |
| 5 | Benjamin | “Hoida Mut” | 34 | 32 | 7th |
| 6 | Lxandra | “Something to Lose” | 46 | 24 | 6th |
| 7 | Portion Boys | “Samaa taivasta katsotaan” | 28 | 124 | 2nd |
Käärijä will represent Finland in Liverpool in May. They will be competing in the 2nd half of the 1st Semi Final on 9th of May 2023.
In the show we also saw Bess opening the competition with “Lähtee käsistä”. Aside from that we saw last year’s winners The Rasmus performed “Live and Never Die” and the host Samu Haber performed his song “Syödään sieniä”.
Finland’s Eurovision Journey
Finland debuted in the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing 10th with Laila Kunnunen’s “Valoa ikkunassa.” Since then they have competed 55 times, and appeared in the final 47 times. Finland has finished in the top 10 an impressive 13 times. They have won the contest once in 2006, with Lordi’s performance of “Hard Rock Hallelujah” getting 292 points. Finland’s most recent entry was “Jezebel” by The Rasmus. Qualifying for the final, they gained a total of 38 points, earning them 21st place.
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News Source: Yle
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