It’s the height of summer so you know what that means? Eurofans are in withdrawal from ranking every two minutes. So we thought why not force the team members to rank every song that participated at UMK between 2020 and 2026.
Who we’d want to win each year
| Year | Entrant | Entry |
| 2020 | Erika Vikman | “Cicciolina” |
| 2021 | Blind Channel | “Dark Side” |
| 2022 | Bess | “Ram pam pam” |
| 2023 | Käärijä | “Cha Cha Cha” |
| 2024 | Jesse Markin | “Glow” |
| 2025 | Erika Vikman | “Ich komme” |
| 2026 | Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen | “Liekinheitin” |
Full rankings
| Year | Entrant | Entry | Average | Rank |
| 2023 | Käärijä | “Cha Cha Cha” | 5.38 | 1 |
| 2025 | Erika Vikman | “Ich komme” | 6.63 | 2 |
| 2022 | Bess | “Ram pam pam” | 10.13 | 3 |
| 2020 | Erika Vikman | “Cicciolina” | 10.50 | 4 |
| 2026 | Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen | “Liekinheitin” | 13.00 | 5 |
| 2026 | Antti Paalanen | “Takatukka” | 13.50 | 6 |
| 2023 | Benjamin | “Hoida mut” | 15.88 | 7 |
| 2023 | Keira | “No Business on the Dancefloor” | 16.38 | 8 |
| 2024 | Jesse Markin | “Glow” | 16.75 | 9 |
| 2023 | Kuumaa | “Ylivoimainen” | 16.88 | 10 |
| 2025 | Goldielocks | “Made Of” | 17.38 | 11 |
| 2025 | Nelli Matula | “Hitaammin hautaan” | 18.38 | 12 |
| 2026 | Kiki | “Rakkaudenkipee” | 18.50 | 13 |
| 2021 | Blind Channel | “Dark Side” | 18.50 | 13 |
| 2024 | Sini Sabotage | “Kuori mua” | 18.50 | 13 |
| 2026 | Sinikka Monte | “Ready to Leave” | 19.25 | 16 |
| 2026 | Komiat | “Lululai” | 19.63 | 17 |
| 2024 | Sara Siipola | “Paskana” | 19.88 | 18 |
| 2026 | Chachi | “Cherry Cake” | 20.63 | 19 |
| 2022 | Olivera | “Thank God I’m an Atheist” | 23.00 | 20 |
| 2026 | Etta | “Million Dollar Smile” | 23.75 | 21 |
| 2024 | Cyan Kicks | “Dancing with Demons” | 24.00 | 22 |
| 2022 | Younghearted | “Sun numero” | 24.63 | 23 |
| 2025 | Viivi | “Aina” | 24.75 | 24 |
| 2020 | Aksel Kankaanranta | “Looking Back” | 25.38 | 25 |
| 2025 | Neea River | “Nightmares” | 25.63 | 26 |
| 2020 | Sansa | “Lover View” | 25.75 | 27 |
| 2022 | Cyan Kicks | “Hurricane” | 25.75 | 27 |
| 2022 | Isaac Sene | “Kuuma jäbä” | 26.13 | 29 |
| 2020 | F3M | “Bananas” | 26.38 | 30 |
| 2020 | Catharina Zühlke | “Eternity” | 27.00 | 31 |
| 2025 | Costee | “Sekaisin” | 27.50 | 32 |
| 2024 | Sexmane | “Mania” | 28.75 | 33 |
| 2021 | Teflon Brothers and Pandora | “I Love You” | 30.00 | 34 |
| 2022 | Ilta | “Kelle mä soitan” | 30.13 | 35 |
| 2023 | Lxandra | “Something to Lose” | 30.25 | 36 |
| 2024 | Portion Boys | “Samaa taivasta katsotaan” | 31.25 | 37 |
| 2024 | Windows95man | “No Rules!” | 31.38 | 38 |
| 2021 | Danny | “Sinä päivänä kun kaikki rakastaa mua” | 32.50 | 39 |
| 2024 | Mikael Gabriel and Nublu | “Vox populi” | 33.63 | 40 |
| 2020 | Tika | “I Let My Heart Break” | 33.63 | 40 |
| 2021 | Laura | “Play” | 34.88 | 42 |
| 2023 | Robin Packalen | “Girls Like You” | 35.00 | 43 |
| 2021 | Aksel | “Hurt” | 35.13 | 44 |
| 2021 | Oskr | “Lie” | 36.63 | 45 |
| 2023 | Tommi Läntinen | “Elämä kantaa mua” | 38.00 | 46 |
| 2022 | The Rasmus | “Jezebel” | 41.63 | 47 |
What is UMK?
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK for short) has been the method of selection for Finland since 2012. The national selection has seen a variety of different formats over the years. We have had semi-finals, we have had a song selection for internally choosen artists, Yle have really given us it all in terms of this national final.
Currently UMK takes place over one night, with seven acts taking part. Thanks to high production value, an international focus. and fan favourite songs, UMK has grown in popularity over the years and is now one of the most anticipated on the national final calendar.
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 56 times, and appeared in the final 48 times. Finland has finished in the top 10 an impressive 14 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 “Liekinheitin” by Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen. Competing in the first semi-final, Linda and Pete qualified for the final, and would eventually finish in 6th place with 196 points. Of these, 138 came from the televote, while the jury awarded them 141 points.
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