Linda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen have won Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2026 and will represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna with the song “Liekinheitin”.
UMK 2026 took place tonight in Nokia Arena in Tampere. The show will be hosted by Sami Sykkö, Jorma Uotinen, and Jasmin Beloued. The show was opened by Erika Vikman (Finland 2025) and JJ (Eurovision 2025 winner for Austria. During the interval, there were also guest performances from Sonja Lumme (Finland 1985), Turisti, Averagekidluke, Ares and Elastinen.
A total of seven artists competed in UMK 2026. The results were decided by seven international juries (25%) and public voting (75%). The international juries were based in:
- United Kingdom
- Netherlands
- Montenegro
- Spain
- Malta
- Denmark
- Austria
The results were as follows:
Linda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen will perform in the first half of the first semi-final on May 12.
Finland first participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961. They debuted alongside Spain and Yugoslavia. Finland has finished last in the contest on 10 occasions and has received ‘nul points’ three times. It wasn’t until 2006 that Finland won the Eurovision Song Contest. Lordi represented the country in Athens with the song “Hard Rock Hallelujah” scoring 292 points, a record total at the time.