2012 The final took place on 25 February 2012 at the
Helsinki Ice Hall in
Helsinki where the six finalist songs were performed and the viewers selected a winner. The show featured interval performances by
The Rasmus,
Anna Abreu, and
2011 Finnish entrant Paradise Oskar. The show featured interval performances by
Teflon Brothers and
Stig, last year's Eurovision Song Contest entrant
Pernilla Karlsson, 2007 Eurovision entrant
Hanna Pakarinen,
Emma Salokoski and
Suvi Teräsniska.
2014 The final took place on 1 February 2014 at the
Barona Areena in
Espoo where the eight finalist songs were performed and the combination of votes from the jury and public televote selected a winner. In addition to the performances from the competing artists, the winner of UMK 2013,
Krista Siegfrids, performed her single "Cinderella" during the interval.
Softengine was the winner of the competition with the song "
Something Better".
2015 It was confirmed that Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu would return in 2015, for its fourth series. Three semi-finals were held on 7 February, 14 February, and 21 February 2015 while the final was held on 28 February 2015. It was held at the YLE TV Studios in Helsinki.
2016 It was confirmed that Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu would return in 2016, for its fifth series. Three semi-finals were held on 6 February, 13 February, and 20 February 2016 while the final was held on 27 February 2016. Like the previous year, it was held at YLE TV Studios in Helsinki.
2017 It was confirmed that Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu would return in 2017, for its sixth series. Unlike previous years, there were no semi-finals, only a single final held on 28 January 2017 at the
Espoo Metro Areena, and the show used international juries instead of Finnish juries.
2018 Yle selected
Saara Aalto internally to represent Finland in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2018. Aalto performed three songs and the winning song was selected by viewers and international juries. The show was held on 3 March 2018 at the
Espoo Metro Areena.
2019 The 2019 edition took place on 2 March 2019. Yle announced on 29 January 2019 that they had internally selected
Darude to perform three songs, similarly to how
Saara Aalto's song was selected in the previous edition. Darude performed three songs, featuring vocalist
Sebastian Rejman, and the winning song was selected by viewers and international juries. The show was held on 2 March 2019 at
Logomo in
Turku.
2020 The 2020 edition was held on 7 March 2020 in
Tampere.
2021 The 2021 edition was held on 20 February 2021 in Tampere.
2022 The 2022 edition was held on 26 February 2022 at
Logomo.
2023 The 2023 edition was held on 25 February 2023 at
Logomo in Turku.
2024 The 2024 edition was held on 10 February 2024 at
Nokia Arena in Tampere.
2025 The 2025 edition was held on 8 February 2025 at
Nokia Arena in Tampere.
2026 The 2026 edition was held on 28 February 2026 at
Nokia Arena in Tampere. == References ==