Where were you when UMK25 happened? Hopefully in Tampere.
Finland's biggest music show and one of the world's most highly anticipated Eurovision national selections, Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu, will be held at Tampere's Nokia Arena on Saturday, February 8th, 2025.
The UMK show will feature seven jaw-dropping contestants alongside spectacular opening and interval acts by top Finnish artists.
Tickets for the dress rehearsal are available at lippu.fi/umk.
Schedule for Saturday, February 8th, 2025
The event starts at 6 PM and continues until 3 AM on three floors.
6:00 PM UMK Pre-party
Nokia Arena doors and services open
UMK-Club
UMK Karaoke
YleX Street
8:30 PM Audience must be seated in the arena
8:30-9:00 PM UMK25 Preshow
9:00-11:00 PM UMK25 Show
11:00 PM - 3:00 AM UMK Afterparty (18+)
UMK-Club
UMK Karaoke
YleX Street until 2 AM
A record number of submissions, changes to the selection process
UMK’s popularity has also grown year on year among artists. This year, 485 songs were submitted to the contest, a record during the current format of UMK.
The UMK25 artists will be announced on Wednesday 8 January 2025 and the songs and music videos will be released one at a time on weekdays from 9 to 17 January 2025.
This year, changes were made to the selection process for UMK participants. In addition to the professional jury, consisting of music industry professionals, chaired by YleX’s Head of Music Tapio Hakanen, five audience juries were invited to select the artists and songs for the UMK25 show. The number of high-quality songs with great potential submitted to the contest has increased every year, and the juries were expanded to gain an even broader perspective on the final line-up.
The quality of the songs submitted to the competition dazzled the members of all juries, and selecting the seven finalists was not an easy task.
– This year, it was particularly emotional to go through the huge number of great songs that showed the passion, skill and creativity of Finnish music creators. This season, UMK will see both a great continuation of Finnish pop tradition and a star of the future, waiting for their opportunity to shine bright. We will get to witness energetic band energy, hear German language in an UMK song, dance to the beat of an epic dance banger and be moved by one of the finest ballads in UMK’s history. The line-up is crowned by a song that makes you dance and cry at the same time, Tapio Hakanen, Chair of the professional jury.
UMK phenomenon
Yle's Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu propels its winner from a national audience of millions to the global stage of Eurovision, the world's largest live music event, watched by hundreds of millions. The UMK winner chosen at Tampere's Nokia Arena will perform at Eurovision in Basel, Switzerland, from May 13th to 17th, 2025.
UMK is a cornerstone of Finnish pop culture. It has built a strong reputation in Finland and among Eurovision fans worldwide as a showcase for upcoming pop phenomena, a platform for new music, and a definite star maker. The last season of UMK broke previous records, once again. Nearly 20,000 people witnessed the UMK show live at Tampere's Nokia Arena, 1.9 million Finns watched via TV, and nearly a million international viewers participated in the UMK fever through Yle Areena. Now you have the chance to experience UMK live!
We can’t wait to see you in Tampere – let's create an unforgettable UMK25 together! 💜
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