Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu

Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu
Logo since 2020
Also known as
  • Tävlingen för ny musik (Swedish)
  • Contest for New Music (English)
GenreMusic, entertainment, reality television
Presented by
Country of originFinland
Original languageFinnish
No. of series13
Production
Executive producerAnssi Autio
Running time~120 minutes
Production companyYle
Original release
NetworkYle TV1
Release27 January 2012 (2012-01-27) –
present
Related
Suomen euroviisukarsinta
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Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (Finnish: [ˈuːdem ˈmusiːkiŋ ˈkilpɑi̯lu]; abbreviated UMK; Swedish: Tävlingen för ny musik; English: Contest for New Music)[1] is an annual music contest organised by the Finnish public broadcaster Yle. It made its debut in 2012 as the Finnish selection format for the Eurovision Song Contest, replacing the previous Finnish Eurovision selection Suomen euroviisukarsinta which had been held since 1961.

  1. ^ "All about the UMK23 event". yle.fi. Retrieved 2022-12-01.