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Finland: UMK 2026 Artists Revealed

  • Writer: Kiel Egging
    Kiel Egging
  • 5 hours ago
  • 2 min read

Finnish broadcaster YLE has revealed the seven artists who will be competing in Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), the national selection competition to find its Eurovision representative for 2026.


The lineup was revealed during a live broadcast in Finland overnight, with viewers getting a brief introduction to each act ahead of their songs being revealed in the coming week. All seven entrants in this year's UMK are new faces to the competition and haven't competed before.


To allow each artist to get their moment in the spotlight, YLE will release one song with a video clip every weekday over the next seven days.


The seven artists will battle it out to be this year's UMK champion at the live show at Nokia Arena in Tampere on Saturday 28 February 2026 (early on Sunday 1 March AEST). You'll be able to stream the contest through YLE's website, and they'll also have dedicated English commentary.


The artists, songs and their release dates are:


  • Etta – Million Dollar Smile (15 January)

  • Linda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen – Liekinheitin (16 January)

  • Komiat – Lululai (19 January)

  • Sinikka Monte – Ready to Leave (20 January)

  • Antti Paalanen – Takatukka (21 January)

  • CHACHI – Cherry Cake (22 January)

  • KIKI – Rakkaudenkipee (23 January)


Aussievision will add each clip and more information on each artist to this article as it is released, so keep this page handy!


Artist songs and bios


Etta - Million Dollar Smile



Etta (full name Emmalotta Kanth) is a singer, rapper, and a self-proclaimed outspoken processor of emotions, who grew up in the suburbs of Vantaa. She first burst onto the Finnish music scene in 2018 with her debut single Ballerina, and has since gone on to release three albums and become one of the country's most streamed pop artists. She made history in 2022 when her second album Tykkäät Kummiski became the first album by a female rap artist to top the local charts.


About UMK

A total of 491 songs were submitted in the application process last year, and the final seven were picked by a professional jury and five audience juries.


"This UMK season is set to be unique in many ways," UMK Jury Chair Tapio Hakanen said. "We handpicked the contestants from a record number of applicants, and the entries range from pop to folk music, dance, and light dance music.


"I am really excited that UMK 2026 will feature new artists who are not familiar to most Finns, and that the selection of instruments is so varied, including a violin, accordion, whistling, delicate singing, club bass drum and rapping.”


Last year the contest was won by Erika Vikman and her song Ich Komme, which placed 11th for Finland at Eurovision 2025. Past winners of UMK in recent years have included Windows95Man (2024), Kaarija (2023), The Rasmus (2022) and Blind Channel (2021).


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