Finland: Blind Channel win UMK 2021 and begin their Eurovision 2021 journey

Saturday, 20 February 2021

• The Finnish national final, Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021, saw Blind Channel  crowned winners and will represent Finland at  Eurovision 2021 with their song "Dark Side".

  Like previous year's Finland selectee their Eurovision hopeful through the traditional national selection format of UMK 2021. The event took place live at the Mediapolis Studios in Tampere. Host of the show was  Antti Tuisku who opened the show taking the stage along with last year's UMK 2021 runner up, Erika Vikman.

   

  The Finnish national final saw a total of 7 acts competing for the right to represent the country in Rotterdam in the following running order: 

   

   

  1. Teflon Brothers x Pandora - "I Love You"

   

  2. Aksel - "Hurt"

   

  3. Laura - "Play"

   

  4. Danny -“Sinä päivänä kun kaikki rakastaa mua”  ( The day when everyone loves me)

   

  5. Oskr -"Lie"

   

  6. Blind Channel - "Dark Side"

   

  7. Ilta -"Kelle mä soitan" Kelle mä soitan"(Who will i call)

  The outcome of final was determined by a combination of public voting and the International juries points. However, the public had a bigger influence on the result, as the International jury gave out only the 25% of the total points awarded. The International juries points came from the following countries: 

  • Iceland
  • Spain
  • Switzerland
  • The Netherlands
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Poland

  The jury voting saw Blind Channel winning the first place leaving behind second Oskr and third Aksel.

  

   

  Once the public vote was added in Blind Channel topped the final scoreboard with Teflon Brothers & Pandora coming second while Ilta achieved an overall 3rd placing. 

   

  Therefore  Blind Channel were the big winners of the night and  will represent the country at the next Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam with their song "Dark Side".