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The Hosts of Finland's Contest for New Music UMK 2026 are Sami Sykkö, Jorma Uotinen, and Jasmin Beloued

This season’s hosts of Finland’s biggest music show, Yle’s Contest for New Music UMK, are Sami Sykkö, Jorma Uotinen, and Yle’s Jasmin Beloued. The trio will take the stage at the UMK26 show on 28 February 2026, which can be watched internationally on Yle’s streaming platform Yle Areena.

Here they are: the entries for Finland's Contest for New Music UMK 2026

The seven acts for Yle’s 2026 Contest for New Music UMK were announced today in a live broadcast. The UMK show on 28 February 2026 will feature Etta, Linda Lampenius & Pete Parkkonen, Komiat, Sinikka Monte, Antti Paalanen, CHACHI, and KIKI.

Yle prepares to participate in Eurovision Song Contest – broad Nordic support for Eurovision rule changes

The rule changes strengthen Eurovision’s independence from political influence. Yle is preparing to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest. The meeting did not include a vote on the participation rights of Israel’s public broadcaster KAN.

Yle sets conditions for participating in Eurovision in the coming years

Yle's Management Group has decided on the conditions that must be met for the Finnish public service media to participate in Eurovision in the coming years. EBU member organizations are meeting today in Geneva to discuss the competition.

Yle’s Contest for New Music (UMK) at Nokia Arena on 28 February 2026: Show and Dress Rehearsal Tickets Available on Thursday 2 October at 9 AM

Finland’s biggest music show, the Contest for New Music (UMK) will bring the house down at Tampere’s Nokia Arena on 28 February, 2026. Tickets for the evening show and dress rehearsal will become available simultaneously on Thursday 2 October at 9 AM. Once again, a record number of songs (491) were submitted to UMK, and according to the juries, this year’s selection of artists and songs was of the expected high quality.