Erika Vikman will represent Finland at Eurovision 2025 after winning its national selection contest Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) this morning AEST.
Erika's song Ich Komme scored 430 overall points to win the contest at the Nokia Arena in Tampere, with Goldielocks placing second on 303 points, followed by Viivi and Nelli Matula coming equal third with 138 points.
The winner was determined by 75/25 split of public votes and votes from seven international juries.
The international jury results were:
Goldielocks: 74
Erika Vikman: 68
Nelli Matula: 50
Costee: 40
VIIVI: 38
Neea River: 24
The public voting results were:
Erika Vikman: 362 Goldielocks: 229 VIIVI: 100
Nelli Matula: 88
Neea River: 60
Costee: 43
Overall results:
Erika Vikman – 430 points
Goldielocks – 303 points
Viivi, Nelli Matula – 138 points
Neea River – 84 points
Costee – 83 points
UMK had two incidents impact their contestants before and during the competition this year. Goldielocks lost her voice and was unable to sing live at the finale, with producers instead using pre-recorded vocals from her rehersal the day before while she performed on stage.
Metalcore band One Morning Left were also disqualified (and subsequently broke up) prior to this weekend's contest after it was determined one of their band members would be ineligable to compete in Eurovision.
Erika will now represent Finland at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland from 13-17 May.
She'll be hoping to come higher than last year's representative - Windows95Man - who finished 19th with his song No Rules. Finland has been drawn to compete in the second half of Semi Final 2 on 15 May.
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