Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2014
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2014 | |
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Preliminary decision data | |
country | Finland |
Broadcasting station |
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Producing broadcaster |
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place | Heats & Semi-Finals: Peacock Theater, Helsinki Final: Barona Areena |
date | 1st of February 2014 |
Number of participants | 12 |
Number of contributions | 12 |
Preliminary rounds | 6th |
Preliminary round dates |
Introductory rounds: December 26, 2013 December 28, 2013 January 4, 2014 Heats: January 11, 2014 January 18, 2014 Semi-finals: January 25, 2014 |
poll | Heats: 100% jury voting Semi-finals: 100% televoting Final: 50% jury voting, 50% televoting |
Moderation | |
Anne Lainto and Ile Uusivuori |
The 3rd Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu ( abbreviated UMK) took place on February 1st, 2014 and was the Finnish preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen , Denmark .
The winner of the edition was the band Softengine with their song Something Better .
format
concept
The concept from the previous year was continued in 2014. So there were first three rounds of introductions , where the participants presented themselves to the public. This was followed by two heats, in which only the jury determined the result. One participant dropped out, while one participant reached the final. The remaining participants reached the semifinals. There only the audience decided which participants reached the final. In the final, eight participants then competed against each other, with 50% of the winner being decided by jury voting and 50% by televoting.
Choice of contribution
From July 10, 2013 to September 16, 2013, contributions could be submitted to YLE.
On September 24, 2013, YLE announced that they had received a total of 420 entries.
jury
On November 4, 2013, YLE presented the four-member jury of the UMK 2014. This consisted of the following people:
- Tomi Saarinen (head of YLE's youth radio YleX )
- Aija Puurtinen (singer and music professor)
- Toni Wirtanen (heavy metal singer and part of the band Apulanta )
- Redrama (rapper)
Attendees
On December 10, 2013, YLE presented the 12 participants of the Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2014 via a live stream.
Interpreter | Song Music (M) and Text (T) |
language | Translation (unofficial) |
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Clarissa feat. Josh Standing |
On Top of The World M / T: Paul Oxley, David Neisser, Christian Rabb, Annette Lundell, Joshua Standing |
English | On top of the earth |
Dennis Fagerström |
My Little Honey Bee M / T: Dennis Fagerström, Michael James Down, Niklas Hast, Andreas Anastasiou, Primoz Poglajen |
English | My little honey bee |
Hanna Sky |
Hope M / T: Hanna Sky |
English | hope |
Hukka yes mom |
Selja M / T: Leave Hukka |
Finnish | - |
Jasmin Michaela |
Kertakäyttösydän M / T: Mikko Kierikki, Jasmin Michaela, Jutta Annala, Johanna Viksten |
Finnish | Thrown away heart |
Lauri Mikkola |
Going Down M / T: Lauri Mikkola |
English | It's going down |
Lili Lambert |
Let Me Take You There M / T: Lili Lambert, Joonas Kaikko, Lasse Piirainen |
English | Let me take you there |
MadCraft |
Shining Bright M / T: Tom Nuorivaara, Juho Rinne, Jesse Mäläskä, Otto Uotila |
English | Shine bright |
MAKEA |
Painovoima M / T: MAKEA |
Finnish | Gravity |
MEOW |
God / Drug M / T: Anu Kaukola, Henna Juvonen |
English | God / drug |
Mikko Pohjola |
Sängyn reunalla M / T: Mikko Pohjola |
Finnish | On the edge of the bed |
Soft engine |
Something Better M / T: Topi Latukka, Henri Oskár |
English | Something better |
Introductory rounds
A total of three rounds of introductions were broadcast on December 26, 2013, December 28, 2013 and January 4, 2014. In the first round on December 26, 2013, the twelve participants were presented. There were also interviews with them and comments from the four-person jury.
On December 28, 2013 and January 4, 2014, six participants per broadcast presented demo versions of their songs. On December 28, 2013 MadCraft, Clarissa featuring Josh Standing, Lauri Mikkola, Jasmin Michaela, Hanna Sky and MAKEA sang their songs for the first time live in front of the jury. On January 4, 2014, Mikko Pohjola, Hukka ja Mama, Dennis Fagerström, Softengine, Lili Lambert and MIAU completed this process.
The rounds of introductions started in November 2013 so that the twelve participants could deal with the jury's comments and revise their songs. The final versions of the songs were presented on January 1st, 2014 on YLE Radio Suomi.
Heats
Heat 1
Heat 1 took place on January 11, 2014 at the Peacock Theater in Helsinki . One participant reached the final directly, while four others reached the semi-finals. One participant dropped out.
space | Start number | Interpreter | Song Music (M) and Text (T) |
language | Translation (unofficial) |
jury | total | |||
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Toni Wirtanen | Aija Puurtinen | Tomi Saarinen | Redrama | |||||||
1. | 5 | Soft engine |
Something Better M / T: Topi Latukka, Henri Oskár |
English | Something better | 8th | 10 | 9 | 9 | 36 |
2. | 4th | Hukka yes mom |
Selja M / T: Leave Hukka |
Finnish | - | 10 | 9 | 8th | 8th | 35 |
3. | 6th | Jasmin Michaela |
Kertakäyttösydän M / T: Mikko Kierikki, Jasmin Michaela, Jutta Annala, Johanna Viksten |
Finnish | Thrown away heart | 7th | 8th | 7th | 7th | 29 |
4th | 1 | MEOW |
God / Drug M / T: Anu Kaukola, Henna Juvonen |
English | God / drug | 6th | 7th | 6th | 4th | 23 |
5. | 2 | Dennis Fagerström |
My Little Honey Bee M / T: Dennis Fagerström, Michael James Down, Niklas Hast, Andreas Anastasiou, Primoz Poglajen |
English | My little honey bee | 4th | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19th |
6th | 3 | Lili Lambert |
Let Me Take You There M / T: Lili Lambert, Joonas Kaikko, Lasse Piirainen |
English | Let me take you there | 3 | 6th | 3 | 6th | 18th |
- Candidate has qualified for the final.
- Candidate has qualified for the semifinals.
Heat 2
Heat 2 took place on January 18, 2014 at the Peacock Theater in Helsinki . One participant reached the final directly, while four others reached the semi-finals. One participant dropped out.
space | Start number | Interpreter | Song Music (M) and Text (T) |
language | Translation (unofficial) |
jury | total | |||
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Toni Wirtanen | Aija Puurtinen | Tomi Saarinen | Redrama | |||||||
1. | 6th | Hanna Sky |
Hope M / T: Hanna Sky |
English | hope | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 38 |
2. | 4th | Mikko Pohjola |
Sängyn reunalla M / T: Mikko Pohjola |
Finnish | On the edge of the bed | 8th | 9 | 8th | 9 | 34 |
3. | 2 | Lauri Mikkola |
Going Down M / T: Lauri Mikkola |
English | It's going down | 5 | 8th | 7th | 6th | 26th |
4th | 3 | Clarissa feat. Josh Standing |
On Top of The World M / T: Paul Oxley, David Neisser, Christian Rabb, Annette Lundell, Joshua Standing |
English | On top of the earth | 6th | 6th | 6th | 7th | 25th |
5. | 5 | MadCraft |
Shining Bright M / T: Tom Nuorivaara, Juho Rinne, Jesse Mäläskä, Otto Uotila |
English | Shine bright | 7th | 5 | 5 | 4th | 21st |
6th | 1 | MAKEA |
Painovoima M / T: MAKEA |
Finnish | Gravity | 4th | 7th | 4th | 5 | 20th |
- Candidate has qualified for the final.
- Candidate has qualified for the semifinals.
Semifinals
The semifinals took place on January 25, 2014 at the Peacock Theater in Helsinki . Six of the eight participants reached the final.
Start number | Interpreter | Song Music (M) and Text (T) |
language | Translation (unofficial) |
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1 | MadCraft |
Shining Bright M / T: Tom Nuorivaara, Juho Rinne, Jesse Mäläskä, Otto Uotila |
English | Shine bright |
2 | Hukka yes mom |
Selja M / T: Leave Hukka |
Finnish | - |
3 | Lauri Mikkola |
Going Down M / T: Lauri Mikkola |
English | It's going down |
4th | Jasmin Michaela |
Kertakäyttösydän M / T: Mikko Kierikki, Jasmin Michaela, Jutta Annala, Johanna Viksten |
Finnish | Thrown away heart |
5 | Dennis Fagerström |
My Little Honey Bee M / T: Dennis Fagerström, Michael James Down, Niklas Hast, Andreas Anastasiou, Primoz Poglajen |
English | My little honey bee |
6th | MEOW |
God / Drug M / T: Anu Kaukola, Henna Juvonen |
English | God / drug |
7th | Mikko Pohjola |
Sängyn reunalla M / T: Mikko Pohjola |
Finnish | On the edge of the bed |
8th | Clarissa feat. Josh Standing |
On Top of The World M / T: Paul Oxley, David Neisser, Christian Rabb, Annette Lundell, Joshua Standing |
English | On top of the earth |
- Candidate has qualified for the final.
final
The final took place on February 1st, 2014 in the Barona Areena . Krista Siegfrids , who won the UMK 2013, presented her new song Cinderella during the break . Only the first three placements were announced.
space | Start number | Interpreter | Song Music (M) and Text (T) |
language | Translation (unofficial) |
jury | Audience votes (televoting & SMS) |
total | |||||
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T. Wirtanen | A. Puurtinen | T. Saarinen | Redrama | total | Jury (%) | ||||||||
1. | 1 | Soft engine |
Something Better M: Topi Latukka ; T: Topi Latukka , Henri Oskár |
English | Something better | 8th | 10 | 10 | 10 | 38 | 18.27% | 28.28% | 23.28% |
2. | 6th | Mikko Pohjola |
Sängyn reunalla M / T: Mikko Pohjola |
Finnish | On the edge of the bed | 9 | 8th | 9 | 9 | 35 | 16.83% | 19.48% | 18.16% |
3. | 3 | MEOW |
God / Drug M / T: Anu Kaukola, Henna Juvonen |
English | God / drug | 10 | 9 | 7th | 6th | 32 | 15.38% | 13.94% | 14.66% |
- | 2 | Hanna Sky |
Hope M / T: Hanna Sky |
English | hope | 3 | 7th | 4th | 5 | 19th | 9.13% | ||
4th | Lauri Mikkola |
Going Down M / T: Lauri Mikkola |
English | It's going down | 5 | 6th | 5 | 7th | 23 | 11.06% | |||
5 | MadCraft |
Shining Bright M / T: Tom Nuorivaara, Juho Rinne, Jesse Mäläskä, Otto Uotila |
English | Shine bright | 4th | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 6.25% | |||
7th | Clarissa feat. Josh Standing |
On Top of The World M / T: Paul Oxley, David Neisser, Christian Rabb, Annette Lundell, Joshua Standing |
English | On top of the earth | 6th | 4th | 6th | 4th | 20th | 9.62% | |||
8th | Hukka yes mom |
Selja M / T: Leave Hukka |
Finnish | - | 7th | 5 | 8th | 8th | 28 | 13.46% |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c eurovision.tv: Finland brings UMK back. In: eurovision.tv. November 4, 2013, accessed January 19, 2019 .
- ↑ a b eurovision.tv: Softengine win Finland's UMK! In: eurovision.tv. February 1, 2014, accessed January 19, 2019 .
- ↑ Alex Noone: Finland: 2014 Finnish Eurovision selection process has kicked off! In: esctoday.com. July 10, 2013, accessed January 19, 2019 .
- ↑ Sanjay (Sergio) Jiandani: Finland: 420 songs received- UMK 2014 kicks off 28 December. In: esctoday.com. September 24, 2013, accessed January 19, 2019 .
- ↑ eurovision.tv: Finland: Meet the UMK participants. In: eurovision.tv. December 10, 2013, accessed January 19, 2019 .
- ↑ YLE: UMK-kisaajat esiintyvät tuomaristolle - katso jakso ennakkoon Yle Areenasta. In: yle.fi. December 22, 2013, accessed January 19, 2019 (Finnish).
- ↑ YLE: Seuraavat kuusi UMK-kisaajaa esiintyy tuomaristolle - katso ennakkoon. In: yle.fi. December 30, 2013, accessed January 19, 2019 (Finnish).
- ↑ Wiwibloggs: UMK 2014: Listen final versions of the songs. In: wiwibloggs.com. January 1, 2014, accessed January 19, 2019 .
- ↑ eurovision.tv: Finland: Softengine is one of the finalists! In: eurovision.tv. January 11, 2014, accessed January 19, 2019 .
- ↑ eurovision.tv: Second UMK show completed in Finland. In: eurovision.tv. January 18, 2014, accessed January 19, 2019 .
- ↑ eurovision.tv: All finalists chosen in Finland. In: eurovision.tv. January 25, 2014, accessed January 19, 2019 .