On this Super Saturday evening, Finland will be one of the 5 countries to select their entries this evening in the final of their national selection, Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2016. Which of tonight’s 9 finalists will go on to represent Finland at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest?

Over the last 3 weeks, 3 semi-final shows took place which saw 18 acts in total bidding for a place in the final of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) 2016. With 3 acts qualifying from each semi-final, a total of 9 finalists will compete in tonight’s show in a bid to represent Finland at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest.

Tonight’s winner will be decided via a combination of jury and public votes, the public votes consisting of televoting, SMS voting and online voting.

How to watch

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UMK 2016 airs at 21:00 local time (20:00 CET) on the following channels:

• Yle TV2
• Yle Radio Suomi
• Yle X3M
• Live webcast via yle.fi
• Live webcast via eurovision.tv

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The finalists

• Saara Aalto – No fear
• Stella Christine – Ain’t got time for boys
• Eini – Draamaa
• Cristal Snow – Love is blind
• Annica Milán & Kimmo Blom – Good enough
• Mikael Saari – On it goes
• Tuuli Okkonen – Don’t wake me up
• Barbe-Q-Barbies – Let me out
• Sandhja – Sing it away

According to ESCToday’s Finnish National Chart which took place before the first semi-final of the selection, Annica Milán & Kimmo Blom are the favourite to win tonight’s show. Who’s your favourite finalist of the Finnish national selection?

Stay tuned to esctoday.com for the latest news on Finland, Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2016 and the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest