The Finnish broadcaster YLE has revealed the full breakdown of the votes for the final as well as for the three semifinals of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2016, where Sandhja won the national ticket to the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.
The semifinal results were determined by televoting only. Viewers could vote both before and during the show. The top three from each semifinal have qualified to the grand final.
Semifinal 1
Pre-Show (%) | Show (%) | Total (%) | ||
1 | Saara Aalto – No fear | 35 | 35 | 35 |
2 | Stella Christine – Ain’t got time for boys | 17 | 21 | 21 |
3 | Eini – Draamaa | 11 | 19 | 18 |
4 | Pää-Äijät – Shamppanjataivas | 16 | 10 | 11 |
5 | ClemSO – Thief | 12 | 8 | 8 |
6 | Mikko Herranen – Evil tone | 9 | 7 | 7 |
Semifinal 2
Pre-Show (%) | Show (%) | Total (%) | ||
1 | Mikael Saari – On it goes | 26 | 24 | 25 |
2 | Cristal Snow – Love is blind | 28 | 21 | 22 |
3 | Annica Milán & Kimmo Blom – Good enough | 21 | 22 | 22 |
4 | Rafaela Truda – Rise up | 8 | 14 | 13 |
5 | Ylona – Blazing fire | 10 | 14 | 13 |
6 | Attention 2 – Ready for the show | 7 | 5 | 5 |
Semifinal 3
Pre-Show (%) | Show (%) | Total (%) | ||
1 | Sandhja – Sing it away | 29 | 28 | 28 |
2 | Tuuli Okkonen – Don’t wake me up | 18 | 26 | 24 |
3 | Barbe-Q-Barbies – Let it out | 23 | 24 | 24 |
4 | Gušani Brothers – Poom poom | 14 | 9 | 10 |
5 | Pietarin Spektaakkeli – Liian kuuma | 9 | 8 | 9 |
6 | Lieminen – Pehmeiden arvojen vaalijat | 7 | 5 | 5 |
Grand Final
During the final, the televoters were responsible for only 50% of the votes, as the other 50% came from the votes of 10 juries, each awarding 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 points to its favourites, for a total of 430 points. Then, the televote results were also converted from percents to points, out of 430 points:
Jury | Televotes | Total | |||||
Points | Pre-Show (%) | Show (%) | Total (%) | Points | Points | ||
1 | Sandhja – Sing it away | 98 (1) | 16 | 14 | 14.4 | 62 (3) | 160 |
2 | Saara Aalto – No fear | 67 (3) | 11 | 21 | 20.2 | 87 (1) | 154 |
3 | Mikael Saari – On it goes | 72 (2) | 25 | 17 | 18.4 | 79 (2) | 151 |
4 | Barbe-Q-Barbies – Let it out | 46 (4) | 12 | 9 | 9.1 | 39 (5) | 85 |
5 | Annica Milán & Kimmo Blom – Good enough | 35 (6) | 10 | 11 | 10.7 | 46 (4) | 81 |
6 | Cristal Snow – Love is blind | 41 (5) | 12 | 9 | 9.1 | 39 (5) | 80 |
7 | Eini – Draamaa | 32 (7) | 4 | 7 | 6.7 | 29 (7) | 61 |
8 | Stella Christine – Ain’t got time for boys | 19 (9) | 6 | 7 | 6.5 | 28 (8) | 47 |
9 | Tuuli Okkonen – Don’t wake me up | 20 (8) | 4 | 5 | 4.9 | 21 (9) | 41 |
The juries and the televoters agreed on most of the placings in the final – except for the first one – while Sandhja won the jury votes, getting five sets of 12 and two sets of 10, she came only third among the televoting, while Saara Aalto won the televoting and finished third among the juries with only two sets of 12 and three sets of 10, and a total of an insufficient amount of votes to catch Sandhja and win the competition.
Winning Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2016, Sandhja will represent Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song Sing it away.