YLE, the Finnish national broadcaster, has revealed the voting figures for the top three in the final on Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu, which saw Softengine win the right to represent Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014.

Softengine had topped the jury vote, picking up 38 points out of a possible 40, and they also won the public vote with just under a third of the votes being made for them.
Mikko Pohjola and MIAU, who finished second and third in both the jury and over all result, also finished in those positions with the public.

Jury scores

1. Softengine   38   (18.27%)
2. Mikko Pohjola   35   (16.83%)
3. MIAU   32   (15.38%)
4. Hukka ja Mama   28   (13.46%)
5. Lauri Mikkola   23   (11.06%)
6. Clarissa & Josh Standing   20   (9.62%)
7. Hanna Sky   19   (9.13%)
8. MadCraft   13   (6.25%)

Public top three

1. Softengine   28.28%
2. Mikko Pohjola   19.48%
3. MIAU   13.94%

Softengine will perform their entry Something better in the second half of the second semi-final at this years Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen. You can see their UMK winning performance below.

Finland debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961 and has won the event once in 2006 with Lordi’s Hard Rock Hallelujah, and last year they were represented by Krista Siegfrids, finishing 24^th in the grand final with her entry Marry me.

 

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