Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 information
Eurovision Song Contest 2020
Country
Finland
National selection
Selection process
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2020
Selection date(s)
7 March 2020
Selected entrant
Aksel Kankaanranta
Selected song
"Looking Back"
Selected songwriter(s)
Joonas Angeria
Whitney Phillips
Connor McDonough
Riley McDonough
Toby McDonough
Finals performance
Final result
Contest cancelled
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Finland originally planned to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song "Looking Back" written by Joonas Angeria, Whitney Phillips, Connor McDonough, Riley McDonough and Toby McDonough. The song was performed by Aksel Kankaanranta. The Finnish broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle) organised the national final Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2020 in order to select the Finnish entry for the 2020 contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Six entries were selected to compete in the national final on 7 March 2020 where the 50/50 combination of votes from eight international jury groups and votes from the public selected "Looking Back" performed by Aksel Kankaanranta as the winner.
Finland was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 14 May 2020. However, the contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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