Good evening everyone! Welcome to our live blog of the first semi-final of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (Finnish national selection for Eurovision 2016). Tonight, during this first semi-final, 6 acts (Stella Christine, Saara Aalto, Paa-Aijat, Eini, Miko Herranen and Clemso) will compete with the hope of qualifying for the Final, which will be held on February 27th.

In this rolling blog, we will be discussing the performances and the songs of tonight’s show. We will be blogging live and taking you through the show, right on this page. Feel free to share your opinion with us!

The show will start at 20.00 CET.