Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2016 was the fifth edition of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), the music competition that selects Finland's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition consisted of four shows that commenced with the first of three semi-finals on 6 February 2016 and concluded with a final on 27 February 2016. The four shows were held at the YLE Studios in Helsinki and hosted by Finnish actor/singer/rapper Roope Salminen and 2013 Finnish Eurovision entrant Krista Siegfrids.
The third semi-final show took place on 20 February 2016 and the top three from the six competing entries qualified to the final based on the results from the public vote. "Let Me Out" performed by Barbe-Q-Barbies, "Don't Wake Me Up" performed by Tuuli Okkonen and "Sing it Away" performed by Sandhja qualified for the final.
The final took place on 27 February 2016 where the nine entries that qualified from the preceding three semi-finals competed. "Sing It Away" performed by Sandhja was selected as the winner.