| Finland | |
| Contest: | ESC |
| Member Station: | Finnish: [[Yle|Yleisradio]]|i=unset (Yle) |
| Apps: | 57 (49 finals) |
| Highest: | 1st: |
| Related: | Finnish: [[Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu]] |
| Website: | Yle Eurovision page |
| Current: | 2024 |
Finland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 57 times since its debut in . The Finish participant broadcaster in the contest is Finnish: [[Yle|Yleisradio]]|i=unset (Yle), which select its entrant with the national competition Finnish: [[Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu]].
Finland won the contest for the firstand to date onlytime in with "Hard Rock Hallelujah" performed by Lordi. The country's best result before then was achieved with "Tom Tom Tom" by Marion Rung in, which placed sixth.
Finland has finished last in the contest eleven times, receiving nul points in,, and . Since the introduction of the semi-finals in, Finland has failed to reach the final eight times. In, the country had its best result in eight years with "Something Better" by Softengine finishing 11th, a result that would be surpassed with "Dark Side" by Blind Channel, which came sixth in, and later with "Cha Cha Cha" by Käärijä, which won the public vote and came second overall in, the latter of which is Finland's second best result to date.
Finnish: [[Yle|Yleisradio]]|i=unset (Yle) is a full member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), thus eligible to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest. It has participated in the contest representing Finland since its in 1961.
Before its victory, Finland was considered by many to be the under-achiever of the contest. Prior to 2006, it had placed last a total of eight times, three times with nul points. Finland's entry in, "Finnish: Nuku pommiin|i=no" by Kojo, was one of only fifteen songs to score no points since the modern scoring system was implemented in . Due to poor results, Finland was relegated from taking part in,,, and .[1] [2]
In 2006, Finland won the contest with "Hard Rock Hallelujah" by the band Lordi, an entry that stood out from the Europop that had dominated the competition. The song scored the highest number of points in the history of the contest, with 292, a record that was later broken by Norway's Alexander Rybak in .[3]
In, Finland finished last in the first semi-final with the shortest-ever Eurovision song, the one minute and 27 seconds "Finnish: [[Aina mun pitää]]|i=no" performed by Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät.[4] Finland reached the final for the first time in four years in, with Saara Aalto placing 25th. After a non-qualification in with Darude and Sebastian Rejman, Blind Channel placed sixth in, followed by a 21st place for The Rasmus in and a second place for Käärijä in, the latter of which is Finland's second best result to date.[5]
All of Finland's entries were in English between and, and since (with the exceptions of,,, 2015 and 2023); both of these periods allowed submissions in any language. Finland's entries in and 2012 were in Swedish, which is an official language in the country alongside Finnish. All of Finland's other songs have been in Finnish.
| 1 | First place | |
| 2 | Second place | |
| 3 | Third place | |
| ◁ | Last place | |
| X | Entry selected but did not compete | |
| † | Upcoming event |
| Year | Artist | Song | Language | Final | Points | Semi | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laila Kinnunen | "Finnish: [[Valoa ikkunassa]]|i=unset" | Finnish | 10 | 6 | rowspan="31" colspan="2" | ||
| Marion Rung | "Finnish: [[Tipi-tii]]|i=unset" | Finnish | 7 | 4 | |||
| Laila Halme | "Finnish: [[Muistojeni laulu]]|i=unset" | Finnish | 13 ◁ | 0 | |||
| Lasse Mårtenson | "Finnish: [[Laiskotellen]]|i=unset" | Finnish | 7 | 9 | |||
| Viktor Klimenko | "Finnish: [[Aurinko laskee länteen]]|i=unset" | Finnish | 15 ◁ | 0 | |||
| Ann-Christine | "Playboy" | Finnish | 10 | 7 | |||
| Fredi | "Finnish: [[Varjoon – suojaan]]|i=unset" | Finnish | 12 | 3 | |||
| Kristina Hautala | "Finnish: [[Kun kello käy]]|i=unset" | Finnish | 16 ◁ | 1 | |||
| Jarkko and Laura | "Finnish: [[Kuin silloin ennen]]|i=unset" | Finnish | 12 | 6 | |||
| Markku Aro and Koivisto Sisters | "Finnish: [[Tie uuteen päivään]]|i=unset" | Finnish | 8 | 84 | |||
| Päivi Paunu and Kim Floor | "Finnish: [[Muistathan]]|i=unset" | Finnish | 12 | 78 | |||
| Marion Rung | "Tom Tom Tom" | English | 6 | 93 | |||
| Carita | "Keep Me Warm" | English | 13 | 4 | |||
| Finnish: [[Pihasoittajat]]|i=unset | "Old Man Fiddle" | English | 7 | 74 | |||
| Fredi and the Friends | "Pump-Pump" | English | 11 | 44 | |||
| Monica Aspelund | "Finnish: [[Lapponia (song)|Lapponia]]|i=unset" | Finnish | 10 | 50 | |||
| Seija Simola | "Finnish: [[Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus]]|i=unset" | Finnish | 18 | 2 | |||
| Katri Helena | "Finnish: [[Katson sineen taivaan]]|i=unset" | Finnish | 14 | 38 | |||
| Vesa-Matti Loiri | "Finnish: [[Huilumies]]|i=unset" | Finnish | 19 ◁ | 6 | |||
| Riki Sorsa | "Reggae O.K." | Finnish | 16 | 27 | |||
| Kojo | "Finnish: [[Nuku pommiin]]|i=unset" | Finnish | 18 ◁ | 0 | |||
| Ami Aspelund | "Finnish: [[Fantasiaa]]|i=unset" | Finnish | 11 | 41 | |||
| Kirka | "Finnish: [[Hengaillaan]]|i=unset" | Finnish | 9 | 46 | |||
| Sonja Lumme | "Finnish: [[Eläköön elämä]]|i=unset" | Finnish | 9 | 58 | |||
| Kari | "Never the End" | Finnish | 15 | 22 | |||
| Vicky Rosti | "Finnish: [[Sata salamaa]]|i=unset" | Finnish | 15 | 32 | |||
| Boulevard | "Finnish: [[Nauravat silmät muistetaan]]|i=unset" | Finnish | 20 | 3 | |||
| Anneli Saaristo | "Italian: [[La dolce vita (Anneli Saaristo song)|La dolce vita]]|i=unset" | Finnish | 7 | 76 | |||
| Beat | "Swedish: [[Fri?]]|i=unset" | Swedish | 21 ◁ | 8 | |||
| Kaija | "Finnish: [[Hullu yö]]|i=unset" | Finnish | 20 | 6 | |||
| Pave | "Finnish: [[Yamma, yamma|Yamma Yamma]]|i=unset" | Finnish | 23 ◁ | 4 | |||
| Katri Helena | "Finnish: [[Tule luo]]|i=unset" | Finnish | 17 | 20 | colspan="2" | ||
| CatCat | "Bye Bye Baby" | Finnish, English | 22 | 11 | colspan="2" | ||
| Jasmine | "Finnish: [[Niin kaunis on taivas]]|i=unset" | Finnish | 23 ◁ | 9 | 22 | 26 | |
| Edea | "Finnish: [[Aava]]|i=unset" | Finnish | 15 | 22 | rowspan="3" colspan="2" | ||
| Nina Åström | "A Little Bit" | English | 18 | 18 | |||
| Laura | "Addicted to You" | English | 20 | 24 | |||
| Jari Sillanpää | "Takes 2 to Tango" | English | 14 | 51 | |||
| Geir Rönning | "Why?" | English | 18 | 50 | |||
| Lordi | "Hard Rock Hallelujah" | English | 1 | 292 | 1 | 292 | |
| Hanna Pakarinen | "Leave Me Alone" | English | 17 | 53 | colspan="2" | ||
| Finnish: [[Teräsbetoni]]|i=unset | "Finnish: [[Missä miehet ratsastaa]]|i=unset" | Finnish | 22 | 35 | 8 | 79 | |
| Waldo's People | "Lose Control" | English | 25 ◁ | 22 | 12 | 42 | |
| Finnish: [[Kuunkuiskaajat]]|i=unset | "Finnish: [[Työlki ellää]]|i=unset" | Finnish | 11 | 49 | |||
| Paradise Oskar | "Da Da Dam" | English | 21 | 57 | 3 | 103 | |
| Pernilla | "Swedish: [[När jag blundar]]|i=unset" | Swedish | 12 | 41 | |||
| Krista Siegfrids | "Marry Me" | English | 24 | 13 | 9 | 64 | |
| Softengine | "Something Better" | English | 11 | 72 | 3 | 97 | |
| Finnish: [[Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät]]|i=unset | "Finnish: [[Aina mun pitää]]|i=unset" | Finnish | 16 ◁ | 13 | |||
| Sandhja | "Sing It Away" | English | 15 | 51 | |||
| Norma John | "Blackbird" | English | 12 | 92 | |||
| Saara Aalto | "Monsters" | English | 25 | 46 | 10 | 108 | |
| Darude Sebastian Rejman | "Look Away" | English | 17 ◁ | 23 | |||
| Aksel | "Looking Back" | English | colspan="4" X | ||||
| Blind Channel | "Dark Side" | English | 6 | 301 | 5 | 234 | |
| The Rasmus | "Jezebel" | English | 21 | 38 | 7 | 162 | |
| Käärijä | "Cha Cha Cha" | Finnish | 2 | 526 | 1 | 177 | |
| Windows95man | "No Rules!" | English | 19 | 38 | 7 | 59 | |
| Year | Category | Song | Performer | width=45px | Final | width=45px | Points | Host city | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fan Award | "Addicted to You" | 20 | 24 |  Tallinn | |||||
| Press Award | "Hard Rock Hallelujah" | Lordi | 1 | 292 |  Athens | ||||
| Press Award | "Da Da Dam" | Paradise Oskar | 21 | 57 |  Düsseldorf |
| Year | Conductor | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| George de Godzinsky | [7] | ||
| Ossi Runne | |||
| [8] | |||
| [9] | |||
| Henrik Otto Donner | |||
| Ossi Runne | |||
| Olli Ahvenlahti | |||
Over the years, Yle has had several experienced radio and television presenters as commentators. The Eurovision Song Contest has been broadcast in Finland from 1960 to 2001 and from 2021 onwards by Yle TV1 and from 2002 to 2019 by Yle TV2.
| Year | Channel | Finnish commentator | Swedish commentator | Spokesperson | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suomen Televisio | Aarno Walli | rowspan="2" | [10] [11] | ||
| Poppe Berg | [12] | ||||
| Jan Sederholm | [13] | ||||
| [14] | |||||
| [15] | |||||
| TV-ohjelma 1 | Jerker Sundholm | [16] [17] | |||
| [18] [19] | |||||
| [20] [21] | |||||
| [22] [23] | |||||
| [24] [25] | |||||
| colspan="3" | |||||
| TV-ohjelma 1 | rowspan="3" | [26] | |||
| [27] | |||||
| TV1 | [28] | ||||
| Matti Paalosmaa | Åke Grandell | Aarre Elo | [29] [30] | ||
| rowspan="16" | Kaarina Pönniö | [31] [32] | |||
| Erkki Vihtonen | [33] [34] | ||||
| rowspan="2" | Kaarina Pönniö | [35] | |||
| [36] | |||||
| Matti Paalosmaa | [37] [38] | ||||
| [39] [40] | |||||
| Annemi Genetz | [41] | ||||
| Solveig Herlin | [42] | ||||
| [43] | |||||
| Heikki Seppälä | [44] [45] | ||||
| Annemi Genetz | [46] | ||||
| Solveig Herlin | [47] | ||||
| Erkki Toivanen | [48] | ||||
| Erkki Pohjanheimo | [49] [50] | ||||
| Heikki Harma | [51] [52] | ||||
| Erkki Pohjanheimo, Ossi Runne | [53] [54] | ||||
| Erkki Pohjanheimo | Johan Finne,, | Heidi Kokki | [55] | ||
| Solveig Herlin | [56] | ||||
| Erkki Pohjanheimo, Kirsi-Maria Niemi | [57] | ||||
| [58] | |||||
| Erkki Pohjanheimo, Olli Ahvenlahti | rowspan="3" | [59] [60] | |||
| Erkki Pohjanheimo, Sanna Kojo, Minna Pentti | Solveig Herlin | [61] [62] | |||
| Aki Sirkesalo, Olli Ahvenlahti | [63] [64] | ||||
| Maria Guzenina, | rowspan="2" | Marjo Wilska | [65] [66] [67] | ||
| [68] [69] [70] | |||||
| Pia Mäkinen | [71] | ||||
| Yle TV1 | Jani Juntunen, | [72] [73] | |||
| Yle TV2 | Maria Guzenina, Asko Murtomäki | [74] [75] | |||
| [76] [77] | |||||
| Markus Kajo, Asko Murtomäki | Anna Stenlund | [78] [79] | |||
| Jaana Pelkonen, Asko Murtomäki, Heikki Paasonen | |||||
| Ellen Jokikunnas, Asko Murtomäki, Heikki Paasonen | |||||
| Jaana Pelkonen, Asko Murtomäki, Mikko Peltola | |||||
| Tobias Larsson | Jari Sillanpää | ||||
| Jaana Pelkonen, Asko Murtomäki | Johanna Pirttilahti | ||||
| Tarja Närhi, Asko Murtomäki | Eva Frantz, Johan Lindroos | Susan Aho | |||
| Tarja Närhi, Tobias Larsson | |||||
| Aino Töllinen, Juuso Mäkilähde | |||||
| Sanna Pirkkalainen, Jorma Hietamäki | |||||
| Aino Töllinen, Cristal Snow | |||||
| Jussi-Pekka Rantanen | |||||
| Mikko Silvennoinen, Krista Siegfrids | Christoffer Strandberg | ||||
| Yle TV1 | Mikko Silvennoinen | Katri Norrlin | |||
| Bess | |||||
| Toni Laaksonen | |||||