| Year: | 1990 |
| Country: | Finland |
| Preselection: | National final |
| Preselection Date: | 17 February 1990 |
| Entrant: | Beat |
| Song: | Fri? |
| Final Result: | 21st, 8 points |
Finland participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia.
The Finnish entry was Beat with the Swedish language song "Fri?", the first time the Finnish entry had been sung in Swedish. After that the only other time Finland has participated with a song in Swedish was in 2012 with Pernilla Karlsson singing "När jag blundar".
The final was held on 17 February 1990 at the Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki, hosted by Kati Bergman. 11 songs took part and the winner was chosen by an expert jury. This would be Ossi Runne's last participationas a conductor for the pre-selections in 24 years. He would hand over his baton to his successor, Olli Ahvenlahti, as he would conduct at Zagreb
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robinson and Apollo 16 | "Yön poika" | Esa Mäkelä, Veijo Mäki, Kai Stenman, Sami Piiparinen, Veli-Pekka Lehto | 60 | 6 | |
| 2 | Susanne Sonntag | "Jag tror på friheten" | Thomas Katter, Henrik Svahn | 92 | 2 | |
| 3 | Tarja Lunnas | "Naurus sun katseesi sun" | Markku Anttila, Jorma Toiviainen | 74 | 5 | |
| 4 | Anita Pajunen | "Satujen mies" | Mick Hanian, Juha Louhivuori | 32 | 10 | |
| 5 | Arja Saijonmaa | "Gabriela" | Petri Laaksonen, Turkka Mali | 89 | 3 | |
| 6 | Leena Pirhonen | "Sua haluan" | Leena-Liisa Krasko | 48 | 8 | |
| 7 | Marjorie | "Tuuli" | Eeva Kiviharju | 59 | 7 | |
| 8 | Beat | "Fri?" | Kim Engblom, Janne Engblom, Tina Krause, Stina Engblom | 95 | 1 | |
| 9 | Jussi Halme | "Katsot yötä tummaa" | Jussi Halme, Laila Halme | 38 | 9 | |
| 10 | Jone | "Jälkees sun" | Jone Ullakko | 24 | 11 | |
| 11 | Tomas Ek | "Du går så skyggt" | Curre Boucht, Åke Grandell | 75 | 4 |
| Detailed Jury Votes | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Song | Marja Aarnipuro | Timo Vitikka | Hanna Pesonen | Aarno Cronvall | Helena Miller | Virve Valli | Leena Kurikka | Jarmo Moilanen | Arto Vilkko | Olli Heikkilä | Juha Tapaninen | Total | |
| 1 | "Yön poika" | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 60 | |
| 2 | "Jag tror på friheten" | 12 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 92 | |
| 3 | "Naurus sun katseesi sun" | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 74 | |
| 4 | "Satujen mies" | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 32 | |
| 5 | "Gabriela" | 10 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 89 | |
| 6 | "Sua haluan" | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 48 | |
| 7 | "Tuuli" | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 59 | |
| 8 | "Fri?" | 8 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 95 | |
| 9 | "Katsot yötä tummaa" | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 38 | |
| 10 | "Jälkees sun" | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 24 | |
| 11 | "Du går så skyggt" | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 75 | |
Beat performed last of 22, following Cyprus. At the close of the voting they had received 8 points, placing joint last with Norway.[1]