| Year: | 1986 |
| Broadcaster: | Finnish: [[Yle]]isradio|i=no (Yle) |
| Country: | Finland |
| Preselection: | National final |
| Preselection Date: | 22 February 1986 |
| Entrant: | Kari Kuivalainen |
| Song: | Never the End |
| Final Result: | 15th, 22 points |
Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 with the song "Never the End", written and performed by Kari Kuivalainen. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Finnish: [[Yle]]isradio|i=no (Yle), selected its entry in the contest through a national final.
Finnish: [[Yle]]isradio|i=no (Yle) held the national final on 22 February 1986 at its studios in Helsinki, hosted by Kari Lumikero. The votes of an "expert jury" decided the winner, being "Finnish: Päivä kahden ihmisen|i=no" performed and composed by Kari Kuivalainen. The voting was rather tight and Kuivalainen won by only one point over the second-placing entrant.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kirka and | "Aitoa taikaa" | , | 74 | 3 | |
| 2 | Tulip | "Tanssin aurinkoon" | , | 22 | 9 | |
| 3 | and | "Applause" | , Irina Milan | 53 | 5 | |
| 4 | Kirka | "Uusiin taivaisiin" | Edu Kettunen | 88 | 2 | |
| 5 | Sonja Lumme | "Tappavat kyyneleet" | Jim Pembroke, Jukka Virtanen | 48 | 6 | |
| 6 | Gruppo Jokke | "Kaamoksen maa" | , Siru Seppälä | 37 | 7 | |
| 7 | Kim Lönnholm | "Rautataivas" | , Pekka Pohjola | 64 | 4 | |
| 8 | Kari Kuivalainen | "Päivä kahden ihmisen" | Kari Kuivalainen | 89 | 1 | |
| 9 | Danny | "Ninja" | ,, Jyrki Hämäläinen | 31 | 8 |
| + Detailed Jury Votes | ||||||||||||||
| Draw | Song | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Aitoa taikaa" | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 74 | |
| 2 | "Tanssin aurinkoon" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 22 | |
| 3 | "Applause" | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 53 | |
| 4 | "Uusiin taivaisiin" | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 88 | |
| 5 | "Tappavat kyyneleet" | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 48 | |
| 6 | "Kaamoksen maa" | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 37 | |
| 7 | "Rautataivas" | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 64 | |
| 8 | "Päivä kahden ihmisen" | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 89 | |
| 9 | "Ninja" | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 31 |
Kuivalainen performed nineteenth on the night of the contest, following and preceding . Before performing in Bergen, one line of the song was changed, and the title "Finnish: Päivä kahden ihmisen|i=no" ("Day of two people") was changed to "Never the End." At the close of the voting it had received 22 points, placing 15th in a field of 20 competing countries.[1]