Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

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Finland has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 58 times since its debut in Template:Escyr. The Finnish participating broadcaster in the contest is Script error: No such module "Lang". (Yle), which has often selected its entrant with a national final, since 2012 known as Script error: No such module "Lang".. The country won the contest for the firstTemplate:Sndand to date onlyTemplate:Sndtime in Template:Escyr with "Hard Rock Hallelujah" performed by Lordi. The country's best result before then was achieved with "Tom Tom Tom" by Marion Rung in Template:Escyr, which placed sixth.

Finland has finished last in the contest eleven times, receiving nul points in Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, and Template:Escyr. Since the introduction of the semi-finals in Template:Escyr, Finland has failed to reach the final eight times. In Template:Escyr, 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 Template:Escyr, and later with "Cha Cha Cha" by Käärijä, which won the public vote and came second overall in Template:Escyr, the latter of which is Finland's second best result to date.

History

Script error: No such module "Lang". (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 Template:Escyr in 1961.

Before its Template:Escyr 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 Template:Escyr, "Script error: No such module "Lang"." by Kojo, was one of only fifteen songs to score no points since the modern scoring system was implemented in Template:Escyr. Due to poor results, Finland was relegated from taking part in Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr and Template:Escyr.[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 Template:Escyr.[3]

In Template:Escyr, Finland finished last in the first semi-final with the shortest-ever Eurovision song, the one minute and 27 seconds "Script error: No such module "Lang"." performed by Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät.[4] Finland reached the final for the first time in four years in Template:Escyr, with Saara Aalto placing 25th. After a non-qualification in Template:Escyr with Darude and Sebastian Rejman, Blind Channel placed sixth in Template:Escyr, followed by a 21st place for The Rasmus in Template:Escyr and a second place for Käärijä in Template:Escyr, the latter of which is Finland's second best result to date.[5]

All of Finland's entries were in English between Template:Escyr and Template:Escyr, and since Template:Escyr (with the exceptions of Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, Template:Escyr, 2015, 2023, and 2025); both of these periods allowed submissions in any language. Finland's entries in Template:Escyr 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.

Participation overview

Table key
1 First place
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Year Artist Song Language Final Points Semi Points
Template:Escyr Laila Kinnunen "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Finnish 10 6 rowspan="31" colspan="2" Template:N/A
Template:Escyr Marion Rung "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Finnish 7 4
Template:Escyr Laila Halme "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Finnish 13 ◁ 0
Template:Escyr Lasse Mårtenson "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Finnish 7 9
Template:Escyr Viktor Klimenko "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Finnish 15 ◁ 0
Template:Escyr Ann-Christine "Playboy" Finnish 10 7
Template:Escyr Fredi "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Finnish 12 3
Template:Escyr Kristina Hautala "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Finnish 16 ◁ 1
Template:Escyr Jarkko and Laura "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Finnish 12 6
Template:Escyr Markku Aro and Koivisto Sisters "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Finnish 8 84
Template:Escyr Päivi Paunu and Kim Floor "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Finnish 12 78
Template:Escyr Marion Rung "Tom Tom Tom" English 6 93
Template:Escyr Carita "Keep Me Warm" English 13 4
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". "Old Man Fiddle" English 7 74
Template:Escyr Fredi and the Friends "Pump-Pump" English 11 44
Template:Escyr Monica Aspelund "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Finnish 10 50
Template:Escyr Seija Simola "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Finnish 18 2
Template:Escyr Katri Helena "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Finnish 14 38
Template:Escyr Vesa-Matti Loiri "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Finnish 19 ◁ 6
Template:Escyr Riki Sorsa "Reggae O.K." Finnish 16 27
Template:Escyr Kojo "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Finnish 18 ◁ 0
Template:Escyr Ami Aspelund "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Finnish 11 41
Template:Escyr Kirka "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Finnish 9 46
Template:Escyr Sonja Lumme "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Finnish 9 58
Template:Escyr Kari "Never the End" Finnish 15 22
Template:Escyr Vicky Rosti "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Finnish 15 32
Template:Escyr Boulevard "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Finnish 20 3
Template:Escyr Anneli Saaristo "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Finnish 7 76
Template:Escyr Beat "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Swedish 21 ◁ 8
Template:Escyr Kaija "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Finnish 20 6
Template:Escyr Pave "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Finnish 23 ◁ 4
Template:Escyr Katri Helena "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Finnish 17 20 colspan="2" Template:N/A
Template:Escyr CatCat "Bye Bye Baby" Finnish, English 22 11 colspan="2" Template:N/A
Template:Escyr Jasmine "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Finnish 23 ◁ 9 22 26
Template:Escyr Edea "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Finnish 15 22 rowspan="3" colspan="2" Template:N/A
Template:Escyr Nina Åström "A Little Bit" English 18 18
Template:Escyr Laura "Addicted to You" English 20 24
Template:Escyr Jari Sillanpää "Takes 2 to Tango" English colspan="2" rowspan="2" Template:N/A 14 51
Template:Escyr Geir Rönning "Why?" English 18 50
Template:Escyr Lordi "Hard Rock Hallelujah" English 1 292 1 292
Template:Escyr Hanna Pakarinen "Leave Me Alone" English 17 53 colspan="2" Template:N/A
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Finnish 22 35 8 79
Template:Escyr Waldo's People "Lose Control" English 25 ◁ 22 12Template:Efn 42
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Finnish colspan="2" Template:N/A 11 49
Template:Escyr Paradise Oskar "Da Da Dam" English 21 57 3 103
Template:Escyr Pernilla "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Swedish colspan="2" Template:N/A 12 41
Template:Escyr Krista Siegfrids "Marry Me" English 24 13 9 64
Template:Escyr Softengine "Something Better" English 11 72 3 97
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Finnish colspan="2" rowspan="3" Template:N/A 16 ◁ 13
Template:Escyr Sandhja "Sing It Away" English 15 51
Template:Escyr Norma John "Blackbird" English 12 92
Template:Escyr Saara Aalto "Monsters" English 25 46 10 108
Template:Escyr Darude Template:Feat. Sebastian Rejman "Look Away" English colspan="2" Template:N/A 17 ◁ 23
Template:Escyr Aksel "Looking Back" English colspan="4" Template:N/ATemplate:Efn X
Template:Escyr Blind Channel "Dark Side" English 6 301 5 234
Template:Escyr The Rasmus "Jezebel" English 21 38 7 162
Template:Escyr Käärijä "Cha Cha Cha" Finnish 2 526 1 177
Template:Escyr Windows95manTemplate:Efn "No Rules!" English 19 38 7 59
Template:Escyr Erika Vikman "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Finnish 11 196 3 115
Template:Escyr TBD 28 February 2026 †[6][7]

Hostings

Year Location Venue Presenters Image
Template:Escyr Helsinki Hartwall Arena Jaana Pelkonen and Mikko Leppilampi File:ESC 2007 hosts.jpg

Awards

Marcel Bezençon Awards

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Year Category Song Performer Final Points Host city Ref.
Template:Escyr Fan Award "Addicted to You" Laura 20 24 Template:Flagicon Tallinn
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Template:Escyr Press Award "Hard Rock Hallelujah" Lordi 1 292 Template:Flagicon Athens
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Template:Escyr Press Award "Da Da Dam" Paradise Oskar 21 57 Template:Flagicon Düsseldorf
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You're a Vision Award

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Year Performer Host city Ref.
Template:Escyr Käärijä Template:Flagicon Liverpool [10]

Related involvement

Conductors

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Commentators and spokespersons

Template:More citations needed section 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 Ref.
Template:Escyr Suomen Televisio Aarno Walli rowspan="2" Template:N/A Template:N/A [14][15]
Template:Escyr Poppe Berg [16]
Template:Escyr Jan Sederholm [17]
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Template:Escyr Template:N/A [19]
Template:Escyr TV-ohjelma 1 Jerker Sundholm [20][21]
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Template:Escyr Matti Paalosmaa Åke Grandell Aarre Elo [33][34]
Template:Escyr Template:Ill rowspan="16" Template:N/A Kaarina Pönniö [35][36]
Template:Escyr Erkki Vihtonen [37][38]
Template:Escyr rowspan="2" Template:N/A Kaarina Pönniö [39]
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Template:Escyr Matti Paalosmaa [41][42]
Template:Escyr Heikki Harma [43][44]
Template:Escyr Ossi Runne Annemi Genetz [45]
Template:Escyr Erkki Toivanen Solveig Herlin [46]
Template:Escyr Erkki Pohjanheimo [47]
Template:Escyr Heikki Seppälä [48][49]
Template:Escyr Template:Ill Annemi Genetz [50]
Template:Escyr Solveig Herlin [51]
Template:Escyr Erkki Toivanen [52]
Template:Escyr Erkki Pohjanheimo [53][54]
Template:Escyr Heikki Harma [55][56]
Template:Escyr Erkki Pohjanheimo, Ossi Runne [57][58]
Template:Escyr Erkki Pohjanheimo Johan Finne, Template:Ill, Template:Ill Heidi Kokki [59]
Template:Escyr Erkki Pohjanheimo, Kati Bergman Solveig Herlin [60]
Template:Escyr Erkki Pohjanheimo, Kirsi-Maria Niemi [61]
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Template:Escyr Erkki Pohjanheimo, Olli Ahvenlahti rowspan="3" Template:N/A Template:N/A [63][64]
Template:Escyr Erkki Pohjanheimo, Sanna Kojo, Minna Pentti Solveig Herlin [65][66]
Template:Escyr Aki Sirkesalo, Olli Ahvenlahti Template:N/A [67][68]
Template:Escyr Maria Guzenina, Template:Ill rowspan="2" Template:N/A Marjo Wilska [69][70][71]
Template:Escyr Jani Juntunen Template:N/A [72][73][74]
Template:Escyr Template:N/A Pia Mäkinen [75]
Template:Escyr Yle TV1 Jani Juntunen, Template:Ill Template:N/A Template:N/A [76][77]
Template:Escyr Yle TV2 Maria Guzenina, Asko Murtomäki Template:Ill Marion Rung [78][79]
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Template:Escyr Markus Kajo, Asko Murtomäki Anna Stenlund [82][83]
Template:Escyr Jaana Pelkonen, Asko Murtomäki, Heikki Paasonen Jari Sillanpää
Template:Escyr Nina Tapio
Template:Escyr Ellen Jokikunnas, Asko Murtomäki, Heikki Paasonen Laura Voutilainen
Template:Escyr Jaana Pelkonen, Asko Murtomäki, Mikko Peltola Mikko Leppilampi
Template:Escyr Tobias Larsson Jari Sillanpää
Template:Escyr Jaana Pelkonen, Asko Murtomäki Johanna Pirttilahti
Template:Escyr Tarja Närhi, Asko Murtomäki Eva Frantz, Johan Lindroos Susan Aho
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Template:Escyr Tarja Närhi, Tobias Larsson Mr. Lordi
Template:Escyr Aino Töllinen, Juuso Mäkilähde Kristiina Wheeler
Template:Escyr Sanna Pirkkalainen, Jorma Hietamäki Redrama
Template:Escyr Aino Töllinen, Cristal Snow Krista Siegfrids
Template:Escyr Mikko Silvennoinen Jussi-Pekka Rantanen
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Template:Escyr Anna Abreu
Template:Escyr Mikko Silvennoinen, Krista Siegfrids Christoffer Strandberg
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Template:Escyr Yle TV1 Mikko Silvennoinen Katri Norrlin
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Photo gallery

Notes

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References

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