Finland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 57 times since its debut in. The Finnish participant broadcaster in the contest is Yleisradio (Yle), which has often selected its entrant with a national final, since 2012 known as Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu. The country won the contest for the first – and to date only – time 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.

History

Yleisradio (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, "Nuku pommiin" 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. 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. In, Finland finished last in the first semi-final with the shortest-ever Eurovision song, the one minute and 27 seconds "Aina mun pitää" performed by Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät. 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. 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.

Participation overview

Hostings

Awards

Marcel Bezençon Awards

You're a Vision Award

Related involvement

Conductors

Commentators and spokespersons

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.

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