Finland has competed in the Contest 56 times since making its debut at the Eurovision Song Contest 1961 in Cannes. Their only win to date came at the 2006 Contest in Athens when hard rock band Lordi won, ending a 45-year wait for their first victory.
The country has finished last a total of eleven times, equalling Norway's record, with three of those being 'Nul Points' and since the introduction of the semi finals in 2004, they have failed to qualify for the final eight times. They also hold the record for the shortest Contest entry with "Aina mun pitää" by the group Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät, which only lasts 1 minute and 25 seconds.
Participants[]
Year | Performer(s) | Song | Language | Translation | Position | Points | Semi | Points | |
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1961 | Laila Kinnunen | "Valoa ikkunassa" | Finnish | Light in the window | 10 | 6 | No semi-finals | ||
1962 | Marion Rung | "Tipi-tii" | Chirpy chirp | 7 | 4 | ||||
1963 | Laila Halme | "Muistojeni laulu" | The song of my memories | 13 | 0 | ||||
1964 | Lasse Mårtenson | "Laiskotellen" | Lazing | 7 | 9 | ||||
1965 | Viktor Klimenko | "Aurinko laskee länteen" | The sun sets in the west | 15 | 0 | ||||
1966 | Ann Christine | "Playboy" | - | 10 | 7 | ||||
1967 | Fredi | "Varjoon - suojaan" | To the Shadow – To the Safety | 12 | 3 | ||||
1968 | Kristina Hautala | "Kun kello käy" | When time goes by | 16 | 1 | ||||
1969 | Jarkko & Laura | "Kuin silloin ennen" | Like in those times | 12 | 6 | ||||
Did not participate in 1970 | |||||||||
1971 | Markku Aro & Koivistolaiset | "Tie uuteen päivään" | Finnish | Way to a new day | 8 | 84 | No semi-finals | ||
1972 | Päivi Paunu & Kim Floor | "Muistathan" | Do You Remember | 12 | 78 | ||||
1973 | Marion Rung | "Tom Tom Tom" | English | - | 6 | 93 | |||
1974 | Carita | "Keep Me Warm" | - | 13 | 4 | ||||
1975 | Pihasoittajat | "Old Man Fiddle" | - | 7 | 74 | ||||
1976 | Fredi & Ystävät | "Pump-Pump" | - | 11 | 44 | ||||
1977 | Monica Aspelund | "Lapponia" | Finnish | - | 10 | 50 | |||
1978 | Seija Simola | "Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus" | Give love a chance | 18 | 2 | ||||
1979 | Katri Helena | "Katson sineen taivaan" | I'm Looking at the Blue Sky | 14 | 38 | ||||
1980 | Vesa-Matti Loiri | "Huilumies" | A Flute Man | 19 | 6 | ||||
1981 | Riki Sorsa | "Reggae OK" | - | 16 | 27 | ||||
1982 | Kojo | "Nuku pommiin" | Oversleep | 18 | 0 | ||||
1983 | Ami Aspelund | "Fantasiaa" | Fantasy | 11 | 41 | ||||
1984 | Kirka | "Hengaillaan" | Let's hang around | 9 | 46 | ||||
1985 | Sonja Lumme | "Eläköön elämä" | Long Live Life | 9 | 58 | ||||
1986 | Kari Kuivalainen | "Never The End" | - | 15 | 22 | ||||
1987 | Vicky Rosti & Boulevard | "Sata salamaa" | One hundred lightnings | 15 | 32 | ||||
1988 | Boulevard | "Nauravat silmät muistetaan" | Laughing eyes are remembered | 20 | 3 | ||||
1989 | Anneli Saaristo | "La dolce vita" | The good life | 7 | 76 | ||||
1990 | Beat | "Fri?" | Swedish | Free? | 21 | 8 | |||
1991 | Kaija Kärkinen | "Hullu yö" | Finnish | A crazy night | 20 | 6 | |||
1992 | Pave Maijanen | "Yamma, yamma" | - | 23 | 4 | ||||
1993 | Katri Helena | "Tule luo" | Come To Me | 17 | 20 | Kvalifikacija za Millstreet | |||
1994 | CatCat | "Bye Bye Baby" | Finnish, English | - | 22 | 11 | No semi-finals | ||
Did not participate in 1995 | |||||||||
1996 | Jasmine | "Niin kaunis on taivas" | Finnish | So beautiful is the sky | 23 | 9 | 22 | 26 | |
Did not participate in 1997 | |||||||||
1998 | Edea | "Aava" | Finnish | Open landscape | 15 | 22 | No semi-finals | ||
Did not participate in 1999 | |||||||||
2000 | Nina Åström | "A Little Bit" | English | - | 18 | 18 | No semi-finals | ||
Did not participate in 2001 | |||||||||
2002 | Laura | "Addicted To You" | English | - | 20 | 24 | No semi-finals | ||
Did not participate in 2003 | |||||||||
2004 | Jari Sillanpää | "Takes 2 To Tango" | English | - | Failed to qualify | 14 | 51 | ||
2005 | Geir Rönning | "Why?" | - | 18 | 50 | ||||
2006 | Lordi | "Hard Rock Hallelujah" | - | 1 | 292 | 1 | 292 | ||
2007 | Hanna Pakarinen | "Leave Me Alone" | - | 17 | 53 | Host country | |||
2008 | Teräsbetoni | "Missä miehet ratsastaa" | Finnish | Where the men ride | 22 | 35 | 8 | 79 | |
2009 | Waldo's People | "Lose Control" | English | - | 25 | 22 | 12 | 42 | |
2010 | Kuunkuiskaajat | "Työlki ellää" | Finnish | Working is a way to make a living | Failed to qualify | 11 | 49 | ||
2011 | Paradise Oskar | "Da Da Dam" | English | - | 21 | 57 | 3 | 103 | |
2012 | Pernilla Karlsson | "När jag blundar" | Swedish | When I close my eyes | Failed to qualify | 12 | 41 | ||
2013 | Krista Siegfrids | "Marry Me" | English | - | 24 | 13 | 9 | 64 | |
2014 | Softengine | "Something Better" | - | 11 | 72 | 3 | 97 | ||
2015 | Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät | "Aina mun pitää" | Finnish | I always have to | Failed to qualify | 16 | 13 | ||
2016 | Sandhja | "Sing It Away" | English | - | 15 | 51 | |||
2017 | Norma John | "Blackbird" | - | 12 | 92 | ||||
2018 | Saara Aalto | "Monsters" | - | 25 | 46 | 10 | 108 | ||
2019 | Darude feat. Sebastian Rejman | "Look Away" | - | Failed to qualify | 17 | 23 | |||
2020 | Aksel | "Looking Back" | - | Cancelled | |||||
2021 | Blind Channel | "Dark Side" | - | 6 | 301 | 5 | 234 | ||
2022 | The Rasmus | "Jezebel" | - | 21 | 38 | 7 | 162 | ||
2023 | Käärijä | Cha Cha Cha" | Finnish | - | 2 | 526 | 1 | 177 | |
2024 | Windows95man | "No Rules!" | English | - |