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| Member station | YLE |
| National selection events |
Euroviisut (1961-2011) UMK (2012-) |
| Appearances | |
| Appearances | 45 |
| First appearance | 1961 |
| Best result | 1st: 2006 |
| Worst result | Last: 1963, 1965, 1968, 1980, 1982, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2009 |
| External links | |
| YLE page | |
| Finland's page at Eurovision.tv | |
Finland first entered the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961, and has participated a total of 45 times. Finland won the contest for the first time in 2006 with Lordi's "Hard Rock Hallelujah". Previously, its best showing was Marion Rung’s song "Tom Tom Tom" in 1973, which was placed 6th.
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[edit] History of Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest
Before the 2006 victory, Finland was considered by many as the ultimate under-achiever of Eurovision. It has placed last total nine times and scored "nul points" (zero points) three times. Finland's entry in 1982, "Nuku pommiin" by Kojo, was one of only fifteen songs since the modern scoring system was instituted in 1975 to earn no points. (Norway has placed last ten times and scored zero points four times, but it has also won three times.)
During the 1990s and early 2000s, Finland was arguably the country most affected by the various relegation schemes designed to limit the number of participants allowed to participate in each year's contest. Due to low results, Finland was excluded from the contest in 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001 and 2003. Before 2006, there even was a popular joke circulating in Finland, where a man frees a genie from a bottle:
- Genie: Thanks for freeing me! I will now grant you one wish.
- Man: Bring the Finnish Karelia back to Finland!
- Genie: That's too big a wish, maybe a smaller one?
- Man: OK, let Finland win the Eurovision Song Contest even once!
- Genie: Hmm... let me see that map again...
[edit] First Victory
In 2006, Finland finally gained victory, with an entry radically different from the mainstream europop that dominates the competition: a hard rock song, played by a monster band in an over-the-top fashion. The band Lordi and its song Hard Rock Hallelujah broke records scoring the highest number of points in Eurovision Song Contest history (292) but its title was taken by Norway in 2009 (387).
[edit] Language
All of Finland's entries were in English between 1973 and 1976 and again since 2000 (except in 2008 and 2010); both of these periods allowed submissions in any language. All of Finland's other songs have been in Finnish, except in 1990, when "Fri?" by Beat was in Swedish.
[edit] Voting Patterns
In voting patterns, Finland has traditionally supported and been supported by the other Nordic countries. In recent years also the Baltic nations, such as Estonia and Latvia have been favoured by Finland, and the other way around. In 2004, Finland's first-place vote went to Sweden; in 2005, it contributed 12 points to Norway; in 2006, it was Russia's turn to get the 12 points, but it was Serbia who got their top score in 2007. The first time in Eurovision history that Sweden gave Finland 12 points was in 2006 for Lordi's song "Hard Rock Hallelujah". In 2007, they repeated this, giving 12 points to Hanna Pakarinen with "Leave Me Alone". Finland has also given notably high points to Italy, a country that had not competed from 1998 to 2010, but returned in 2011.
[edit] Contestants
As of the 2011 contest, there have been 45 Finnish entries in the contest: 32 in Finnish, 12 in English and 1 in Swedish.
* In 2009, Finland qualified through the jury selection.
[edit] Voting history (1975-2011)
Finland has given the most points to...
| Rank | Country | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sweden |
143 |
| 2 |  Israel |
125 |
| 3 |  Italy |
118 |
| 4 |  France |
107 |
| 5 |  United Kingdom |
104 |
Finland has received the most points from...
| Rank | Country | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden |
99 |
| 2 |  Norway |
81 |
| 3 |  Iceland |
73 |
| 4 |  Estonia |
61 |
| 5 |  Greece |
59 |
NOTE: The totals in the above tables include only points awarded in Eurovision finals, and not the semi-finals since 2004.
[edit] Since introducing the semi-finals in 2004
Finland has given the most points to...
| Rank | Country | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Estonia |
67 |
| 2 | Sweden |
57 |
| Iceland |
57 | |
| 3 | Norway |
46 |
| 4 |  Russia |
42 |
| 5 | Israel |
33 |
| 6 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
28 |
| 7 |  Hungary |
27 |
| 8 |  Turkey |
26 |
| 9 | Greece |
25 |
Finland has received the most points from...
| Rank | Country | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Estonia |
66 |
| Sweden |
66 | |
| 2 | Iceland |
64 |
| 3 | Norway |
47 |
| 4 |  Andorra |
35 |
| 5 |  Denmark |
29 |
| 6 |  Poland |
28 |
| 7 | Russia |
27 |
| 8 |  Spain |
25 |
| 9 |  Germany |
24 |
NOTE: The tables with points from 2004 include points awarded in both finals and semi-finals where the highest point from the final/semi-final is picked.
[edit] Hostings
| Year | Location | Venue | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 |  Helsinki |
Hartwall Areena | Jaana Pelkonen and Mikko Leppilampi |
[edit] Commentators
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- National Final 2009
- Points to and from Finland eurovisioncovers.co.uk
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