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Finland made its debut at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961. It has been considered by many fans to be the "under-achievers" of Eurovision, placing last on nine occasions (three of them with the dreaded Nul Points), and being relegated 5 times due to low results. Occasionally the country has had higher places, before scoring low again.

The country is also the one that has waited the longest to achieve its first win. In 2006, after 45 years of bad luck, the heavy metal band Lordi triumphed with the song Hard Rock Hallelujah - the previous record for the longest wait was 31 years by Greece. The victory gave Finland the opportunity to host the contest in Helsinki in 2007. The record stood until 2017, when Portugal took its first win after 53 years of waiting.

Since Lordi, Finland has placed in the top 10 twice more, in 2021 and 2023

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Participants[]

Year Artist Song Language Place Points Semi Points
1961 Laila Kinnunen Valoa ikkunassa Finnish 10 6 No Semi Finals
1962 Marion Rung Tipi-tii 7 4
1963 Laila Halme Muistojeni laulu 13 0
1964 Lasse Mårtenson Laiskotellen 7 9
1965 Viktor Klimenko Aurinko laskee länteen 15 0
1966 Ann Christine-Nyström Playboy 10 7
1967 Fredi Varjoon - suojaan 12 3
1968 Kristina Hautala Kun kello käy 16 1
1969 Jarkko & Laura Kuin silloin ennen 12 6
1970 Did not participate
1971 Markku Aro & Koivistolaiset Tie uuteen päivään Finnish 8 84 No Semi Finals
1972 Päivi Paunu & Kim Floor Muistathan 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 & The Friends Pump Pump 11 44
1977 Monica Aspelund Lapponia Finnish 10 50
1978 Seija Simola Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus 18 2
1979 Katri Helena Katson sineen taivaan 14 38
1980 Vesa-Matti Loiri Huilumies 19 6
1981 Riki Sorsa Reggae OK 16 27
1982 Kojo Nuku pommiin 18 0
1983 Ami Aspelund Fantasiaa 11 41
1984 Kirka Hengaillaan 9 46
1985 Sonja Lumme Eläköön elämä 9 58
1986 Kari Kuivalainen Never The End 15 22
1987 Vicky Rosti & Boulevard Sata salamaa 15 32
1988 Boulevard Nauravat silmät muistetaan 20 3
1989 Anneli Saaristo La Dolce Vita 7 76
1990 Beat Fri? Swedish 21 8
1991 Kaija Kärkinen Hullu yö Finnish 20 6
1992 Pave Maijanen Yamma, yamma 23 4
1993 Katri Helena Tule luo 17 20 Participated in 1992
1994 CatCat Bye Bye Baby 22 11 No Semi Final
1995 Relegated from participation
1996 Jasmine Niin kaunis on taivas Finnish 23 9 22 38
1997 Relegated from participation
1998 Edea Aava Finnish 15 22 No Semi Final
1999 Relegated from participation
2000 Nina Åström A Little Bit English 18 18 No Semi Final
2001 Relegated from participation
2002 Laura Addicted To You English 20 24 No Semi Final
2003 Relegated from participation
2004 Jari Sillanpää Takes 2 to Tango English -- -- 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 of 2007
2008 Teräsbetoni Missä miehet ratsastaa Finnish 22 35 8 79
2009 Waldo's People Lose Control English 25 22 12 42
2010 Kuunkuiskaajat Työlki ellää Finnish -- -- 11 49
2011 Paradise Oskar Da Da Dam English 21 57 3 103
2012 Pernilla När jag blundar Swedish -- -- 12 41
2013 Krista Siegfrids Marry Me English 24 13 9 66
2014 Softengine Something Better 11 72 3 97
2015 PKN Aina mun pitää Finnish -- -- 16 14
2016 Sandhja Sing It Away English -- -- 14 51
2017 Norma John Blackbird -- -- 12 92
2018 Saara Aalto Monsters 25 46 10 108
2019 Darude ft. Sebastian Rejman Look Away -- -- 17 26
2020 Aksel Looking Back Contest 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

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  • The country is one of four to have selected all of their entries via a national final, the others being Albania, Denmark and Estonia.
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