Finland in EuroMusic Song Contest

Finland is a member of the EBU. Because of that they can participate in EuroMusic Song Contest. The Finnish broadcaster Yle is responsible for their participation. They won the contest once.

History
The Finnish broadcaster announced that they would débuts in the fifth edition due the good results of the other Scandinavian countries in the contest. Their first entry was directly a succes. With 77 points they ended at the fifth place. In their neighbouring country, Sweden, they were one of the favorite for the victory. They were not able to reach the expectations and became tenth. The next edition, in Ireland, they finished for the first time out of the top 10. They gained 26 points. That was enough for the eleventh place. One edition later, they finished last with only one point. The next edition, they could improved. They became third, it was their best result so far.

In Amsterdam they performed for the very first time in the Finnish language. They finished 17th. Also in the next edition, they qualified, where they finished 8th. In Zurich they finished 19th in the final. In the next edition, they failed for the first time to qualify. In Berlin they finished at the 13th place. The Finnish broadcaster, Yle, announced that they were not taking part in the fifteenth edition. They gave no specific reasons. The Finnish broadcaster announced that they were returning to the sixteenth edition. They failed to qualify for the final. In Cologne, Finland sung for the first time in the Swedish language, one of the two official languages in Finland. They qualified for the final, where they finished at the 17th place. In Bucharest, they finished at the 18th place. In Sweden, Finland last in their semi final, so failed to qualify.

The Finnish broadcaster announced after the nineteenth edition that they were still discussing the future participations of Finland in this contest. Later on, it was clear that Finland would not take part in the twentieth edition. Finland announced that they would return to the 29th edition in Geneva. They finished at the 10th place. In Reykjavík, in the 30th edition, Finland won the contest for the first time. Helsinki was selected as host city in the 31st edition. In the next edition, Finland was not able to qualify for the grand final in the following two editions. In the next edition, Finland qualified again for the final where they finished at the 12th place. The nation failed to qualify in the 35th edition.