| Eurovision Song Contest 2006 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participating broadcaster | Yleisradio (Yle) | |||
| Country |  Finland | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Euroviisut 2006 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-finals: 13 January 2006 20 January 2006 27 January 2006 3 February 2006 Final: 10 March 2006 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Lordi | |||
| Selected song | "Hard Rock Hallelujah" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Tomi Petteri Putaansuu | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (1st, 292 points) | |||
| Final result | 1st, 292 points | |||
| Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah", written by Tomi Petteri Putaansuu, and performed by the band Lordi. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), organised the national final Euroviisut 2006 to select its entry for the contest. 12 artists with two songs each were selected to compete in the national final, which consisted of four semi-finals and a final, taking place in February and March 2006. Twelve entries ultimately competed in the final on 10 March where votes from the public selected "Hard Rock Hallelujah" performed by Lordi as the winner.
Finland competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 18 May 2006. Performing during the show in position 16, "Hard Rock Hallelujah" was announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 20 May. This marked the first qualification to the final for Finland since the introduction of semi-finals in 2004. It was later revealed that Finland placed first out of the 23 participating countries in the semi-final with 292 points. In the final, Finland performed in position 17 and placed first out of the 24 participating countries, winning the contest with 292 points. This was Finland's first win in the Eurovision Song Contest since it began participating in 1961.