Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
| Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2007 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Yleisradio (Yle) | |||
| Country | Finland | |||
| Selection process | Euroviisut 2007 | |||
| Selection date | 17 February 2007 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Leave Me Alone" | |||
| Artist | Hanna Pakarinen | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 17th, 53 points | |||
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Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Leave Me Alone", written by Martti Vuorinen, Miikka Huttunen, and Hanna Pakarinen, and performed by Pakarinen herself. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), organised the national final Euroviisut 2007 in order to select its entry for the contest. In addition, Yle was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, after winning the previous edition with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" performed by Lordi.
Yle selected twelve artists with two songs each to compete in the national final, which consisted of four semi-finals and a final, taking place in January and February 2007. Twelve entries ultimately competed in the final on 17 February where votes from the public selected "Leave Me Alone" performed by Hanna Pakarinen as the winner.
As the host country, Finland qualified to compete directly in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing in position 5 during the final, Finland placed seventeenth out of the 24 participating countries with 53 points.