Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017
| Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2017 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Yleisradio (Yle) | |||
| Country | Finland | |||
| Selection process | Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2017 | |||
| Selection date | 28 January 2017 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Blackbird" | |||
| Artist | Norma John | |||
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| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (12th) | |||
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Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Blackbird", written and performed by Lasse Piirainen and Leena Tirronen under the name Norma John. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), organised the national final Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2017 in order to select its entry for the contest. Ten entries were selected to compete in the national final on 28 January 2017 where the 50/50 combination of votes from ten international jury groups and votes from the public selected "Blackbird" performed by Norma John as the winner.
Finland was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 9 May 2017. Performing during the show in position 7, "Blackbird" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Finland placed twelfth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 92 points.