Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018

Finland in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2018
Eurovision Song Contest 2018
Participating broadcasterYleisradio (Yle)
Country Finland
Selection processArtist: Internal selection
Song: Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2018
Selection dateArtist: 7 November 2017
Song: 3 March 2018
Competing entry
Song"Monsters"
ArtistSaara Aalto
Songwriters
Placement
Semi-final resultQualified (10th, 108 points)
Final result25th, 46 points
Participation chronology
◄2017 2018 2019►

Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Monsters" written by Saara Aalto, Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, and Ki Fitzgerald, and performed by Aalto herself. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), organised the national final Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2018 in order to select its entry for the contest, after having previously selected the performer internally. Three songs were selected to compete in the national final on 3 March 2018 where the 50/50 combination of votes from eight international jury groups and votes from the public selected "Monsters" as the winning song.

Finland was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 8 May 2018. Performing during the show in position 15, "Monsters" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 12 May. It was later revealed that Finland placed tenth out of the 19 participating countries in the semi-final with 108 points. In the final, Finland performed in position 17 and placed twenty-fifth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 46 points.