Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019
| Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2019 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Yleisradio (Yle) | |||
| Country | Finland | |||
| Selection process | Artist: Internal selection Song: Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2019 | |||
| Selection date | Artist: 29 January 2019 Song: 2 March 2019 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Look Away" | |||
| Artist | Darude feat. Sebastian Rejman | |||
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| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (17th) | |||
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Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Look Away" written and performed by Ville Virtanen under the stage name Darude and Sebastian Rejman. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), organised the national final Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2019 in order to select its entry for the contest, after having previously selected the performers internally. Three songs were selected to compete in the national final on 2 March 2019 where the 50/50 combination of votes from eight international jury groups and votes from the public selected "Look Away" as the winning song.
Finland was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 14 May 2019. Performing during the show in position 3, "Look Away" 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 seventeenth (last) out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 23 points.