Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Country	Finland
National selection
Selection process	Euroviisut 2009
Selection date(s)	Semi-finals:; 9 January 2009; 16 January 2009; 23 January 2009; Second Chance:; 31 January 2009; Final:; 31 January 2009
Selected entrant	Waldo's People
Selected song	"Lose Control"
Selected songwriter(s)	Waldo; Karima; Ari Lehtonen; Annie Kratz-Gutå;
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Qualified (12th, 42 points)
Final result	25th, 22 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Finland participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "Lose Control" written by Waldo, Karima, Ari Lehtonen and Annie Kratz-Gutå. The song was performed by the band Waldo's People. The Finnish broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle) organised the national final Euroviisut 2009 in order to select the Finnish entry for the 2009 contest in Moscow, Russia. 12 entries were selected to compete in the national final, which consisted of three semi-finals, a Second Chance round and a final, taking place in January 2009. Eight entries ultimately competed in the final on 30 January where votes from the public selected "Lose Control" performed by Waldo's People as the winner.

Finland was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2009. Performing during the show in position 15, "Lose Control" was announced among the ten qualifying entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 16 May. It was later revealed that Finland had been selected by back-up juries to qualify after placing twelfth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 42 points. In the final, Finland performed in position 24 and placed twenty-fifth (last) out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 22 points.