Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014

Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Country	Finland
National selection
Selection process	Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2014
Selection date(s)	Introduction shows:; 26 December 2013; 28 December 2013; 4 January 2014; Heats:; 11 January 2014; 18 January 2014; Semi-final:; 25 January 2014; Final:; 1 February 2014
Selected entrant	Softengine
Selected song	"Something Better"
Selected songwriter(s)	Topi Latukka; Henri Oskár;
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Qualified (3rd, 97 points)
Final result	11th, 72 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Finland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Something Better" written by Topi Latukka and Henri Oskár. The song was performed by the band Softengine. The Finnish broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle) organised the national final Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2014 in order to select the Finnish entry for the 2014 contest in Copenhagen, Denmark. 12 entries were selected to compete in the national final, which consisted of two heats, a semi-final and a final, taking place in January and February 2014. Eight entries ultimately competed in the final on 1 February where the 50/50 combination of votes from a four-member judging panel and votes from the public selected "Something Better" performed by Softengine as the winner.

Finland was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 8 May 2014. Performing during the show in position 8, "Something Better" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 10 May. It was later revealed that Finland placed third out of the 15 participating countries in the semi-final with 97 points. In the final, Finland performed in position 18 and placed eleventh out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 72 points.