Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015

Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Country	Finland
National selection
Selection process	Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2015
Selection date(s)	Semi-finals:; 7 February 2015; 14 February 2015; 21 February 2015; Final:; 28 February 2015
Selected entrant	Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät
Selected song	"Aina mun pitää"
Selected songwriter(s)	Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Failed to qualify (16th)
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Finland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Aina mun pitää" written and performed by the band Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät. The Finnish broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle) organised the national final Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2015 in order to select the Finnish entry for the 2015 contest in Vienna, Austria. 18 entries were selected to compete in the national final, which consisted of three semi-finals and a final, taking place in February 2015. Six entries competed in each semi-final and the top three from each semi-final, as selected solely by a public vote, advanced to the final. Nine entries competed in the final on 28 February where the combination of votes from eight jury groups representing different factions of Finnish society and votes from the public selected "Aina mun pitää" performed by Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät as the winner.

Finland was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 19 May 2015. Performing during the show in position 5, "Aina mun pitää" 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 sixteenth (last) out of the 16 participating countries in the semi-final with 13 points.