The Semifinals
The Finnish Semi-Finals were hosted by Heikki Paasonen & Jaana Pelkonen. The top 3 songs in each semi-final (chosen by televoting) qualified for the final.
Semi-Final 1 – January 14th – Sibelius Talo, Lahti
| 1 | Yeah, yeah | I’Dees | 19% | 2nd | F |
| 2 | Forever and a day | Hanna-Riikka Siitonen | 14% | 4th= | – |
| 3 | Kissed by a fool | Place-2-Go | 14% | 4th= | – |
| 4 | Miss One-Night Good-Time | A & N | 24% | 1st | F |
| 5 | Melody | Petri Munck | 12% | 6th | – |
| 6 | Whole wide world | Urban Community | 17% | 3rd | F |
Semi-Final 2 – January 21st – Paviljonki, Jyväskylä
| 1 | Everything but still nothing | Everything but still nothing | Christian Forss | 26% | 1st | F |
| 2 | My one and only love | My one and only love | Geir Rönning & Nina Tapio | 18% | 4th | – |
| 3 | Just one kiss | Just one kiss | Sanna Majuri | 4% | 6th | – |
| 4 | My life, my love | My life, my love | Kimmo Kouri | 22% | 2nd | F |
| 5 | One more chance | One more chance | Anna Stenlund | 18% | 3rd | F |
| 6 | Europa Europa | Europe Europe | Momocat | 12% | 5th | – |
Semi-Final 3 – February 4th – Caribia, Turku
| 1 | Your lasting one | Your lasting one | Linda | 7% | 6th | – |
| 2 | Mitä vaan | Whatever | Tommi Läntinen | 12% | 5th | – |
| 3 | Kiss me | Kiss me | Jennie | 29% | 1st | F |
| 4 | Unconditional love | Unconditional love | Teddy vs MC Chriss | 21% | 2nd | F |
| 5 | An actress | An actress | Elena Mady | 17% | 3rd | F |
| 6 | You’re a star | You’re a star | Gary Revel jr. | 14% | 4th | – |
Semi-Final 4 – February 11th – Kulttuurikeskus, Imatra
| 1 | Kihlaus | Engagement | Wäinötär | 14% | 4th | – |
| 2 | Why | Why | Geir Rönning | 34% | 1st | F |
| 3 | Deck of cards | Deck of cards | Kentala | 16% | 3rd | F |
| 4 | I need somebody (like you) | I need somebody (like you) | Karoliina Kallio | 12% | 5th | – |
| 5 | This is the song | This is the song | D’Voices | 7% | 6th | – |
| 6 | The stars are on our side | The stars are on our side | Firevision | 17% | 2nd | F |
Hanna-Riikka Siitonen was a backing singer for Finland in ESC 1996 & 2004. She & Nina Tapio both went on to be backing singers for Geir Rönning at the ESC. Gary Revel jr. was a backing singer for Finland in ESC 2002.
The Final
The Finnish Final was held on February 19th at Tampere Talo hosted by Heikki Paasonen & Jaana Pelkonen. The winner was chosen in two rounds of voting – in the first round the top 6 were chosen by 6 regional juries and in the second round the winner was chosen by televoting.
| 1 | Everything but still nothing | Christian Forss | 13 | 14733 | 5th |
| 2 | Yeah, yeah | I’Dees | 18 | 11741 | 6th |
| 3 | Why | Geir Rönning | 19 | 30648 | 1st |
| 4 | Miss One-Night Good-Time | A & N | 12 | – | 7th |
| 5 | The stars are on our side | Firevision | 0 | – | 11th= |
| 6 | One more chance | Anna Stenlund | 1 | – | 10th |
| 7 | Deck of cards | Kentala | 38 | 22403 | 2nd |
| 8 | An actress | Elena Mady | 36 | 20207 | 4th |
| 9 | Unconditional love | Teddy vs MC Chriss | 10 | – | 8th |
| 10 | Kiss me | Jennie | 30 | 22276 | 3rd |
| 11 | My life, my love | Kimmo Kouri | 0 | – | 11th= |
| 12 | Whole wide world | Urban Community | 9 | – | 9th |
Geir Rönning previously came 7th in the 1995 Norwegian Final, equal 2nd in 1996 & 7th in 1997. He also came 3rd in the 2002 Finnish Final and 5th in 2004. At the ESC Semi-Final he came 18th where one of his backing singers was Charles Salter who was a dancer for Finland in ESC 1994.