The Semifinals
The Finnish semi-finals were held at the Tohloppi Studios in Tampere, hosted by Heikki Paasonen & Jaana Pelkonen. The favourite song of each singer (chosen by televoting) qualified for the final.
Semi-Final 1 – January 13th
| 1 | Eternamente Maria | Eternally Maria | Tomi Metsäketo | 60% | F |
| 2 | Look at your love | Look at your love | Jennie | 23% | – |
| 3 | Hard rock hallelujah | Hard rock hallelujah | Lordi | 58% | F |
| 4 | Un posto fra le nuvole | A place among the clouds | Tomi Metsäketo | 40% | – |
| 5 | Take me higher | Take me higher | Jennie | 77% | F |
| 6 | Bringing back the balls to rock | Bringing back the balls to rock | Lordi | 42% | – |
Semi-Final 2 – January 20th
| 1 | Liian monta yötä | Too many nights | Johanna Pakonen | 35% | – |
| 2 | Over you | Over you | Ville Pusa | 16% | – |
| 3 | This is what we came for | This is what we came for | Nina & Hanna-Riikka | 33% | – |
| 4 | Kerta viimeinen | The last time | Johanna Pakonen | 65% | F |
| 5 | Eternally | Eternally | Ville Pusa & Christa Renwall | 84% | F |
| 6 | Who I am | Who I am | Nina & Hanna-Riikka | 67% | F |
Semi-Final 3 – January 27th
| 1 | Shanghain valot | The lights of Shanghai | Annika Eklund | 78% | F |
| 2 | V.I.P. | V.I.P. | Jane | 71% | F |
| 3 | Toinen minä | The other me | Kilpi | 38% | – |
| 4 | Sinussa on jotain | There’s something about you | Annika Eklund | 22% | – |
| 5 | Sivuoireita | Side effects | Jane | 29% | – |
| 6 | Katharsis | Catharsis | Kilpi | 62% | F |
Semi-Final 4 – February 3rd
| 1 | Enkeli itkee | The angel cries | Marita Taavitsainen | 54% | F |
| 2 | Pala taivasta | A piece of heaven | Katariina Hänninen | 55% | F |
| 3 | Livin‘ it up | Livin‘ it up | Safe Six | 45% | – |
| 4 | Antaudun | I surrender | Marita Taavitsainen | 46% | – |
| 5 | Liian aikaisin | Too early | Katariina Hänninen | 45% | – |
| 6 | I can’t wait | I can’t wait | Safe Six | 55% | F |
The Final
The Finnish Final was held on March 10th at the Caribia Hall in Turku, hosted by Heikki Paasonen & Jaana Pelkonen. The winner was chosen in two rounds of televoting – the first to select the top 6 and the second to select the winner.
| 1 | Shanghain valot | The lights of Shanghai | Annika Eklund | 4145 | 19565 | 3rd |
| 2 | Who I am | Who I am | Nina & Hanna-Riikka | 1793 | – | 7th |
| 3 | I can’t wait | I can’t wait | Safe Six | 1480 | – | 8th |
| 4 | Katharsis | Catharsis | Kilpi | 1816 | 4685 | 6th |
| 5 | V.I.P. | V.I.P. | Jane | 2774 | 6308 | 5th |
| 6 | Enkeli itkee | The angel cries | Marita Taavitsainen | 516 | – | 12th |
| 7 | Devil on my shoulder | Devil on my shoulder | Katariina Hänninen | 970 | – | 11th |
| 8 | Kerta viimeinen | The last time | Johanna Pakonen | 1456 | – | 9th |
| 9 | Eternally | Eternally | Ville Pusa & Christa Renwall | 1308 | – | 10th |
| 10 | Hard rock hallelujah | Hard rock hallelujah | Lordi | 29150 | 67369 | 1st |
| 11 | Take me higher | Take me higher | Jennie | 4311 | 15138 | 4th |
| 12 | Eternamente Maria | Eternally Maria | Tomi Metsäketo | 4835 | 45431 | 2nd |
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Lordi went on to win ESC 2006. Nina & Hanna Riikka were both backing singers for Finland in ESC 2005. Hanna-Riikka was also a backing singer for Finland in ESC 1996 & 2004. Safe Six included Gary Revel jr, Charles Salter & Annina Rubinstein. Gary was a backing singer for Finland in ESC 2002, Charles was a dancer for Finland in ESC 1994 & a backing singer for Finland in ESC 2005. Annina was a dancer for Finland in ESC 2004.