Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 with the song "Never the End", written and performed by Kari Kuivalainen. The Finnish participating broadcaster, (Yle), selected its entry in the contest through a national final.

Before Eurovision National final (Yle) invited nine composers for the competition. The national final was held on 22 February 1986 at its studios in Helsinki, hosted by . The winner was chosen by expert jury. Each juror distributed their points as follows: 1–8 and 10 points. The winner was "" performed and composed by Kari Kuivalainen. The voting was rather tight and Kuivalainen won by only one point over the second-placing entrant. + Final – 22 February 1986 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place 1 Kirka and "Aitoa taikaa" 74 3 2 Tulip "Tanssin aurinkoon" 22 9 3 and "Applause" 53 5 4 Kirka "Uusiin taivaisiin" Edu Kettunen 88 2 5 Sonja Lumme "Tappavat kyyneleet" 48 6 6 Gruppo Jokke "Kaamoksen maa" 37 7 7 Kim Lönnholm "Rautataivas" 64 4 8 Kari Kuivalainen "Päivä kahden ihmisen" Kari Kuivalainen 89 1 9 Danny "Ninja" 31 8 + Detailed Jury Votes Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1 "Aitoa taikaa" 8 6 7 7 6 3 10 7 6 6 8 74 2"Tanssin aurinkoon" 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 3 1 3 1 22 3 "Applause" 2 5 5 4 5 7 3 5 5 7 5 53 4 "Uusiin taivaisiin" 7 8 8 6 10 8 6 8 10 10 7 88 5 "Tappavat kyyneleet" 3 4 4 2 4 10 1 4 4 8 4 48 6 "Kaamoksen maa" 4 3 3 3 3 4 5 2 3 4 3 37 7 "Rautataivas" 6 7 6 8 7 5 4 6 7 2 6 64 8 "Päivä kahden ihmisen" 10 10 10 10 8 6 2 10 8 5 10 89 9 "Ninja" 5 2 2 5 2 2 7 1 2 1 2 31

At Eurovision For the contest, the song's title "" was changed to "Never the End", and one line of the song was changed. Kuivalainen performed nineteenth on the night of the contest, following and preceding . Kuivalainen was accompanied by Kati Bergman, , and Jokke Seppälä as backing vocalists. At the close of the voting it had received 22 points, placing 15th in a field of 20 competing countries.

Voting

+ Points awarded to Finland Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

+ Points awarded by Finland Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

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