Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 with the song "", composed by , with lyrics by , and performed by Katri Helena. The Finnish participating broadcaster, (Yle), selected its entry in the contest through a national final. This was Katri Helena's second Eurovision appearance, 14 years after represent .
Before Eurovision 1993 Due to the early 1990s depression in Finland, the competition was held as small-scale as possible. (Yle) invited eight composers for the competition, and invited four singers (Arja Koriseva, Katri Helena, Marjorie, and Paula Koivuniemi) to perform the songs, each with two songs. Yle held the national final, 1993, at its television studios in Helsinki, hosted by . The winner was chosen by voting from eleven regional juries. Each jury group distributed their points as follows: 1–6, 8 and 10 points.
In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the interval acts featured Helen Hoffner performing "Summer of Love" and "Holy River", and Niklas Strömstedt performing "I hennes rum" and "När vindarna vill".
+ Final – 6 March 1993 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place 1 Paula Koivuniemi "Päivä kerrallaan" , 37 6 2 Katri Helena "Tule luo" , 96 1 3 Arja Koriseva "Vain taivas yksin tietää" , , Vexi Salmi 65 3 4 Marjorie "Legenda" , Pia Partanen 52 4 5 Paula Koivuniemi "Sammunut rakkaus" , 21 8 6 Katri Helena "Viesti" Jukka Kuoppamäki 48 5 7 Arja Koriseva "Sulta laulun sain" Olli Ahvenlahti, Hector 77 2 8 Marjorie "Aika eteenpäin vain kulkee" Pepe Willberg, Kirsti Willberg 33 7 + Detailed Regional 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"Päivä kerrallaan" 4 2 5 1 2 4 3 4 1 1 10 37 2 "Tule luo" 10 10 10 10 10 8 5 8 10 10 5 96 3 "Vain taivas yksin tietää" 5 5 8 5 8 5 4 6 8 8 3 65 4 "Legenda" 8 8 2 2 5 6 6 3 2 4 6 52 5 "Sammunut rakkaus" 1 1 3 4 1 1 1 2 3 3 1 21 6 "Viesti" 2 4 4 8 4 2 8 5 5 2 4 48 7 "Sulta laulun sain" 3 6 6 6 6 10 10 10 6 6 8 77 8 "Aika eteenpäin vain kulkee" 6 3 1 3 3 3 2 1 4 5 2 33
At Eurovision On the night of the final Katri Helena performed 17th in the running order, following and preceding . Katri Helena was accompanied by Pave Maijanen and Pepe Willberg as backing vocalists and accordionists, and as backing vocalist. Katri Helena's costume was designed by . At the close of voting "" had received 20 points (the highest an 8 from ), placing Finland 17th of the 25 entries. The Finnish jury awarded its 12 points to .
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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