Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 with the song "", composed by Ile Kallio, with lyrics by , and performed by Kaija. The Finnish participating broadcaster, (Yle), selected its entry through a national final.
Before Eurovision National final Ten entries were selected for the competition from 414 submissions received during a submission period as well as from composers and music publishers directly invited by (Yle). The national final was held on 2 March 1991 at the Typhon Hall in Turku, hosted by Kati Bergman. The winner chosen by an "expert" jury, which included Tina Pettersson, who had represented with the group Beat, and veteran Finnish Eurovision conductor Ossi Runne. Each juror distributed their points between 1–8 and 10 for each song, and 12 for the best song. Other participants included former Finnish representatives Riki Sorsa () and Kirka ().
Jerry Lee Lewis was supposed to perform as an interval act since he was going to have a concert after the final. However, Yle's editor manager of entertainment, Erkki Pohjanheimo, arrived during the final to inform that Lewis had refused to perform. Instead, Lewis's band with the lead of Kenny Lovelace performed as an interval act.
+ Final – 2 March 1991 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place 1Riki Sorsa"Viimeinen tie"Hans Sjöblom 91 3 2 Anna Hanski"Elämän haitari", 36 9 3 and Jake Voutilainen"Kauneimmat lauseet"Jake Voutilainen, Hector 30 10 4Arja Koriseva"Enkelin silmin", 67 5 5 Samuli Edelmann"Peggy", Hector 95 2 6 Kaija Kärkinen "Hullu yö" Ile Kallio, 109 1 7 "I Love You", 51 7 8 Nina Moberg"Kuinka voisinkaan"Jokke Seppälä, Hector 64 6 9 Kirka "Taivas ja maa", , Vexi Salmi 88 4 10 Arja Koriseva "Molto presto"Jukka Vuolle 49 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"Viimeinen tie" 4 8 8 7 7 101212 7 8 8 91 2 "Elämän haitari" 3 2 2 4 1 6 1 3 8 4 2 36 3 "Kauneimmat lauseet" 2 1 1 6 3 3 4 1 1 3 5 30 4 "Enkelin silmin" 4 3 4 7 6 5 5 10 10 6 7 67 5 "Peggy"12 101212 10 8 8 8 8 3 4 95 6 "Hullu yö" 1012 10 8 812 10 712 10 10 109 7 "I Love You" 8 6 7 5 4 4 8 2 3 2 2 51 8 "Kuinka voisinkaan" 4 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 4 7 7 64 9 "Taivas ja maa" 6 5 5 1012 8 7 5 61212 88 10 "Molto presto" 4 1 3 4 4 6 5 4 3 5 10 49
At Eurovision On the night of the final Kärkinen performed 16th in the running order, following and preceding . Kärkinen was accompanied by , Pemo Ojala and as backing vocalists. The performance's choreography was made by . At the close of voting "" had received 6 points, placing Finland 20th of the 22 entries. The Finnish jury awarded its 12 points to .
The contest was broadcast on TV1 (with commentary by Erkki Pohjanheimo) and on radio stations (with commentary by Kai Ristola) and Swedish-language station (with commentary by Johan Finne, and ).
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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