Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 with the song "", composed by , with lyrics by , and performed by Anneli Saaristo. The Finnish participating broadcaster, (Yle), selected its entry in the contest through a national final.
Before Eurovision National final For the first time (Yle) decided to combine inviting composers and open submissions. Ten entries were selected for the competition from 210 submissions received during a submission period as well as from seven composers directly invited by Yle. The national final was held on 4 February 1989 at the Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki, hosted by Tarja Koskela. The winner was chosen by an expert jury. 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 Kirka () and Sonja Lumme ().
In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the show was opened by Sabrina performing "My Chico". Later, as an interval act, Sabrina performed "Like a Yo-Yo".
+ Final – 4 February 1989 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place 1 Anneli Saaristo "Oi äiti maa" 74 3 2 "Kan det vara kärlek" 72 4 3 Kirka "Hiljaisuutta" 62 5 4 Meiju Suvas "Rauhaton sydän" 24 10 5 "Huominen Eurooppa" Gösta Sundqvist 39 8 6 Anneli Saaristo "La dolce vita" 110 1 7 "Minä olen muistanut" 52 7 8 Sonja Lumme "Rakkauden laulut" 62 5 9 "Vad finns kvar" 103 2 10 Marjorie "Kahden juhla" 31 9 + 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 "Oi äiti maa" 7 6 4 5 812 7 6 5 7 7 74 2 "Kan det vara kärlek" 10 8 3 4 7 10 8 5 5 8 4 72 3 "Hiljaisuutta" 5 4 7 8 5 4 4 8 8 4 5 62 4 "Rauhaton sydän" 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 1 24 5 "Huominen Eurooppa" 1 1 1 6 8 10 1 1 3 2 5 39 6 "La dolce vita"12 612 1012 2 1012 101212 110 7 "Minä olen muistanut" 3 4 3 6 5 7 4 6 4 5 5 52 8 "Rakkauden laulut" 4 10 4 7 6 3 5 4 6 6 7 62 9 "Vad finns kvar" 512 812 8 612 1012 8 10 103 10 "Kahden juhla" 3 2 4 3 2 4 1 3 5 3 1 31
At Eurovision On the night of the final Saaristo performed 14th in the running order, following and preceding . Saaristo was accompanied by and Jokke Seppälä as backing vocalists, and and as guitarists. At the close of voting it had received 76 points, placing Finland 7th of the 22 entries, the country's highest placement of the 1980s and best finish since 1975. 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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