Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1965 with the song "", composed by Toivo Kärki, with lyrics by Reino Helismaa, and performed by Viktor Klimenko. The Finnish participating broadcaster, (Yle), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision Ten entries were selected for the competition from 111 received submissions. The members of the selection jury were , George de Godzinsky, , , , , Lea Venkula, and . The Finnish national selection composed of a semi final and a final.

Semi-final The ten songs were played on radio and television test cards in late January and six finalists were chosen by postcard voting. The winner of the postcard voting was "" performed by Katri Helena.

+ Semi-final – 19, 21 & 23 January 1965 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Votes Place 1 "Iltaisin" 4,814 6 2 "Vanha kunnon dixieland" 4,112 7 3 "Pavane itkevälle neidolle" colspan=2 4 Eero and Jussi "Tahdon saaren" 2 5 "Lapin taikarummut" 3 6 Carola "Ge mig en grabb" colspan=2 7 Viktor Klimenko "Aurinko laskee länteen" 6,242 4 8 Katri Helena "Minne tuuli kuljettaa" 16,839 1 9 "Mon amie, mon amour" 5 10 Tamara Lund "Ota tai jätä" colspan=2

Final

(Yle) held the national final on 13 February 1965 at its studios in Helsinki, hosted by and Marion Rung. There were two juries, ten regional juries and a Nordic jury. Should both juries have the same favourite, it would be declared the winner. However, the favorite song of regional juries was "" performed by Marjatta Leppänen and of Nordic jury was "" by Viktor Klimenko. Therefore the winner was chosen by Yle's administration and they chose "" in favour of the Nordic jury.

Each regional jury group consisted of 10 members, and each juror distributed their points as follows: 1, 3 and 5 points.

+ Final – 13 February 1964 Artist Song Points Place 1 "Iltaisin" 210 1 2 Eero and Jussi "Tahdon saaren" 84 6 3 "Lapin taikarummut" 93 5 4 Viktor Klimenko "Aurinko laskee länteen" 195 2 5 Katri Helena "Minne tuuli kuljettaa" 186 3 6 "Mon amie, mon amour" 133 4

At Eurovision On the evening of the final Viktor Klimenko performed 16th in the running order, following Luxembourg and preceding Yugoslavia. The Finnish entry was conducted by George de Godzinsky. Finland did not receive any points in the voting and therefore placed joint last with Spain, Germany and Belgium.

Voting Finland did not receive any points at the Eurovision Song Contest 1965.

+ Points awarded by Finland Score Country 5 points 3 points 1 point

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