Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978

Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 with the song "Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus", written by and Seija Simola, and performed by Simola herself. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio, selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

Seven entries were selected for the competition from 137 received submissions. The members of the selection jury were, Ossi Runne,,, Kari Kantalainen,,, and.

National final

Yleisradio held the Finnish national final on 11 February 1978 at its television studios in Tampere, hosted by. This was the first time the national selection was held outside of Helsinki since Helsinki's television studios were under renovation. The final was held in conjunction with the Intervision national final. For the first time since 1966 the conductor in the national final was not Ossi Runne but Risto Hiltunen instead. The winner was chosen by regional juries. Each jury group consisted of 15 members, and each juror distributed their points between 1–5 points for each song.
In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the interval act featured Helena Vondráčková, the previous year's winner of Intervision Song Contest, performing "The Windmills of Your Mind" and "Honey Pie".

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter	Points	Place
1	Seija Simola	"Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus"	, Seija Simola	271	1
2		"ABC"	,	193	5
3		"Lemmenlaulu"		193	5
4		"En viipyä voi"	, Krista Kari	88	7
5	Lea Laven	"Aamulla rakkaani näin"		258	2
6	Anneli Saaristo	"Sinun kanssasi, sinua ilman"	Eero Tiikasalo,	221	4
7	Katri Helena	"Ystävä"	, Katri Helena Kalaoja	258	2

Song	scope="col"	scope="col"	scope="col"	scope="col"	scope="col"	Total
"Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus"	53	60	60	56	42	271
"ABC"	40	43	33	39	38	193
"Lemmenlaulu"	39	47	38	36	33	193
"En viipyä voi"	21	16	18	16	17	88
"Aamulla rakkaani näin"	49	53	55	58	43	258
"Sinun kanssasi, sinua ilman"	47	37	53	37	47	221
"Ystävä"	52	51	48	57	50	258

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Simola performed fourth in the running order following Italy and preceding Portugal. Simola was accompanied by, and Pepe Willberg as backing vocalists. The Finnish entry was conducted by Ossi Runne. Finland received two points from Norway and placed joint 18th of the 20 entries.

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