Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979

Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 with the song "Katson sineen taivaan", composed by Matti Siitonen, with lyrics by Vexi Salmi, and performed by Katri Helena. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio, selected its entry through a national final. This was the first of Katri Helena's two Eurovision appearances for Finland, after she had finished runner-up in three previous national finals.

Before Eurovision

National final

Six entries were selected for the competition from almost 300 received submissions. Yleisradio held the national final on 10 February 1979 at the Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki, hosted by. The final was held in conjunction with the Intervision national final. The winner was chosen by a 30-member jury containing ten music industry professionals and twenty music listeners.
In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the show was opened by Seija Simola performing her "Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus".

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter	Points	Place
1		"Hei, tännepäin"		78	6
2	Markku Aro	"Sano Susanne"	, Juha Vainio	94	5
3		"Hyvästi ystäväin"	Lasse Mirsch	113	2
4	Katri Helena	"Katson sineen taivaan"	Matti Siitonen, Vexi Salmi	140	1
5	Kirka, and Muska	"Aikuiset anteeksi antaa"		95	4
6	Pepe Willberg	"Päivä tuskin päättyis kauniimmin"	Pepe Willberg,, Juha Vainio	110	3

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Katri Helena performed 5th in the running order, following and preceding. Katri Helena was accompanied by,, and as backing vocalists. At the close of voting "Katson sineen taivaan" had picked up 38 points, placing Finland 14th of the 19 entries. The Finnish jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners.

Voting

Score	Country
12 points
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Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point