Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986

Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 with the song "Never the End", written and performed by Kari Kuivalainen. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio, selected its entry in the contest through a national final.

Before Eurovision

National final

Yleisradio invited nine composers for the competition. The national final was held on 22 February 1986 at its studios in Helsinki, hosted by. The winner was chosen by expert jury. Each juror distributed their points as follows: 1–8 and 10 points. The winner was "Päivä kahden ihmisen" performed and composed by Kari Kuivalainen. The voting was rather tight and Kuivalainen won by only one point over the second-placing entrant.

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter	Points	Place
1	Kirka and	"Aitoa taikaa"	,,	74	3
2	Tulip	"Tanssin aurinkoon"	,	22	9
3	and	"Applause"	, Irina Milan	53	5
4	Kirka	"Uusiin taivaisiin"	Edu Kettunen	88	2
5	Sonja Lumme	"Tappavat kyyneleet"	Jim Pembroke, Jukka Virtanen	48	6
6	Gruppo Jokke	"Kaamoksen maa"	, Siru Seppälä	37	7
7	Kim Lönnholm	"Rautataivas"	, Pekka Pohjola	64	4
8	Kari Kuivalainen	"Päivä kahden ihmisen"	Kari Kuivalainen	89	1
9	Danny	"Ninja"	,, Jyrki Hämäläinen	31	8

At Eurovision

For the contest, the song's title "Päivä kahden ihmisen" was changed to "Never the End", and one line of the song was changed. Kuivalainen performed nineteenth on the night of the contest, following and preceding. Kuivalainen was accompanied by Kati Bergman,, and as backing vocalists. At the close of the voting it had received 22 points, placing 15th in a field of 20 competing countries.

Voting

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

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