Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Finland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Blackbird" and performed by Lasse Piirainen and Leena Tirronen under the name Norma John. The Finnish broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle) organised the national final Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2017 in order to select the Finnish entry for the 2017 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. Ten entries were selected to compete in the national final on 28 January 2017 where the 50/50 combination of votes from ten international jury groups and votes from the public selected "Blackbird" performed by Norma John as the winner.
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| Country | Finland | |||
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| Selection process | Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2017 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 28 January 2017 | |||
| Selected entrant | Norma John | |||
| Selected song | "Blackbird" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (12th) | |||
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Finland was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 9 May 2017. Performing during the show in position 7, "Blackbird" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Finland placed twelfth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 92 points.