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Finland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 49 times since its debut in 1961. Finland won the contest for the first time in 2006 with Lordi's "Hard Rock Hallelujah". Previously, its best showing was Marion Rung’s song "Tom Tom Tom" in 1973, which was placed 6th. Finland has finished last in the contest final ten times, receiving "nul points" in , and . Since the introduction of the semi-finals in 2004, Finland has failed to reach the final five times. In , the country had its best result for eight years when Softengine finished 11th. In Finland finished last in Semi Final One with the shortest ever Eurovision entry "Aina mun pitää" that only lasts 1 minute and 25 seconds by PKN (Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät). ==History== Before the 2006 victory, Finland was considered by many as the ultimate under-achiever of Eurovision. Prior to its triumph, it had placed last a total of eight times and even the notorious "nul points" once after the introduction of the current scoring method. Finland's entry in 1982, "Nuku pommiin" by Kojo, was one of only fifteen songs since the modern scoring system was instituted in 1975 to earn no points. (Norway had placed last ten times and scored zero points ''four'' times, but has also won twice before 2006). During the 1990s and early 2000s, Finland was arguably one of the countries most affected by the various relegation schemes designed to limit the number of participants. Due to low results, Finland was excluded from the contest in 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001 and 2003. Before 2006, there even was a popular joke circulating in Finland, where a man frees a genie from a bottle: :''Genie:'' Thanks for freeing me! I will now grant you one wish. :''Man:'' Bring the Finnish Karelia back to Finland! :''Genie:'' That's too big a wish, maybe a smaller one? :''Man:'' OK, let Finland win the Eurovision Song Contest even once! :''Genie:'' Hmm... let me see that map again... 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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