Yleisradio (Yle) held the national final on January 22 at its studios in Helsinki. The show was hosted by Tuula Ignatius and Risto Vanari. The winner was chosen by a professional jury in two rounds of voting. In the first round top 3 songs were chosen and in the second round the winner was chosen.
On the evening of the final Ann-Christine performed seventh in the running order, following Norway and preceding Portugal. It was the first Finnish entry conducted by Ossi Runne, who would conduct the Finnish Eurovision entry 22 times. At the close of voting, Finland picked up seven points and placed joint 10th with Germany and Luxembourg of the 18 entries.
The contest was broadcast on TV-ohjelma 1 and on radio station Yleisohjelma [fi], both with commentary by Aarno Walli [fi]. It was also broadcast on Swedish-language radio station Ruotsinkielinen ula-ohjelma.[2][3]
