Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011
| Eurovision Song Contest 2011 | ||||
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| Country |
 Finland
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Euroviisut 2011 100% Televoting |
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| Selection date(s) |
Online Voting: 1–15 October 2010 Semi-final: 14 January 2011 21 January 2011 28 January 2011 Final: 12 February 2011 |
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| Selected entrant | Paradise Oskar | |||
| Selected song | "Da Da Dam" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (3rd, 103 points) | |||
| Final result | 21st, 57 points | |||
| Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Finland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany and selected their entry through Euroviisut 2011, organised by Finnish broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle). The final was broadcast Full HD 1080p via Yle HD channel.
On 6 June 2010, Yle called for songs to participate in Euroviisut 2011. Submissions could be sent to Yle until 31 August 2010. It was announced that the European Capital of Culture 2011 Turku would host the Finnish final, at the Holiday Club Caribia on 12 February. On 10 September, Yle announced that they received 277 entries. Twelve of them would be chosen to participate in the Semi-finals. Three songs from an online vote would also be chosen for the Semi-finals. Fifteen songs were placed online. The online voting started on 1 October. The public could vote for their favorite song via SMS.
Like last year, the winner of the Finnish tango contest Tangomarkkinat, Marko Maunuksela, was offered an invitation to take part in the Finnish selection for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest.
There were three weekly Semi-finals with five songs each. In every Semi-final three songs proceeded to the final. Yle picked a wild card amongst those who were eliminated in the Semi-finals to complete the final lineup of ten songs. In the final, three songs proceeded to the Super-Final, where the Finnish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was chosen.
The shows were hosted by Jaana Pelkonen and Tom Nylund.
On 30 September, Yle announced the fifteen songs for the online SMS selection and the twelve invited artists.
Three of the fifteen songs advanced to the televised semi-finals.
Each semi-final contained five acts - four invited artists, and one online qualifier. Each semi-final, held on consecutive Fridays in January 2011, were held in Turku. Three songs from each semi-final qualified via a public vote to the final on 12 February 2011.
The Super Final featured the top three songs of the final: Paradise Oskar, Father McKenzie and Saara Aalto. Paradise Oskar won.
Finland competed tenth on the first semi-final of the contest, on 10 May, and qualified for the final, placing third with 103 points. In the final, on 14 May, Finland competed first and placed twenty-first with 57 points. The Finnish jury was the second one to have released their points for the grand final, you can see how they were given below:
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