Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990

Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 with the song "Fri?", composed by Kim Engblom, Tina Krause[fi], and Janne Engblom, with lyrics by Stina Engblom, and performed by the band Beat[fi]. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), selected its entry through a national final.

This was the first time that the Finnish entry had been sung in Swedish at the Eurovision Song Contest. After that the only other time Finland has entered the contest with a song in Swedish was in 2012 with "När jag blundar" performed by Pernilla Karlsson.

Before Eurovision

National final

Eleven entries were selected for the competition from 225 submissions received during a submission period as well as from ten composers and music publishers directly invited by Yleisradio (Yle). The national final was held on 17 February 1990 at the Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki, hosted by Kati Bergman. The winner was chosen by an expert jury. Each juror distributed their points between 1–8 and 10 for each song, and 12 for the best song. This would be Ossi Runne's last participation as a conductor for the pre-selections in 24 years. He would hand over his baton to his successor, Olli Ahvenlahti, as he would conduct at Zagreb.

In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the show was opened by Barbarella performing "(Like a) Fata Morgana". Later, as an interval act, Barbarella performed "Sucker for Your Love".

At Eurovision

Beat performed last of 22, following Cyprus. Beat was accompanied by Kari Kuivalainen and Robin Wikman[fi] as backing vocalists. The performance's choreography was made by Thomas Ingman. At the close of the voting they had received 8 points, placing joint last with Norway.

Voting