Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006


Finland was represented by Lordi in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah". The song, written and composed by band member Mr. Lordi, went on to win the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006, placing first in both the semifinal and final. This gave Finland its first ever win in the competition.
Lordi is a melodic theatrical heavy-rock band, mostly known for their unusual monster costumes and lyrical themes. The members are Lordi, Amen, Ox, Awa, and Kita. Lordi have released four albums with many hit songs. The members have never shown themselves in public without their masks. Lordi itself says the band does not exist without the masks. Before the Athens competition there was some controversy in Finland protesting the selection of such an unusual musical style and stage theatrics. Several newspaper readers' letters called for a reconsideration of the representative in favour of more traditional pop music.

Before Eurovision

Euroviisut 2006

Semi-finals

Before the final, semi-finals were held at the Tohloppi Studios in Tampere, in which a song was selected for each of the twelve candidates by televoting.

Semi-final 1

Semi-final 2

Semi-final 3

Semi-final 4

Final

The final was held on 10 March 2006 at the Caribia Hall in Turku, hosted by Heikki Paasonen and Jaana Pelkonen. The winner was selected over two rounds of televoting. In the first round, the top six entries were selected to proceed to the second round. In the second round, "Hard Rock Hallelujah" performed by Lordi was selected as the winner.

At Eurovision

Because Finland failed to qualify in 2005 Lordi was forced to compete in the Eurovision semi-final, Finland performed 16th following Ukraine and preceding Netherlands qualified to the final, placing 1st in the semi-final and scoring 292 points. In the final, Finland performed 17th, following Greece and preceding Ukraine. Lordi received 292 points, winning the contest for Finland. It is the best result for this country to date.
Finland pre-qualified to compete directly in the final of the 2007 Contest.

Points awarded to Finland

12 points10 points8 points7 points6 points

  • 5 points4 points3 points2 points1 point

  • Points awarded by Finland

    Semi-final

    Final