| Eurovision Song Contest 1978 | ||||
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| Country |  Finland | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | National final | |||
| Selection date(s) | 11 February 1978 | |||
| Selected entrant | Seija Simola | |||
| Selected song | "Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 18th, 2 points | |||
| Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Finland was represented by Seija Simola, with the song "Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus", at the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 24 April in Paris.
The Finnish national final was held on February 11 at the YLE TV Studios in Tampere. The final was hosted by Klaus Thomasson. For the first time since 1966 the conductor in the national final was not Ossi Runne but Risto Hiltunen instead. The winner was chosen by regional juries.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Place | Points |
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| 1 | Seija Simola | "Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus" | Reijo Karvonen (m. & l.), Seija Simola (l.) | 1st | 271 |
| 2 | Mirumaru | "ABC" | Antti Hyvärinen (m.), Pertti Reponen (l.) | 5th | 193 |
| 3 | Reijo Karvonen | "Lemmenlaulu" | Eero Lupari (m. & l.) | 5th | 193 |
| 4 | Martti Metsäketo | "En viipyä voi" | Eino Virtanen (m.), Krista Kari (l.) | 7th | 88 |
| 5 | Lea Laven | "Aamulla rakkaani näin" | Raul Reiman (m. & l.) | 2nd | 258 |
| 6 | Anneli Saaristo | "Sinun kanssasi, sinua ilman" | Eero Tiikasalo (m.), Erkki Mäkinen (l.) | 4th | 221 |
| 7 | Katri Helena | "Ystävä" | Timo Kalaoja (m.), Katri Helena Kalaoja (l.) | 2nd | 258 |
| Song | Turku | Oulu | Helsinki | Tampere | Lappeenranta | Total |
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| Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus | 53 | 60 | 60 | 56 | 42 | 271 |
| ABC | 40 | 43 | 33 | 39 | 38 | 193 |
| Lemmenlaulu | 39 | 47 | 38 | 36 | 33 | 193 |
| En viipyä voi | 21 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 88 |
| Aamulla rakkaani näin | 49 | 53 | 55 | 58 | 43 | 258 |
| Sinun kanssasi, sinua ilman | 47 | 37 | 53 | 37 | 47 | 221 |
| Ystävä | 52 | 51 | 48 | 57 | 50 | 258 |
On the night of the final Simola performed fourth in the running order following Italy and preceding Portugal. The Finnish entry was conducted by Ossi Runne. Finland received two points from Norway and placed joint 18th (with Turkey) of the 20 entries.
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