Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 with the song "", composed by , with lyrics by , and performed by Sonja Lumme. The Finnish participating broadcaster, (Yle), selected its entry through a national final.
Before Eurovision Twelve entries were selected for the competition from 149 received submissions. The composers got to choose between Ami Aspelund, , Pave Maijanen, Riki Sorsa, Sonja Lumme, and Tapani Kansa to perform their songs. Maijanen, however, withdrew due to a salary dispute, and was replaced by Jokke Seppälä. The songs premiered on 3 February 1985 on the radio. The five rejected songs were also played.
Euroviisut 1985 (Yle) held the national final on 16 February 1985 at its television studios in Helsinki, hosted by . The winner was chosen by six regional juries. Each jury group consisted of ten members, and each juror distributed their points between 1–5 points for each song.
+ Final – 16 February 1985 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place 1Tapani Kansa"Siksi lauluni soi", Tapani Kansa1843 2"Ei aina svengaa"Mika Siekkinen, 10512 3Ami Aspelund and Riki Sorsa"Lapset maailman", Ami Aspelund, Pasi Hiihtola1804 4Sonja Lumme"Mulle rakkauden kevät toi"Matti Auranen, Sonja Lumme12311 5Jokke Seppälä"Jossain"Pave Maijanen1586 6Ami Aspelund"Sången om vårt hus"Sven Sid, Bo Carpelan1319 7Riki Sorsa"Haaveissa vainko oot mun?"Kari Kuivalainen2212 8Bianca Morales"Mennään vaan"Esko M. Toivonen, 1557 9Tapani Kansa"Onnellisuus"Pepe Willberg, Kirsti Willberg12810 10Ami Aspelund"Mandy"Jokke Seppälä, Siru Seppälä1448 11Bianca Morales and Jokke Seppälä"Huomenna", , Timo Lehtiö1795 12Sonja Lumme"Eläköön elämä", 2551 + Detailed Regional Jury Votes Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1 "Siksi lauluni soi" 25 34 37 33 27 28 184 2 "Ei aina svengaa" 18 18 20 16 12 21 105 3 "Lapset maailman" 36 31 32 34 26 21 180 4 "Mulle rakkauden kevät toi" 19 18 19 24 20 23 123 5 "Jossain" 28 30 31 28 21 20 158 6 "Sången om vårt hus" 19 22 15 16 33 26 131 7 "Haaveissa vainko oot mun?" 30 42 39 34 32 44 221 8 "Mennään vaan" 22 26 30 25 15 37 155 9 "Onnellisuus" 15 27 21 27 14 24 128 10 "Mandy" 15 28 20 24 30 27 144 11 "Huomenna" 38 30 33 32 25 21 179 12 "Eläköön elämä" 39 37 45 48 49 37 255
At Eurovision Lumme performed 2nd on the night of the contest, following and preceding . Lumme was accompanied by Kaija Kokkola, , and Jokke Seppälä as backing vocalists. At the close of the voting it had received 58 points, placing 9th of 19.
Voting
+ Points awarded to Finland Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Finland Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
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