Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1971 with the song "", written by Rauno Lehtinen, and performed by Markku Aro and (sisters Anja and Anneli Koivisto). The Finnish participating broadcaster, (Yle), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

National final (Yle) invited nine composers for the competition. One of them, Toivo Kärki declined the invitation. Yle had also planned to give invitations to but for unknown reasons they eventually were not invited. The Finnish national final was held on 13 February 1971 at Yle's television studios in Helsinki, hosted by and . The winner was chosen by a jury consisting of 30 people; 24 province representatives (two from each Finland's twelve provinces, one aged 18–25 and the other 25–60, with at least ten years' difference between their ages) and 6 music industry professionals. Each juror distributed their points between 1–5 points for each song.

+ Final – 13 February 1971 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place 1 "Uusi viikko" Jim Pembroke 79 4 2 Markku Aro and "Tie uuteen päivään" Rauno Lehtinen 123 1 3 Pepe Willberg "1:1 000 000 (Yksi miljoonaan)" 73 5 4 Jukka Kuoppamäki "Uinu poikani vain" Jukka Kuoppamäki 111 2 5 "Rajan takaa" 99 3 6 Aarno Raninen and Carola "Ei koskaan" Aarno Raninen 70 6 7 Lasse Mårtenson "Pilvilaulu" Lasse Mårtenson 70 6 8 Arja Saijonmaa "Talvilintu" 68 8

At Eurovision On the night of the final Markku Aro and Koivistolaiset performed 17th in the running order, following Yugoslavia and preceding Norway. The entry was conducted by Ossi Runne. At the close of voting, Finland picked up 84 points and placed 8th of the 18 entries.

Each country nominated two jury members, one below the age of 25 and the other above, who voted for their respective country by giving between one and five points to each song, except that representing their own country. All jury members were colocated at the venue in Dublin, and were brought on stage during the voting sequence to present their points. The Finnish jury members were and .

Voting

+ Points awarded to Finland Score Country 10 points 9 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points

+ Points awarded by Finland Score Country 10 points 9 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points

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