The Finnish entry was
Beat with the
Swedish language song "Fri?", the first time the Finnish entry had been sung in Swedish. After that the only other time Finland has participated with a song in Swedish was in 2012 with
Pernilla Karlsson singing "
När jag blundar".
Before Eurovision
National final
The final was held on 17 February 1990 at the
Kulttuuritalo in
Helsinki, hosted by
Kati Bergman. 11 songs took part and the winner was chosen by an expert jury. 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
Final – 17 February 1990
Draw
Artist
Song
Songwriter(s)
Points
Place
1
Robinson and Apollo 16
"Yön poika"
Esa Mäkelä, Veijo Mäki, Kai Stenman, Sami Piiparinen, Veli-Pekka Lehto
The Finnish entry was
Beat with the
Swedish language song "Fri?", the first time the Finnish entry had been sung in Swedish. After that the only other time Finland has participated with a song in Swedish was in 2012 with
Pernilla Karlsson singing "
När jag blundar".
Before Eurovision
National final
The final was held on 17 February 1990 at the
Kulttuuritalo in
Helsinki, hosted by
Kati Bergman. 11 songs took part and the winner was chosen by an expert jury. 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
Final – 17 February 1990
Draw
Artist
Song
Songwriter(s)
Points
Place
1
Robinson and Apollo 16
"Yön poika"
Esa Mäkelä, Veijo Mäki, Kai Stenman, Sami Piiparinen, Veli-Pekka Lehto