The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), selected its entry through a national final.

Yleisradio (Yle) held a national final at the Työväenopisto in Helsinki, hosted by Aarno Walli.

[1] Brita Koivunen was supposed to perform "Puuttuva lehti" in the final but for unknown reasons she withdrew and was replaced by Christina Hellman.

The songs eliminated in the semi-final were:[2] On the evening of the final Laila Kinnunen performed "Valoa ikkunassa" 4th in the running order, following Austria and preceding Yugoslavia.

At the close of voting the song had received 6 points (2 from Italy and the United Kingdom and 1 from Denmark and France), placing Finland joint 10th (with Monaco and the Netherlands) of the 16 entries.