The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), organised the national final Euroviisut 2006 to select its entry for the contest.

Twelve entries ultimately competed in the final on 10 March where votes from the public selected "Hard Rock Hallelujah" performed by Lordi as the winner.

Performing during the show in position 16, "Hard Rock Hallelujah" was announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 20 May.

In the final, Finland performed in position 17 and placed first out of the 24 participating countries, winning the contest with 292 points.

[8][9] The entries competing in each semi-final were presented the day of the shows in weekly preview programmes on Yle Radio Suomi between 13 January 2006 and 3 February 2006.

[10] Before the final, Katariina Hänninen opted to translate her selected song "Pala taivasta" from Finnish to English.

[17] The final took place on 10 March 2006 at Hall 994 of the Holiday Club Caribia in Turku, hosted by Finnish presenters Jaana Pelkonen, Heikki Paasonen, and Antero Mertaranta.

[18] The twelve entries that qualified from the preceding four semi-finals competed and the winner was selected over two rounds of public televoting.

[20] According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country, the "Big Four" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom) and the ten highest placed finishers in the 2005 contest are required to qualify from the semi-final on 18 May 2006 in order to compete for the final on 20 May 2006; the top ten countries from the semi-final progress to the final.

[23] The semi-final and the final were televised in Finland on Yle TV2 with commentary in Finnish by Jaana Pelkonen, Heikki Paasonen, and Asko Murtomäki.