Ten entries ultimately competed in the final on 30 January where votes from the public selected "Työlki ellää" performed by Kuunkuiskaajat as the winner.

Performing during the show in position 5, "Työlki ellää" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final.

In the 2009 contest, "Lose Control" performed by Waldo's People managed to qualify Finland to the final but placed last in twenty-fifth.

[2][3] Finland's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest have been selected through national final competitions that have varied in format over the years.

At least one of the writers and the lead singer(s) had to hold Finnish citizenship or live in Finland permanently in order for the entry to qualify to compete.

[11] The twelve invited artists were announced on 30 September 2009, while the three entries that qualified from the online selection and were presented during a televised programme on 16 October 2009.

[24] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the interval act featured Mikko Leppilampi and Norwegian Eurovision Song Contest 2009 winner Alexander Rybak.

[26] According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Four" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom) were required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final.

On 7 February 2010, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in.

[28] The two semi-finals and the final were televised in Finland on Yle TV2 with commentary in Finnish by Jaana Pelkonen and Asko Murtomäki.

[31][32] The two dancers/backing vocalists that joined Kuunkuiskaajat on stage were Aki Eronen and Jukka Tarvainen, while the violinist was Maria Baric.

[33] At the end of the show, Finland was not announced among the top 10 entries in the first semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final.

This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.