In the 2019 contest, "Look Away" performed by Darude featuring Sebastian Rejman failed to qualify Finland to the final, placing seventeenth (last) in the semi-final.

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

The show was broadcast on Yle TV1 with a second audio program providing commentary in Finnish by Mikko Silvennoinen as well as in Swedish by Eva Frantz and Johan Lindroos.

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.

[6] A panel of ten experts appointed by Yle selected six entries for the competition from the 426 received submissions.

"Looking Back" performed by Aksel Kankaanranta was selected as the winner by a 50/50 combination of public votes and eight international jury groups from Bulgaria, Estonia, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, Russia and the United Kingdom.

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are 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 28 January 2020, 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.