Eight entries ultimately competed in the final on 1 March where votes from the public selected "Missä miehet ratsastaa" performed by Teräsbetoni as the winner.

In the final, Finland performed in position 8 and placed twenty-second out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 35 points.

In the 2007 contest, Finland automatically qualified to the final as the host nation where "Leave Me Alone" performed by Hanna Pakarinen placed seventeenth.

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

[5] Twelve artists were directly invited by Yle to compete in the national final following consultation with record companies and presented on 15 November 2007.

[6][7] The entries competing in each semi-final were presented in preview programmes on Yle Radio Suomi on 4, 11 and 18 February 2008, respectively.

[10] The final took place on 1 March 2008 at the Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki where the eight entries that qualified from the preceding three semi-finals and the Second Chance round competed.

[11] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the interval act featured Aikakone and 2007 Finnish Eurovision entrant Hanna Pakarinen.

[13] According to the rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Four" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top nine songs from each semi-final as determined by televoting progress to the final, and a tenth was determined by back-up juries.

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

The LED screens and stage lighting displayed white and red colours and the performance also featured several effects including smoke, fire and pyrotechnics.

[22] At the end of the show, Finland was announced as having finished in the top 10 and subsequently qualifying for the grand final.