The Finnish national Semi Final and Final were held in January, starting on January 16 with the first Semi Final and ending on January 24 with the final. They were hosted by Maria Guzenina

Maria Guzenina

Maria Guzenina-Richardson is a Finnish politician who became a household name in Finland after working as a VJ for MTV Europe from 1994 until 1997. Guzenina-Richardson was elected to the Parliament of Finland in 2007 and in 2011. She was appointed Minister of Health and Social Services on 22 June...

 and Bettina Sågbom

Bettina Sågbom

Bettina Maria Sågbom is a Swedish-speaking Finnish journalist. She is the host of the talk show Bettina S., which is aired on the Finnish national television network YLE FST5. Sågbom is married and has two children.- External links :...

, along with Antero Mertaranta

Antero Mertaranta

Lauri Antero Johannes Mertaranta is a prominent Finnish sportscaster and TV personality and former elementary school teacher....

 in the final. The winner was Jari Sillanpää

Jari Sillanpää

Jari Sillanpää a Finnish singer. With over 820,000 records sold, he is the fourth-best-selling music artist and best-selling solo artist in Finland....

, with the song Takes 2 To Tango

Takes 2 To Tango

"Takes 2 To Tango" was the Finnish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, performed in English by Jari Sillanpää. The song was composed by Mika Toivanen, and Sillanpää wrote the lyrics himself....

. In the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

 Semi Final in Istanbul, Turkey, the song was placed 14th with 51 points and so did not qualify for the final.

Semi Final 1

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Artist	Song	Place	Percentage of Vote
Heidi Kyrö & JUST	Dance My Heart Away	6	5.8%
Kirsi Ranto	I can't stop lovin' you	10	1.7%
Karoliina Kallio	What if	7	4.3%
Komissio	Mouse in the misery	10	2%
Anna Stenlund	A little crazy	2	16.9%
Iina & Gary	You don't need to go	5	7%
Geir Rönning	I don't need to say	4	8%
Sheidi	Higher ground	9	1.8
Jari Sillanpää	Takes 2 To Tango Takes 2 To Tango "Takes 2 To Tango" was the Finnish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, performed in English by Jari Sillanpää. The song was composed by Mika Toivanen, and Sillanpää wrote the lyrics himself....	1	39%
Riikka	Toarie	3	13.5
The table is ordered by appearance.

See also

• Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest
  Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest
  Finland first entered the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961, and has participated a total of 45 times. Finland won the contest for the first time in 2006 with Lordi's "Hard Rock Hallelujah"...