All the Finnish Eurovision entries that have charted on Finland's national music chart

Finland has been competing at Eurovision for over sixty years. With 58 entries, one Eurovision win and more recently known for their rock songs, Finland have had varying degrees of success throughout their years in the Contest.

Today we take a look at how the Finnish Eurovision entries have performed on Finland's national music Singles chart.

Out of their 58 entries, 14 songs have charted in Finland, with the first single to chart being their 1998 entry Aava by Edea.

The Official Finnish charts were started in 1994 by Musiikkituottajat and remain the official records chart published by Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.

As well as the national Singles chart, the Latauslista (download chart) was also an indicator of Finland's music tastes. The ranking includes some songs that appeared on both the Singles and Latauslista charts.

Some songs managed to only chart on the Latauslista (download chart). As our ranking is only based solely on the Singles chart, here are the songs that only charted on the Latauslista chart:

• Softengine - Something Better (2014) / Peak No. 3

• Krista Siegfrids - Marry Me (2013) / Peak No. 6

• Sandhja - Sing It Away (2016) / Peak No. 8

• Norma John - Blackbird (2017) / Peak No. 10

• Hanna Pakarinen - Leave Me Alone (2007) / Peak No. 11

• Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät - Aina mun pitää (2015) / Peak No. 15

We have ranked all the songs from the Singles chart based on their charting success. The singles are ranked in order of their peak positions, then number of weeks at their peak, then number of weeks in the chart.

This list has been compiled from the 'IFPI' archive which you can find here.

Let’s begin!

14. Nina Åström - A Little Bit (2000)

No. 17 - 1 week on chart

Finland's Eurovision 2000 entry was sung in full English language, the first time for Finland since 1976. Unfortunately the change of song language got the Finns only an 18th place at Eurovision.

Despite the result A Little Bit by Nina Åström managed to chart on the Singles singles chart for a single week at No. 17.

13. Edea - Aava (1998)

No. 17 - 1 week at peak - 2 weeks on chart

Aava by Edea is the earliest song to chart on the Singles chart that we tracked down.

Along with its impactful vocals and many instruments on stage, which included an urn, Aava finished in 15th place for Finland. It managed to chart on the music chart for two weeks peaking at No. 17.

12. Saara Aalto - Monsters (2018)

No. 13 - 1 week at peak - 3 weeks on chart

Monsters is a very catchy radio friendly song that managed to scrape through to the Eurovision Grand Final in 2018, where it managed to finish in 25th place. Saara Aalto's song faired better on the Finnish Singles chart where it peaked at No. 13. It remains her only hit song on the Singles chart.

11. Laura - Addicted to You (2002)

No. 11 - 1 week at peak - 4 weeks on chart

Addicted to You is a disco inspired number by Laura that finished in 20th place at Eurovision in 2002. The song saw some success on the Finnish music chart where it faired better reaching No. 11.

10. Paradise Oskar - Da Da Dam (2011)

No. 6 - 1 week at peak - 2 weeks on chart

Paradise Oskar and his guitar qualified for the Eurovision Grand Final in 2011 with the catchy Da Da Dam. The song finished in 21st place. In the Finnish singles chart the song scored a top 10 spot where it peaked at No. 6 for a single week.

9. Windows95man - No Rules! (2024)

No. 6 - 1 week at peak - 5 weeks on chart

No Rules! by the Windows95man dominated Finland's Eurovision national final, Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2024, where it came last in the jury vote but won the televote with over 32% share of the vote winning the overall final and hence was selected to represent Finland at Eurovision in Malmö. Despite it's popularity with the Finnish public the song only managed to peak at No. 6 on the Singles chart. At Eurovision No Rules! made it to the Grand Final where it finished in 19th place.

8. The Rasmus - Jezebel (2022)

No. 4 - 1 week at peak - 5 weeks on chart

The Rasmus managed to score a back to back qualification for Finland at Eurovision, something the Nordic nation had not achieved since 2014.

The Rasmus had the most success in the 2000s, particular with their global hit In The Shadows in 2003. They competed at Eurovision with the anthemic song Jezebel, finishing in 21st place.

The song peaked at No. 4 on the Finnish music chart and became their 21st single to chart in Finland and their 18th top 5 hit single!

7. Jari Sillanpää - Takes 2 to Tango (2004)

No. 2 - 1 week at peak - 4 weeks on chart

Takes 2 to Tango missed out on the Eurovision Grand Final back in Istanbul in 2004. Despite the result it remained a favourite with the Finnish public where it peaked at No. 2 on the national singles chart. The Finnish must love to tango!

6. Teräsbetoni - Missä miehet ratsastaa (2008)

No. 2 - 3 weeks at peak - 18 weeks on chart

Missä miehet ratsastaa by Teräsbetoni was Finland's entry for the 2008 Contest held in Belgrade. Unfortunately they couldn't replicate Lordi's success with Teräsbetoni finishing in 22nd place. The song faired better on the Finnish charts where it peaked at No. 2 for three weeks.

The song did really well on the Latauslista (download chart) where it peaked at No. 1 for a week. It remains the only Eurovision song to reach No. 1 on the Latauslista but miss out on the top spot on the Singles chart.

5. Erika Vikman - ICH KOMME (2025)

No. 2 - 3 weeks at peak - 20 weeks on chart

The latest entry to appear on this list, Erika Vikman's ICH KOMME, was a fan favourite in the lead up to the Contest in Basel. Erika's huge performance of ICH KOMME easily sailed through to the Grand Final where it became Finland's fifth entry in a row to qualify, their longest qualification streak ever since the introduction of the semi-finals.

In Finland ICH KOMME reached No. 2 on the Singles chart on three separate occasions. During Eurovision week Erika was held off from the top spot by the Swedish Eurovision entry Bara bada bastu by KAJ.

Erika's biggest single on the Finnish Singles chart is her collaboration with Käärijä, Ruoska, which peaked at No. 1 for two weeks.

4. Lordi - Hard Rock Hallelujah (2006)

No. 1 - 1 week at peak - 12 weeks on chart

Hard Rock Hallelujah is Finland's first and only Eurovision win so far. The song proved very popular in Athens and even in Finland where it reached No. 1 for a single week. It was the first Finnish Eurovision song to reach No. 1 on the Finnish music singles chart.

On Finland's Latauslista Hard Rock Hallelujah peaked at No. 6 for a single week and remained on the chart for 12 weeks.

3. Waldo's People - Lose Control (2009)

No. 1 - 2 weeks at peak - 28 weeks on chart

Lose Control managed to make it to the Eurovision Grand Final in 2009 thanks to the back-up jury system at the time, but unfortunately the song finished in last place. Despite the result Waldo's People saw success back at home where their Eurovision entry reached No. 1 on the singles chart for two weeks. It had better chart success than Finland's Eurovision 2006 winning song Hard Rock Hallelujah!

Lose Control also performed well on the Latauslista where it peaked at No. 2 and stayed there for an impressive 11 weeks.

2. Blind Channel - Dark Side (2021)

No. 1 - 2 weeks at peak - 29 weeks on chart

Dark Side by Blind Channel saw Finland return to their rock/metal roots at Eurovision with great success.

Blind Channel's entry finished in sixth place at the Eurovision Grand Final in Rotterdam to become Finland's most successful Eurovision song since Lordi's win in 2006, only beaten by Käärijä in 2023.

The band's success translated to the Singles chart where Dark Side peaked at No. 1 for two weeks, the best result at the time for a Eurovision song in Finland in 12 years.

1. Käärijä - Cha Cha Cha (2023)

No. 1 - 9 weeks at peak - 37 weeks on chart

Cha Cha Cha by the charismatic Käärijä just missed out on the trophy at Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool, finishing in second place.

It was selected to compete at Eurovision in Finland's national final UMK where Käärijä won the public vote by over 52%. The song's popularity didn't diminished as Cha Cha Cha managed a placing on the Singles chart at No. 1, for nine non-consecutive weeks.

It is Finland's most successful Eurovision entry ever on their music Singles chart.

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