Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981
Finland was represented by Riki Sorsa and the song "Reggae OK" at the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 4 April in Dublin. Sorsa won the rights to represent Finland on the 21 February.
National final
The final was hosted by Finnish television producer and singer Erkki Pohjanheimo, at Yleisradio Studio 2 in Helsinki. Eight songs were selected from the semi-final which took place on January 28. The winning song was selected by a national jury, two of which included former Finnish Eurovision contestants Marion Rung and Lasse Mårtenson.| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
| 1 | Tapani Kansa | Sunnuntailapsi | 5 | 6th |
| 2 | Paula Koivuniemi | Ei tule toista kertaa | 1 | 8th |
| 3 | Mikko Alatalo | Leuhkat eväät | 30 | 2nd |
| 4 | Frederik | Titanic | 3 | 7th |
| 5 | Taiska | Hiroshima | 27 | 3rd |
| 6 | Markku Aro & Nisa Soraya | Mun suothan tulla vierees sun | 13 | 5th |
| 7 | Riki Sorsa | Reggae OK | 66 | 1st |
| 8 | Juice Leskinen | Ilomantsi | 26 | 4th |
| Song | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | Total |
| Sunnuntailapsi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Ei tule toista kertaa | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Leuhkat eväät | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 30 |
| Titanic | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Hiroshima | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 27 | |
| Mun suothan tulla vierees sun | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | ||||
| Reggae OK | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 66 |
| Ilomantsi | 5 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 26 |
A=Åke Granholm, B=Marion Rung, C=John Wikström, D=Arto Pajukallio, E=Upi Sorvali, F=Liisa Lääveri, G=Jarmo Porola, H=Kati Bergman, I=Lasse Mårtenson