Finland in the Eurovision Song Festival 16

Finland participated in the Eurovision Song Festival 16 with the song "Master of illusion" written by Elise Widemark and Janne Björkroth. The song was performed by Battle Beast. The Finnish entry for the sixteenth contest in Odesa, Ukraine was selected through a national final, organised by Yleisradio Oy (YLE). An initial 12 entries competed in Yksi tähti 8 which consisted of three shows: two semi-final and a final. Entries were selected to advance in the competition based on the votes of a five-member judging panel as well as the votes from the public. Three entries qualified to compete in the final of Yksi tähti 8. In the final, "Master of illusion" performed by Battle Beast was selected as the winner based on a public vote and a jury-vote.
==Yksi tähti==
===Semi-Final 1===
;Table key
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Jury	Public	Total	Result
01 	Titta 	"Marsiin" 	8.60	6.50 	15.10	6
02 	Erika Vikman 	"Aikuisten rannekkeet"	8.20	9.85 	18.05	2
03 	Benjamin 	"Tiktok" 	8.45	8.00 	16.45	5
04 	Litany 	"Go out" 	9.10	8.50 	17.60	3
05 	Battle Beast 	"Master of illusion" 	9.50	10.00 	19.50	1
06 	Robin Packalen ft. Alex Mattson	"Hard to love" 	8.80	8.40 	17.20	4
===Semi-Final 2===
;Table key
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Jury 	Public	Total	Result
01 	Sini Yasmin 	"Mayday" 	7.15 	9.00 	16.15	5
02 	Beast in Black 	"Moonlight rendezvous" 	7.95 	8.75 	17.70	4
03 	Isaac Sene 	"Kuuma jäbä" 	9.75 	5.55 	15.30	6
04 	SONIKKU & LIZ 	"Sweat" 	8.90 	9.35 	18.25	1
05 	Saara Aalto & Baga Chipz	"When the sun goes down"	8.45 	9.55 	18.00	2
06 	Vesela 	"Uu mama" 	10.00	7.95 	17.95	3
===Final===
;Table key
Draw	Artist 	Song 	Jury	Public	Total	Result
01 	Litany 	"Go out" 	8.10	8.00 	16.10	4
02 	Vesela 	"Uu mama" 	9.00	7.15 	16.15	3
03 	Battle Beast 	"Master of illusion" 	8.45	10.00 	18.45	1
04 	Saara Aalto & Baga Chipz	"When the sun goes down"	7.85	7.00 	14.85	6
05 	Erika Vikman 	"Aikuisten rannekkeet" 	8.30	9.45 	17.75	2
06 	SONIKKU & LIZ 	"Sweat" 	7.95	8.10 	16.05	5