Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989

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Finals performanceFinal result7th, 76 pointsFinland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Finland was represented by Anneli Saaristo, with the song "La dolce vita", at the 1989 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 6 May in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Before Eurovision

National final

The final was held on 4th February 1989 at the Kultturitalo in Helsinki, hosted by Tarja Koskela. Ten songs took part with the winner chosen by an "expert" jury. Other participants included former Finnish representatives Kirka (1984) and Sonja Lumme (1985).[1]

Final – 4 February 1989
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place
1 Anneli Saaristo "Oi äiti maa" Petri Laaksonen, Veli-Pekka Lehto 74 3
2 Mervi Hiltunen "Kan det vara kärlek" Harri Koivuniemi, Claire Witick-Mäkelä 72 4
3 Kirka "Hiljaissuuta" Kisu Jernström, Kassu Halonen, Vexi Salmi 62 5
4 Meiju Sivas "Rauhaton sydän" Risto Asikainen, Meiju Suvas 24 10
5 Tanja-Lotta Räikkä "Huominen Eurooppa" Gösta Sundqvist 39 8
6 Anneli Saaristo "La dolce vita" Matti Puurtinen, Turkka Mali 110 1
7 Kim Lönnholm "Minä olen muistanut" Edu Kettunen 52 7
8 Sonja Lumme "Rakkauden laulut" Pepe Willberg, Kirsti Willberg 62 5
9 Cris Owen "Vad finns kvar" Cris Owen, Marita Lindquist 103 2
10 Marjorie "Kahden juhla" Kaj Westerlund, Ilkka Vesterinen 31 9
Detailed Jury Votes
Draw Song Billy Carson Jody Beveridge Jyrki Hämäläinen Raila Kinnunen Vilma Vainikainen Heikki Kemppainen Hanna Reponen Jouko Konttinen Benny Törnroos Maria Hänninen Kirsi Nevanti Total
1 "Oi äiti maa" 7 6 4 5 8 12 7 6 5 7 7 74
2 "Kan det vara kärlek" 10 8 3 4 7 10 8 5 5 8 4 72
3 "Hiljaissuuta" 5 4 7 8 5 4 4 8 8 4 5 62
4 "Rauhaton sydän" 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 1 24
5 "Huominen Eurooppa" 1 1 1 6 8 10 1 1 3 2 5 39
6 "La dolce vita" 12 6 12 10 12 2 10 12 10 12 12 110
7 "Minä olen muistanut" 3 4 3 6 5 7 4 6 4 5 5 52
8 "Rakkauden laulut" 4 10 4 7 6 3 5 4 6 6 7 62
9 "Vad finns kvar" 5 12 8 12 8 6 12 10 12 8 10 103
10 "Kahden juhla" 3 2 4 3 2 4 1 3 5 3 1 31

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Saaristo performed 14th in the running order, following Austria and preceding France. As the title suggests, "La dolce vita" was a song with strong Mediterranean influences and proved more appealing to international juries than most Finnish entries to this point. At the close of voting it had received 76 points, placing Finland 7th of the 22 entries, the country's highest placement of the 1980s and best finish since 1975.[2] The Finnish jury awarded its 12 points to Denmark.[3]

Voting

Points awarded to Finland[4]
Score Country
12 points
10 points
8 points  Ireland
7 points  Spain
6 points  Netherlands
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point  Portugal
Points awarded by Finland[4]
Score Country
12 points  Denmark
10 points  Italy
8 points  Spain
7 points  Yugoslavia
6 points  United Kingdom
5 points  Israel
4 points  Netherlands
3 points  France
2 points  Portugal
1 point  Austria

References

  1. ^ ESC National Finals database - Finland 1989
  2. ^ "Final of Lausanne 1989". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  3. ^ "ESC History - Finland 1989". Archived from the original on 15 October 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
  4. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Lausanne 1989". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

External links

(in Finnish) Full national final on Yle Elävä Arkisto

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