Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980

Eurovision Song Contest 1980
Eurovision Song Contest 1980
Participating broadcaster	Yleisradio (Yle)
Country	Finland
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	8 March 1980
Selected artist(s)	Vesa-Matti Loiri
Selected song	"Huilumies"
Selected songwriter(s)	Aarno Raninen; Vexi Salmi
Finals performance
Final result	19th, 6 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 with the song "Huilumies", composed by Aarno Raninen, with lyrics by Vexi Salmi, and performed by Vesa-Matti Loiri. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

The Finnish national selection consisted of a semi final and a final.

Semi final

The semi final was held on 12 January. The semi final had 11 competing songs and six finalists were chosen by an expert jury. The semi final was hosted by Heikki Harma.

Songs eliminated in the semi-final
Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)
Paula Koivuniemi	"Romantiikkaa"	Markku Johansson [fi] (m.), Juha Vainio (l.)
Tapani Kansa & Satu Pentikäinen [fi]	"Hyvä on"	Jukka Siikavire [fi] (m.), Erkki Mäkinen [fi] (l.)
Kisu [fi]	"Oh la la"	Kassu Halonen [fi] (m.), Raul Reiman [fi] (l.)
Tapani Kansa	"Kun ystävän mä sain"	Lasse Mirsch (m. & l.)
Reijo Karvonen [fi] & Pepe Willberg	"Jos voimaa on"	Reijo Karvonen (m.), Matti Härkälä (l.)

Final

Yle held the final on 8 May at its television studios in Tampere and hosted by Mikko Alatalo and the entries competing for Eurovision is conducted by Ossi Runne. After the Eurovision Preselection, this was proceeded by Intervision. The Intervision Preselection would be the last preselection, in which 6 songs are all sung by Marion. The winner was chosen by regional juries.

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
1	Vesa-Matti Loiri	"Huilumies"	Aarno Raninen (m.), Vexi Salmi (l.)	386	1
2	Liisa Tavi [fi] and Band	Nopea talven valo	Pekka Tegelman [fi] (m.), Jukka-Pekka Takala (l.)	190	6
3	Kirka and Silhuetit [fi]	"Karthago"	Antti Hyvärinen [fi] (m.), Juice Leskinen (l.)	315	2
4	Eija Ahvo [fi]	"Lady Day"	Jukka Linkola (m.), Arto Melleri (l.)	210	5
5	Irina Milan [fi]	"Päättymätön laulu"	Olli Ahvenlahti (m.), Jukka Virtanen (l.)	240	3
6	Sinikka Sokka [fi]	"Eräs lapsi ei nuku"	Henrik Otto Donner (m.), Pentti Saaritsa [fi] (l.)	234	4

Scoreboard

Song	Turku	Oulu	Helsinki	Tampere	Lappeenranta	Total
"Huilumies"	75	75	78	85	73	386
"Nopea talven valo"	38	41	39	34	38	190
"Karthago"	66	64	59	67	59	315
"Lady Day"	39	42	46	37	46	210
"Päättymätön laulu"	47	31	51	53	58	240
"Eräs lapsi ei nuku"	50	62	42	39	41	234

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Loiri performed 10th in the running order following Switzerland and preceding Norway. The Finnish entry was conducted by Ossi Runne. Finland placed last in the contest with six points.

Voting

Points awarded to Finland^[1]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points	Norway
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point	France

Points awarded by Finland^[1]
Score	Country
12 points	Switzerland
10 points	Netherlands
8 points	Ireland
7 points	Denmark
6 points	Italy
5 points	Austria
4 points	United Kingdom
3 points	Luxembourg
2 points	Germany
1 point	Portugal

Sources

^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of The Hague 1980". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

External links

Full national semi final and final on Yle Elävä Arkisto (in Finnish)

[1980detailed-1] "Results of the Final of The Hague 1980". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

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