Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983

Eurovision Song Contest 1983
Eurovision Song Contest 1983
Country	Finland
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	28 January 1983
Selected entrant	Ami Aspelund
Selected song	"Fantasiaa"
Selected songwriter(s)	Kari Kuusamo; Kaisu Liuhala;
Finals performance
Final result	11th, 41 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Finland was represented by Ami Aspelund, with the song "Fantasiaa", at the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 23 April in Munich. "Fantasiaa" was chosen as the Finnish entry at the national final organised by broadcaster Yle and held on 28 January.

Before Eurovision

National final

The final was held at the Yle studios in Helsinki, hosted by Maria Valkama. Ten songs took part, with the winner chosen by postcard voting.^[1]

Final – 28 January 1983
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Votes	Place
1	Kirka	"Täytyy uskaltaa"	Kisu Jernström, Kassu Halonen, Impi Riimi	22,237	2
2	Ami Aspelund and Opus 5	"Hymni Äiti Teresalle"	Jaska Linkola	2,306	10
3	Tapani Kansa	"Kadonneen rakkauden unelma"	Jukka Koivisto, Chrisse Johansson	19,247	3
4	Kirka	"Kaksi vaan"	Olli Ahvenlahti, Asko Koskela	3,057	8
5	Ami Aspelund	"Fantasiaa"	Kari Kuusamo, Kaisu Liuhala	44,131	1
6	Opus 5	"Muista mua musiikilla"	Markku Johansson, Juha Vainio	3,474	6
7	Tapani Kansa	"Kun kyynelilläni nuottini kastelen"	Markku Anttila, Jussi Asu	12,205	4
8	Meiju Suvas	"Laulujen laulu"	Aarno Raninen, Pertti Reponen	3,101	7
9	Kirka	"Tuhanteen aamuun laulun teen"	Jukka Siikavire, Jussi Tuominen	8,703	5
10	Meiju Suvas	"Rakastunut nainen"	Valto Laitinen, Raul Reiman	2,401	9

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Aspelund performed 9th in the running order, following Switzerland and preceding Greece. At the close of voting "Fantasiaa" had picked up 41 points, placing Finland joint 11th of the 20 entries, the country's highest finish since 1977.^[2] The Finnish jury awarded its 12 points to Yugoslavia.^[3]

Voting

Points awarded to Finland^[4]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points	Greece
7 points	Germany Israel
6 points	United Kingdom
5 points
4 points	Switzerland
3 points	Turkey
2 points	Austria Norway
1 point	France Luxembourg

Points awarded by Finland^[4]
Score	Country
12 points	Yugoslavia
10 points	Sweden
8 points	Luxembourg
7 points	Israel
6 points	France
5 points	Greece
4 points	Germany
3 points	Netherlands
2 points	Portugal
1 point	Italy

References

^ ESC National Finals database - Finland 1983
^ "Final of Munich 1983". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
^ ESC History - Finland 1983
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Munich 1983". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.

External links

(in Finnish) Full national final on Yle Elävä Arkisto

[1] ESC National Finals database - Finland 1983

[2] "Final of Munich 1983". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.

[3] ESC History - Finland 1983

[1983detailed-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Munich 1983". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.

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Artists	Saara Aalto ~~Aksel~~ Markku Aro Ami Aspelund Monica Aspelund Nina Åström Beat Blind Channel Boulevard Carita CatCat Darude Edea Kim Floor Fredi Laila Halme Kristina Hautala Jarkko and Laura Jasmine Käärijä Kaija Katri Helena Laila Kinnunen Kirka Viktor Klimenko Koivisto Sisters Kojo Kari Kuivalainen Kuunkuiskaajat Laura Vesa-Matti Loiri Lordi Sonja Lumme Lasse Mårtenson Norma John Ann-Christine Nyström Hanna Pakarinen Päivi Paunu Paradise Oskar Pave Pernilla Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät Pihasoittajat The Rasmus Sebastian Rejman Geir Rönning Vicky Rosti Marion Rung Anneli Saaristo Sandhja Krista Siegfrids Jari Sillanpää Seija Simola Softengine Riki Sorsa Teräsbetoni Waldo's People Windows95man
Songs	"Aava" "Addicted to You" "Aina mun pitää" "Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus" "Aurinko laskee länteen" "Blackbird" "Bye Bye Baby" "Cha Cha Cha" "Da Da Dam" "Dark Side" "La dolce vita" "Eläköön elämä" "Fantasiaa" "Fri?" "Hard Rock Hallelujah" "Hengaillaan" "Huilumies" "Hullu yö" "Jezebel" "Katson sineen taivaan" "Keep Me Warm" "Kuin silloin ennen" "Kun kello käy" "Laiskotellen" "Lapponia" "Leave Me Alone" "A Little Bit" "Look Away" ~~"Looking Back"~~ "Lose Control" "Marry Me" "Missä miehet ratsastaa" "Monsters" "Muistathan" "Muistojeni laulu" "När jag blundar" "Nauravat silmät muistetaan" "Never the End" "Niin kaunis on taivas" "No Rules!" "Nuku pommiin" "Old Man Fiddle" "Playboy" "Pump-Pump" "Reggae OK" "Sata salamaa" "Sing It Away" "Something Better" "Takes 2 to Tango" "Tie uuteen päivään" "Tipi-tii" "Tom Tom Tom" "Tule luo" "Työlki ellää" "Valoa ikkunassa" "Varjoon – suojaan" "Why?" "Yamma, yamma"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Finland did not compete

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Countries	Austria Belgium Cyprus Denmark Germany Greece Finland France Israel Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Artists	Çetin Alp Remedios Amaya Ami Aspelund Bernadette Guy Bonnet Daniel Mariella Farré Riccardo Fogli Armando Gama Carola Häggkvist Ofra Haza Corinne Hermès Hoffmann and Hoffmann Gry Johansen Pas de Deux Christie Stasinopoulou Stavros and Constantina Sweet Dreams Jahn Teigen Westend
Songs	"Do Re Mi" "Džuli" "Esta balada que te dou" "Fantasiaa" "Främling" "Hi" "Hurricane" "I agapi akoma zi" "I'm Never Giving Up" "Io così non ci sto" "Kloden drejer" "Mou les" "Opera" "Per Lucia" "¿Quién maneja mi barca?" "Rendez-vous" "Rücksicht" "Si la vie est cadeau" "Sing Me a Song" "Vivre"