Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974

Eurovision Song Contest 1974
Eurovision Song Contest 1974
Country	Finland
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	16 February 1974
Selected entrant	Carita Holmström
Selected song	"Keep Me Warm"
Selected songwriter(s)	Eero Koivistoinen; Frank Robson;
Finals performance
Final result	13th, 4 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Finland was represented by Carita Holmström, with the song "Keep Me Warm", at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 6 April in Brighton.

Before Eurovision

The Finnish national selection consisted of two semi finals and a final. The shows were hosted by Matti Palosmaa.

Semi finals

In both semi finals eight songs competed and four songs qualified for the final. The finalists were chosen by regional juries.

First semi final

Semi-final 1 – 19 January
Place	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points
1.	Pepe Willberg	"Sinä ja minä"	Markku Johansson (m.), Vexi Salmi (l.)	259
2.	Jukka Kuoppamäki	"Aurinkomaa"	Jukka Kuoppamäki (m. & l.), Ture Ara (l.)	247
3.	Danny	"Jos maailmassa vain ois kahva"	Jaakko Salo (m.), Jukka Virtanen (l.)	242
4.	Markku Aro	"Anna kaikkien kukkien kukkia"	Toivo Kärki (m.), Vexi Salmi (l.)	237
5.	Eero Raittinen & Jukka Tolonen	"Shangri-la"	Jukka Tolonen (m.), Hector (l.)	233
6.	Eija Ahvo & Harri Saksala	"Häät"	Toni Edelmann (m.), Marja-Kaarina Mykkänen (l.)	228
7.	Kisu	"Kun sinä jäät"	Heikki Sarmanto (m.), Chrisse Johansson (l.)	215
8.	Irwin Goodman	"Se on minimaalista"	Irwin Goodman (m.), Vexi Salmi (l.)	195

Second semi final

Semi-final 2 – 26 January
Place	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points
1.	Carita Holmström	"Älä mene pois"	Eero Koivistoinen (m.), Hector (l.)	256
2.	Muska & Ykä	"Senhän sanoo järkikin"	Erik Lindström (m.), Sauvo Puhtila (l.)	254
3.	Anneli Sari	"Jäähyväiset"	Kaj Chydenius (m.), Marja-Leena Mikkola (l.)	251
4.	Ritva Oksanen	"Musta tango"	Jorma Panula (m.), M. A. Numminen (l.)	250
5.	Kirka	"Energia"	Rauno Lehtinen (m. & l.)	244
6.	Marion Rung	"Icing"	Kari Kuuva (m.), Juha Vainio (l.)	238
7.	Marjo-Riitta Kervinen	"Voin elää paremmin"	Frank Robson (m.), lyricist unknown	176
8.	Seija Simola & Lasse Mårtenson	"Laulun kuulen"	Lasse Mårtenson (m.), lyricist unknown	164

Final

The final was held on February 16 at Finlandia Hall in Helsinki. The winner was chosen by a professional jury consisting of 20 members. British singer-songwriter Roger Whittaker performed as an interval act.

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Place	Points
1	Muska & Ykä	"Senhän sanoo järkikin"	Erik Lindström (m.), Sauvo Puhtila (l.)	6th	42
2	Ritva Oksanen	"Musta tango"	Jorma Panula (m.), M. A. Numminen (l.)	2nd	70
3	Danny	"Jos maailmassa vain ois kahva"	Jaakko Salo (m.), Jukka Virtanen (l.)	7th	40
4	Pepe Willberg	"Sinä ja minä"	Markku Johansson (m.), Vexi Salmi (l.)	3rd	66
5	Jukka Kuoppamäki	"Aurinkomaa"	Jukka Kuoppamäki (m. & l.), Ture Ara (l.)	4th	64
6	Markku Aro	"Anna kaikkien kukkien kukkia"	Toivo Kärki (m.), Vexi Salmi (l.)	8th	37
7	Carita Holmström	"Älä mene pois"	Eero Koivistoinen (m.), Hector (l.)	1st	83
8	Anneli Sari	"Jäähyväiset"	Kaj Chydenius (m.), Marja-Leena Mikkola (l.)	5th	63

The winning song "Älä mene pois" was performed in Finnish in the national selection shows but it was translated into English for the Eurovision Song Contest as "Keep Me Warm". The English lyrics were written by Frank Robson.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Carita Holmström performed first in the running order, preceding United Kingdom. The entry was conducted by Ossi Runne. At the close of voting, Finland picked up four points and placed 13th of the 17 entries.

Voting

Points awarded to Finland^[1]
Score	Country
2 points	Israel
1 point	Ireland United Kingdom

Points awarded by Finland^[1]
Score	Country
5 points	Sweden
2 points	Italy
1 point	Netherlands Yugoslavia United Kingdom

Sources

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Brighton 1974". Eurovision Song Contest. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

External links

Full national final on Yle Elävä Arkisto (in Finnish)

[1974detailed-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Brighton 1974". Eurovision Song Contest. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

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Note: Entries scored out signify where Finland did not compete