Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975

Eurovision Song Contest 1975
Eurovision Song Contest 1975
Country	Finland
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	8 February 1975
Selected entrant	Pihasoittajat
Selected song	"Old Man Fiddle"
Selected songwriter(s)	Kim Kuusi; Arthur Ridgway Spencer; Hannu Karlsson;
Finals performance
Final result	7th, 74 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Finland was represented by Pihasoittajat, with the song "Old Man Fiddle", at the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 22 March in Stockholm.

Before Eurovision

The Finnish national selection consisted of four semi finals and a final. It was the first year the Finnish selection shows were broadcast in colour.

Semi finals

Four songs were performed in each semi-final and a professional jury chose two songs from each semi final to qualify for the final. After the semi-finals, a wildcard was also chosen for the final.

First semi final

Semi-final 1 – 4 January
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriters	Qualified
1	Maarit	"Mätämakee"	Seppo Paakkunainen (m.), Ritva Paakkunainen (l.)	Yes
2	Dans	"Hei lähde maailmaan"	Esko Linnavalli (m.), Erkki Liikanen (l.)	Yes
3	M. A. Numminen	"Voittolaulu"	Jorma Panula (m.), M. A. Numminen (l.)	No
4	Ritva Oksanen	"Suuri naapuri"	Antti Hyvärinen (m.), Jukka Virtanen (l.)	No

Second semi final

Semi-final 2 – 11 January
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriters	Qualified
1	Pepe Willberg	"Ovi elämään"	Markku Johansson (m.), Vexi Salmi (l.)	Yes
2	Marjatta Leppänen	"Naisen vuosi"	Jaakko Salo (m.), Jukka Virtanen (l.)	Yes
3	Kari Fall	"Maailman tie"	Kaj Backlund (m.), Monica Aspelund (l.)	No
4	Heikki Kinnunen	"Hyljätyn laulu"	Kaj Chydenius (m.), lyricist unknown	No

Third semi final

Semi-final 3 – 18 January
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriters	Qualified
1	Danny	"Seikkailija"	Kari Kuuva (m. & l.), Jyrki Hämäläinen (l.)	Yes
2	Pihasoittajat	"Viulu-ukko"	Kim Kuusi (m.), Hannu Karlsson (l.)	Yes
3	Mon-Ami	"Fasten Seatbelts"	Lasse Mårtenson (m.), Jukka Virtanen (l.)	No
4	Jukka Kuoppamäki	"Hyvästi ystäväni"	Jukka Kuoppamäki (m. & l.)	No

Fourth semi final

Semi-final 4 – 25 January
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriters	Qualified
1	Vesa-Matti Loiri & Sivupersoonat	"Laulu"	Eero Koivistoinen (m.), Juha Vainio (l.)	Yes
2	Kirka & The Islanders	"Oh New York rakkain"	Carita Holmström (m.), Raul Reiman (l.)	Yes
3	Agit Prop	"On jotain mikä yhdistää"	Henrik Otto Donner (m.), Pentti Saaritsa (l.)	As a wildcard
4	Tapani Kansa	"Luonnollisuus"	Rauno Lehtinen (m. & l.)	No

Final

The final took place on February 8 at the YLE TV Studios in Helsinki. It was hosted by Apeli Halinen. The winner was chosen by regional juries.

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Place	Points
1	Pihasoittajat	"Viulu-ukko"	Kim Kuusi (m.), Hannu Karlsson (l.)	1st	379
2	Marjatta Leppänen	"Naisen vuosi"	Jaakko Salo (m.), Jukka Virtanen (l.)	9th	196
3	Agot Prop	"On jotain mikä yhdistää"	Henrik Otto Donner (m.), Pentti Saaritsa (l.)	7th	228
4	Maarit	"Mätä make"	Seppo Paakkunainen (m.), Ritva Paakkunainen (l.)	8th	205
5	Dans	"Hei lähde maailmaan"	Esko Linnavalli (m.), Erkki Liikanen (l.)	6th	256
6	Vesa-Matti Loiri and Sivupersoonat	"Laulu"	Eero Koivistoinen (m.), Juha Vainio (l.)	3rd	308
7	Danny	"Seikkailija"	Kari Kuuva (m. & l.), Jyrki Hämäläinen (l.)	2nd	368
8	Pepe Willberg	"Ovi elämään"	Markku Johansson (m.), Vexi Salmi (l.)	4th	279
9	Kirka and the Islanders	"Oh New York rakkain"	Carita Holmström (m.), Raul Reiman (l.)	5th	265

Scoreboard
Song	Turku	Helsinki	Tampere	Mikkeli	Kuopio	Seinäjoki	Rovaniemi	Total
Viulu-ukko	48	55	54	46	58	57	61	379
Naisen vuosi	25	25	29	33	30	29	25	196
On jotakin mikä yhdistää	22	41	33	31	38	26	37	228
Mätä makee	34	28	30	32	23	29	29	205
Hei lähde maailmaan	42	38	32	38	28	38	40	256
Laulu	43	49	37	45	41	40	53	308
Seikkailija	54	49	55	60	50	53	47	368
Ovi elämään	30	48	42	43	44	39	33	279
Oh, New York rakkain	43	45	35	46	26	29	41	265

The winning song "Viulu-ukko" was performed in Finnish in the national selection shows but it was translated into English for the international Song Contest as "Old Man Fiddle".

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Pihasoittajat performed 15th in the running order, following Monaco and preceding Portugal. The Finnish entry was conducted by Ossi Runne. At the close of voting, Finland picked up 74 points and placed 7th of the 19 entries.

Among the members of the Finnish jury were Tero Lehto, Merja Nyström, Ari Montonen and Hilkka Sokura.^[1]

Voting

Points awarded to Finland^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Germany Switzerland
10 points	Norway
8 points	Monaco Israel
7 points
6 points	Luxembourg
5 points	Ireland Yugoslavia
4 points	United Kingdom
3 points	Sweden
2 points
1 point	Spain

Points awarded by Finland^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Italy
10 points	Netherlands
8 points	Spain
7 points	United Kingdom
6 points	Sweden
5 points	Luxembourg
4 points	Switzerland
3 points	Israel
2 points	Monaco
1 point	Ireland

Sources

^ "How Did Eurovision Get the 12 Points System?". YouTube.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Stockholm 1975". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

External links

Full national final (in Finnish)

[1] "How Did Eurovision Get the 12 Points System?". YouTube.

[1975detailed-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Stockholm 1975". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

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Note: Entries scored out signify where Finland did not compete

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Artists	Shlomo Artzi Lasse Berghagen and the Dolls Ann Christy Simone Drexel Joy Fleming Géraldine Duarte Mendes Ellen Nikolaysen Pepel in kri Pihasoittajat Renato Nicole Rieu Sergio and Estíbaliz The Shadows Sophie The Swarbriggs Teach-In Wess and Dori Ghezzi Semiha Yankı
Songs	"At Va'Ani" "Une chanson c'est une lettre" "Dan ljubezni" "Ding-a-dong" "Era" "Et bonjour à toi l'artiste" "Gelukkig zijn" "Jennie, Jennie" "Let Me Be the One" "Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein" "Madrugada" "Mikado" "Old Man Fiddle" "Seninle Bir Dakika" "Singing This Song" "That's What Friends Are For" "Toi" "Touch My Life (with Summer)" "Tú volverás"