Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967

Eurovision Song Contest 1967
Eurovision Song Contest 1967
Country	Finland
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	11 February 1967
Selected entrant	Fredi
Selected song	"Varjoon – suojaan"
Selected songwriter(s)	Lasse Mårtenson; Alvi Vuorinen
Finals performance
Final result	12th, 3 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Finland was represented by Fredi, with the song "Varjoon – suojaan", at the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 8 April in Vienna.

Before Eurovision

National final

The Finnish national final took place on February 11 at the YLE TV Studios in Helsinki. The show was hosted by Jaakko Jahnukainen. The winner was chosen by a professional jury in two rounds of voting. In the first round top 3 songs were chosen and in the second round the winner was chosen.

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Place	Points (first round)	Points (second round)
1	Laila Kinnunen	"Revontuli"	Lasse Mårtenson (m.), Lilli Fougstedt (l.), Juha Vainio (l.)	6	8	–
2	Marion Rung	"Kesän laulu"	Börje Sundgren (m. & l.)	8	0	–
3	Danny	"Keskiyöllä"	Jorma Panula (m.), Sauvo Puhtila (l.)	4	17	–
4	Laila Kinnunen	"Unohdusta ei ole"	Valto Laitinen (m. & l.)	5	10	–
5	Marion Rung	"Goodbye"	Reino Markkula (m.), Sauvo Puhtila (l.)	7	5	–
6	Fredi	"Oi tuntematon"	Börje Sundgren (m.), Sauvo Puhtila (l.)	3	18	27
7	Danny	"Sua kutsun, Maarit"	Lasse Mårtenson (m.), Alvi Vuorinen (l.)	2	20	36
8	Fredi	"Varjoon – suojaan"	Lasse Mårtenson (m.), Alvi Vuorinen (l.)	1	30	45

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Fredi performed eighth in the running order, following Sweden and preceding Germany. The Finnish entry was conducted by Ossi Runne. At the close of voting, Finland picked up three points and placed joint 12th with Portugal of the 17 entries.

Voting

Points awarded to Finland^[1]
Score	Country
1 point	Italy Netherlands Portugal

Points awarded by Finland^[1]
Score	Country
3 points	Belgium
2 points	Ireland Luxembourg United Kingdom
1 point	Sweden

Sources

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Vienna 1967". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

[1967detailed-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Vienna 1967". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

[1]

v t e Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu
Participation	1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024
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

v t e Eurovision Song Contest 1967
Countries	Austria Belgium Finland France Germany Ireland Italy Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Artists	Minouche Barelli Inge Brück Noëlle Cordier Sean Dunphy Fredi Géraldine Peter Horten Vicky Leandros Lado Leskovar Eduardo Nascimento Louis Neefs Raphael Sandie Shaw Kirsti Sparboe Thérèse Steinmetz Claudio Villa Östen Warnerbring
Songs	"L'amour est bleu" "Anouschka" "Boum-Badaboum" "Dukkemann" "Hablemos del amor" "If I Could Choose" "Ik heb zorgen" "Il doit faire beau là-bas" "Non andare più lontano" "Puppet on a String" "Quel cœur vas-tu briser ?" "Ring-dinge-ding" "Som en dröm" "Varjoon – suojaan" "O vento mudou" "Vse rože sveta" "Warum es hunderttausend Sterne gibt"