Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964

Eurovision Song Contest 1964
Eurovision Song Contest 1964
Country	Finland
National selection
Selection process	National Final
Selection date(s)	15 February 1964
Selected entrant	Lasse Mårtenson
Selected song	"Laiskotellen"
Selected songwriter(s)	Lasse Mårtenson; Sauvo Puhtila;
Finals performance
Final result	7th, 9 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Finland was represented by Lasse Mårtenson, with the song "Laiskotellen", at the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 21 March in Copenhagen. "Laiskotellen" was chosen as the Finnish entry at the national final organised by broadcaster Yle and held on 15 February.

Before Eurovision

National final

The final was held at the Yle studios in Helsinki, hosted by Aarno Walli. Six songs took part, with the winner being chosen by voting from ten regional juries and an "expert" jury.^[1]

**Finnish National Final - 15 February 1964**
Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Kai Lind	"Satelliitti kahdelle"	235	2
2	Irmeli Mäkelä	"Kerran viel'"	120	3
3	Lasse Mårtenson	"Laiskotellen"	403	1
4	Heikki Aarva	"Toisen kerran"	13	6
5	Pirkko Mannola	"Bzzz bzzz bzzz"	108	4
6	Taisto Tammi	"Rakkauden rikkaus"	21	5

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Mårtenson performed 5th in the running order, following Denmark and preceding Austria. Only an audio recording of Mårtenson's performance is known to survive as the video master of the 1964 contest is believed to have been destroyed in a fire at the Danish TV archive in the 1970s. Voting was by each national jury awarding 5-3-1 to their top three songs, and at the close "Laiskotellen" had received 9 points (3 each from Denmark, Norway and the United Kingdom), placing Finland 7th of the 16 entries. The Finnish jury awarded its 5 points to contest winners Italy.^[2]

Voting

Points awarded to Finland^[3]
Score	Country
5 points
3 points	Denmark Norway United Kingdom
1 point

Points awarded by Finland^[3]
Score	Country
5 points	Italy
3 points	United Kingdom
1 point	Norway

References

^ ESC National Finals database - Finland 1964
^ "ESC History - Finland 1964". Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Copenhagen 1964". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 6 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.

[1] ESC National Finals database - Finland 1964

[2] "ESC History - Finland 1964". Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2010.

[1964detailed-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Copenhagen 1964". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 6 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.

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Countries	Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Italy Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Switzerland United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Artists	Hugues Aufray Arne Bendiksen António Calvário Gigliola Cinquetti Robert Cogoi Anneke Grönloh Udo Jürgens Sabahudin Kurt Lasse Mårtenson Matt Monro Nora Nova Rachel Romuald Bjørn Tidmand Tim, Nelly and Tony Anita Traversi
Songs	"Caracola" "Le Chant de Mallory" "Dès que le printemps revient" "I Love the Little Things" "I miei pensieri" "Jij bent mijn leven" "Laiskotellen" "Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne" "Non ho l'età" "Oração" "Où sont-elles passées" "Près de ma rivière" "Sangen om dig" "Spiral" "Warum nur, warum?" "Život je sklopio krug"