Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979

Eurovision Song Contest 1979
Eurovision Song Contest 1979
Country	Finland
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	10 February 1979
Selected entrant	Katri Helena
Selected song	"Katson sineen taivaan"
Selected songwriter(s)	Matti Siitonen; Vexi Salmi;
Finals performance
Final result	14th, 38 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Finland was represented by Katri Helena, with the song "Katson sineen taivaan" at the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 31 March in Jerusalem. "Katson sineen taivaan" was chosen as the Finnish entry at the national final organised by broadcaster Yle and held on 10 February. This was the first of Katri Helena's two Eurovision appearances for Finland, after she had finished runner-up in three previous national finals (1969, 1972 and 1978).

Before Eurovision

National final

The final was held at the Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki, hosted by Marjatta Leppänen. Six songs took part, with the winner chosen by a 30-member jury containing a mix of music industry professionals and TV viewers.

Other participants included Finnish Eurovision representatives Markku Aro (1971) and Kirka (1984).^[1]

Final – 10 February 1979
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
1	Seidat	"Hei, tännepäin"	Eeva Kiviharju	78	6
2	Markku Aro	"Sano Susanne"	Esa Nieminen, Juha Vainio	94	5
3	Yvonne Gräsbeck	"Hyvästi ystäväin"	Lasse Mirsch	113	2
4	Katri Helena	"Katson sineen taivaan"	Matti Siitonen, Vexi Salmi	140	1
5	Kirka, Anna and Muska	"Aikuiset anteeksi antaa"	Eero Lupari	95	4
6	Pepe Willberg	"Päivä tuskin päättyis kauniimmin"	Pepe Willberg, Markku Johansson, Juha Vainio	110	3

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Katri Helena performed 5th in the running order, following Ireland and preceding Monaco. At the close of voting "Katson sineen taivaan" had picked up 38 points, placing Finland 14th of the 19 entries.^[2] The Finnish jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners Israel.^[3]

Voting

Points awarded to Finland^[4]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points	Switzerland
7 points	Greece Italy
6 points	Luxembourg
5 points	France Germany
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point

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

References

^ ESC National Finals database - Finland 1979
^ "Final of Jerusalem 1979". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
^ ESC History - Finland 1979
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Jerusalem 1979". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

External links

(in Finnish) Full national final on Yle Elävä Arkisto

[1] ESC National Finals database - Finland 1979

[2] "Final of Jerusalem 1979". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

[3] ESC History - Finland 1979

[1979detailed-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Jerusalem 1979". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

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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