Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978

Eurovision Song Contest 1978
Eurovision Song Contest 1978
Country	Finland
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	11 February 1978
Selected entrant	Seija Simola
Selected song	"Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus"
Selected songwriter(s)	Reijo Karvonen; Seija Simola;
Finals performance
Final result	18th, 2 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Finland was represented by Seija Simola, with the song "Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus", at the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 24 April in Paris.

Before Eurovision

National final

The Finnish national final was held on February 11 at the YLE TV Studios in Tampere. The final was hosted by Klaus Thomasson. For the first time since 1966 the conductor in the national final was not Ossi Runne but Risto Hiltunen instead. The winner was chosen by regional juries.

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Place	Points
1	Seija Simola	"Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus"	Reijo Karvonen (m. & l.), Seija Simola (l.)	1st	271
2	Mirumaru	"ABC"	Antti Hyvärinen (m.), Pertti Reponen (l.)	5th	193
3	Reijo Karvonen	"Lemmenlaulu"	Eero Lupari (m. & l.)	5th	193
4	Martti Metsäketo	"En viipyä voi"	Eino Virtanen (m.), Krista Kari (l.)	7th	88
5	Lea Laven	"Aamulla rakkaani näin"	Raul Reiman (m. & l.)	2nd	258
6	Anneli Saaristo	"Sinun kanssasi, sinua ilman"	Eero Tiikasalo (m.), Erkki Mäkinen (l.)	4th	221
7	Katri Helena	"Ystävä"	Timo Kalaoja (m.), Katri Helena Kalaoja (l.)	2nd	258

Scoreboard
Song	Turku	Oulu	Helsinki	Tampere	Lappeenranta	Total
Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus	53	60	60	56	42	271
ABC	40	43	33	39	38	193
Lemmenlaulu	39	47	38	36	33	193
En viipyä voi	21	16	18	16	17	88
Aamulla rakkaani näin	49	53	55	58	43	258
Sinun kanssasi, sinua ilman	47	37	53	37	47	221
Ystävä	52	51	48	57	50	258

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Simola performed fourth in the running order following Italy and preceding Portugal. The Finnish entry was conducted by Ossi Runne. Finland received two points from Norway and placed joint 18th (with Turkey) of the 20 entries.

Voting

Points awarded to Finland^[1]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points	Norway
1 point

Points awarded by Finland^[1]
Score	Country
12 points	Germany
10 points	Israel
8 points	Monaco
7 points	Spain
6 points	Belgium
5 points	Greece
4 points	Sweden
3 points	Ireland
2 points	France
1 point	Switzerland

Sources

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Paris 1978". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

External links

Full national final on Yle Elävä Arkisto (in Finnish)

[1978detailed-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Paris 1978". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

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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

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Countries	Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Israel Italy Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom
Artists	Baccara Caline and Olivier Toussaint Co-Co Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta Gemini Harmony Mabel Nilüfer and Nazar Joël Prévost Ricchi e Poveri Ireen Sheer Seija Simola Björn Skifs Springtime Jahn Teigen Tania Tsanaklidou Jean Vallée José Vélez Carole Vinci Colm C. T. Wilkinson
Songs	"A-Ba-Ni-Bi" "L'Amour ça fait chanter la vie" "Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus" "The Bad Old Days" "Bailemos un vals" "Boom Boom" "Born to Sing" "Charlie Chaplin" "Dai li dou" "Det blir alltid värre framåt natten" "Feuer" "Il y aura toujours des violons" "Les Jardins de Monaco" "Mil etter mil" "Mrs. Caroline Robinson" "Parlez-vous français ?" "Questo amore" "Sevince" "'t Is OK" "Vivre"