Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984

Eurovision Song Contest 1984
Eurovision Song Contest 1984
Country	Finland
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	18 February 1984
Selected entrant	Kirka
Selected song	"Hengaillaan"
Selected songwriter(s)	Jukka Siikavire; Jussi Tuominen;
Finals performance
Final result	9th, 46 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Finland was represented by Kirka, with the song "Hengaillaan", at the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 5 May in Luxembourg City. "Hengaillaan" was chosen as the Finnish entry at the national final organised by broadcaster Yle and held on 18 February, when Kirka won the Finnish Eurovision ticket at his eighth attempt.

Before Eurovision

National final

The final was held at the Yle studios in Helsinki, hosted by Maria Valkama. Eleven songs took part, having been chosen by an expert jury from 21 songs which had been broadcast on radio only on 22 and 23 January 1984. The winner was chosen by postcard voting.

Other participants included future Finnish representatives Sonja Lumme (1985) and Anneli Saaristo (1989).^[1]

Final – 18 February 1984
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Votes	Place
1	Sonja Lumme	"Sut vain"	Sauli Sunel Huhtala, Åke Sved	5,136	5
2	Kirka	"Laulu maailmalle"	Pave Maijanen	3,640	7
3	Tomas Ek	"Machoman"	Nono Söderberg, Tomas Ek	1,976	9
4	Leena Nilsson	"Sun silmät on satava salaisuus"	Jukka Nurmela	1,556	10
5	Kirka	"Oo-Marie"	Esko M. Toivonen, Ilkka Vesterinen	5,291	4
6	Anneli Saaristo	"Sä liian paljon vaadit"	Eero Tiikasalo, Anneli Nygren	10,961	3
7	Sonja Lumme	"Muistojen taulut"	Lasse Mirsch, Outi Mirsch	3,970	6
8	Leena Nilsson and Tomas Ek	"Kevään saan"	Hannu Koivula, Pasi Hiihtola	2,823	8
9	Kirka	"Hengaillaan"	Jukka Siikavire, Jussi Tuominen	22,040	1
10	Paula Koivuniemi	"Tuultako tavoitan"	Eeva Kiviharju	11,793	2
11	Sonja Lumme	"Laulajan tie"	László Varga, Jukka Nurmela	863	11

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Kirka performed 16th in the running order, following Turkey and preceding Switzerland. At the close of voting "Hengaillaan" had received 46 points, placing Finland 9th of the 19 entries, the country's highest finish since 1975.^[2] The Finnish jury awarded its 12 points to Italy.^[3]

Voting

Points awarded to Finland^[4]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points	Sweden
6 points	Denmark Turkey
5 points	Austria France Norway
4 points	Cyprus
3 points	Portugal Yugoslavia
2 points
1 point	Germany Spain

Points awarded by Finland^[4]
Score	Country
12 points	Italy
10 points	Belgium
8 points	Sweden
7 points	Ireland
6 points	Norway
5 points	Denmark
4 points	United Kingdom
3 points	Turkey
2 points	Yugoslavia
1 point	Switzerland

References

^ ESC National Finals database - Finland 1984
^ "Final of Luxembourg 1984". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
^ ESC History - Finland 1984
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Luxembourg 1984". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

External links

(in Finnish) Full national final on Yle Elävä Arkisto

[1] ESC National Finals database - Finland 1984

[2] "Final of Luxembourg 1984". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.

[3] ESC History - Finland 1984

[1984detailed-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Luxembourg 1984". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 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 Cyprus Denmark Finland France Germany Ireland Italy Luxembourg Portugal Netherlands Norway Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Artists	Alice and Franco Battiato Anita Belle and the Devotions Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra Bravo Sophie Carle Dollie de Luxe Maria Guinot Herreys Hot Eyes Ida and Vlado Kirka Maribelle Linda Martin Andy Paul Rainy Day Mary Roos Annick Thoumazeau Jacques Zegers
Songs	"100% d'amour" "Anna Maria Lena" "Aufrecht geh'n" "Autant d'amoureux que d'étoiles" "Avanti la vie" "Ciao, amore" "Det' lige det" "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" "Einfach weg" "Halay" "Hengaillaan" "Ik hou van jou" "Lady, Lady" "Lenge leve livet" "Love Games" "Silêncio e tanta gente" "Terminal 3" "I treni di Tozeur" "Welche Farbe hat der Sonnenschein?"