Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973

Eurovision Song Contest 1973
Eurovision Song Contest 1973
Country	Finland
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	3 February 1973
Selected entrant	Marion Rung
Selected song	"Tom Tom Tom"
Selected songwriter(s)	Rauno Lehtinen; Bob Barratt;
Finals performance
Final result	6th, 93 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Finland was represented by Marion Rung, with the song "Tom Tom Tom", at the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 7 April in Luxembourg.

Before Eurovision

National final

The Finnish national final was held on February 3 at Finlandia Hall in Helsinki. The show was hosted by Apeli Halinen. The winner was chosen by a professional jury consisting of ten members. Each juror awarded 1 to 10 points for each song. The best and worst points received by each song were ignored in the voting.

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Place	Points
1	Seija Simola and Paradise	"One, Two, Three"	Esko Linnavalli (m.), Pertti Reponen (l.)	2	65
2	Jukka Kuoppamäki and Castanja	"Onnenmaa"	Jukka Kuoppamäki (m. & l.)	6	51
3	Maarit	"Ampukaa pianisti"	Eero Koivistoinen (m.), Jarkko Laine (l.)	6	51
4	Irina Milan	"Song for a Dove"	Frank Robson (m. & l.)	4	53
5	Cumulus	"Noustaan perhosilla lentämään"	Valto Laitinen (m.), Jyrki Lindström (l.)	9	48
6	Danny	"Galileo Galilei"	Jaakko Salo (m.), Kari Tuomisaari (l.)	5	52
7	Aarno Raninen	"Odotan"	Aarno Raninen (m.), Juha Vainio (l.)	11	39
8	Marion Rung	"Tom Tom Tom"	Rauno Lehtinen (m. & l.)	1	69
9	Sammy Babitzin and Koivistolaiset	"Riviera"	Kari Kuuva (m. & l.)	10	47
10	Nina	"Super-Extra-Wonder-Shop"	Esa Pethman (m.), Tupuna Vaissi (l.)	11	39
11	Maarit	"Life Is a Jigsaw"	Seppo Paakkunainen (m.), Jim Pembroke (l.)	3	58
12	Lasse Mårtenson and Cay Karlsson	"Hän on mennyt vuorten taa"	Lasse Mårtenson (m.), Jukka Virtanen (l.)	8	49

Scoreboard

Song	Päivi Perkiö	Pirkko-Liisa Tikka	Marjut Siren	Jussi Tiainen	Erkki Melakoski	Kari Tikka	Heikki Sarmanto	Esa Helasvuo	Kristiina Kauhtio	Tuomo Tanska	Total
"One, Two, Three"	7	10	5	8	7	9	8	10	7	9	65
"Onnenmaa"	7	7	7	9	4	7	6	3	9	4	51
"Ampukaa pianisti"	5	8	4	7	6	6	7	7	5	8	51
"Song for a Dove"	4	7	6	5	8	9	7	8	8	4	53
"Noustaan perhosilla lentämään"	7	9	5	2	4	8	7	7	7	3	48
"Galileo Galilei"	6	9	6	6	4	8	5	7	9	5	52
"Odotan"	3	5	3	4	5	6	6	5	5	6	39
"Tom Tom Tom"	10	8	9	8	6	9	8	8	10	9	69
"Riviera"	6	6	3	6	5	5	7	6	8	6	47
"Super-Extra-Wonder-Shop"	3	5	6	3	4	7	5	9	4	5	39
"Life is a Jigsaw"	6	7	8	9	7	8	7	8	5	7	58
"Hän on mennyt vuorten taa"	8	5	9	2	8	4	6	7	6	5	49

Highest and lowest score received by each song were ignored and they are ~~strikethrough~~.

The winning song "Tom Tom Tom" was performed in Finnish in the national selection but translated into English for the international Song Contest. The English lyrics were written by Bob Barratt. However, the song title didn't change.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Marion Rung performed first in the running order, preceding Belgium. The entry was conducted by Ossi Runne. At the close of voting, Finland picked up 93 points and placed 6th of the 17 entries. It was Finland's best placing in the contest by then and would remain so for the next 33 years, until Lordi won the contest for Finland in 2006.

Each country nominated two jury members, one below the age of 25 and the other above, who voted for their respective country by giving between one and five points to each song, except that representing their own country. All jury members were colocated in a television studio in Luxembourg.^[1] The Finnish jury members were Kristiina Kauhtio and Heikki Sarmanto.^[2]

Voting

Points awarded to Finland^[3]
Score	Country
10 points
9 points	Belgium United Kingdom
8 points
7 points	Yugoslavia Sweden
6 points	Luxembourg Norway Germany Switzerland Spain
5 points	Monaco Ireland Netherlands Israel Portugal
4 points	France
3 points
2 points	Italy

Points awarded by Finland^[3]
Score	Country
10 points
9 points	United Kingdom
8 points	Norway Sweden
7 points
6 points	Luxembourg Monaco Israel
5 points	Yugoslavia
4 points	France Portugal Switzerland Netherlands Belgium
3 points	Ireland Spain
2 points	Germany Italy

Sources

^ Roxburgh, Gordon (2014). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Volume Two: The 1970s. Prestatyn, United Kingdom: Telos Publishing. pp. 60, 124. ISBN 978-1-84583-093-9.
^ "Marion tulessa ensimmäisenä". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 7 April 1973. p. 39. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Luxembourg 1973". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

External links

Full national final on Yle Elävä Arkisto (in Finnish)

[Roxburgh-1] Roxburgh, Gordon (2014). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Volume Two: The 1970s. Prestatyn, United Kingdom: Telos Publishing. pp. 60, 124. ISBN 978-1-84583-093-9.

[2] "Marion tulessa ensimmäisenä". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 7 April 1973. p. 39. Retrieved 23 December 2022.

[1973detailed-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Luxembourg 1973". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

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