Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1971

Eurovision Song Contest 1971
Eurovision Song Contest 1971
Country	Finland
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	13 February 1971
Selected entrant	Markku Aro and Koivistolaiset
Selected song	"Tie uuteen päivään"
Selected songwriter(s)	Rauno Lehtinen
Finals performance
Final result	8th, 84 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Finland was represented by Markku Aro and Koivistolaiset (sisters Anja and Anneli Koivisto), with the song "Tie uuteen päivään", at the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 13 April in Dublin.

Before Eurovision

National final

The Finnish national final was held on 13th February at the YLE TV Studios in Helsinki, hosted by Eveliina Pokela and Reijo Salminen. The winner was chosen by a jury consisting of 30 people.

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Place	Points
1	Liisa Tuutti	"Uusi viikko"	Jim Pembroke (m. & l.)	4	79
2	Markku Aro and Koivistolaiset	"Tie uuteen päivään"	Rauno Lehtinen (m. & l.)	1	123
3	Pepe Willberg	"1:1 000 000 (Yksi Miljoonaan)"	Eero Koivistoinen (m.), Hector (l.)	5	73
4	Jukka Kuoppamäki	"Uinu poikani vain"	Jukka Kuoppamäki (m. & l.)	2	111
5	Cumulus	"Rajan takaa"	Esko Linnavalli (m.), Pertti Reponen (l.)	3	99
6	Aarno Raninen and Carola	"Ei koskaan"	Aarno Raninen (m. & l.)	6	70
7	Lasse Mårtenson	"Pilvilaulu"	Lasse Mårtenson (m. & l.)	6	70
8	Arja Saijonmaa	"Talvilintu"	Eero Ojanen (m.), Pentti Saaritsa (l.)	8	68

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Markku Aro and Koivistolaiset performed 17th in the running order, following Yugoslavia and preceding Norway. The entry was conducted by Ossi Runne. At the close of voting, Finland picked up 84 points and placed 8th of the 18 entries.

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 at the venue in Dublin, and were brought on stage during the voting sequence to present their points.^[1] The Finnish jury members were Markku Veijalainen and Vieno Kekkonen.^[2]

Voting

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

Points awarded by Finland^[3]
Score	Country
10 points
9 points	Spain
8 points
7 points	Monaco
6 points	Belgium Netherlands United Kingdom
5 points	Germany Luxembourg Portugal
4 points	Ireland Sweden Switzerland
3 points	Austria France Malta Norway Yugoslavia
2 points	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. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-84583-093-9.
^ "Euroviisut Dublinissa". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 3 April 1971. p. 35. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Dublin 1971". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

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

[2] "Euroviisut Dublinissa". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 3 April 1971. p. 35. Retrieved 23 December 2022.

[1971detailed-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Dublin 1971". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 28 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 Finland France Germany Ireland Italy Luxembourg Malta Monaco Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Artists	Markku Aro and Koivistolaiset Lily Castel and Jacques Raymond Katja Ebstein Family Four Angela Farrell Joe Grech Karina Hanne Krogh Serge Lama Monique Melsen Marianne Mendt Peter, Sue and Marc Massimo Ranieri Clodagh Rodgers Saskia and Serge Séverine Krunoslav Slabinac Tonicha
Songs	"L'amore è un attimo" "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" "Diese Welt" "En un mundo nuevo" "Goeiemorgen, morgen" "Les Illusions de nos vingt ans" "Jack in the Box" "Un jardin sur la terre" "Lykken er" "Marija l-Maltija" "Menina do alto da serra" "Musik" "One Day Love" "Pomme, pomme, pomme" "Tie uuteen päivään" "Tijd" "Tvoj dječak je tužan" "Vita vidder"