Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980

Eurovision Song Contest 1980
Eurovision Song Contest 1980
Country	Finland
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	8 March 1980
Selected entrant	Vesa-Matti Loiri
Selected song	"Huilumies"
Selected songwriter(s)	Aarno Raninen; Vexi Salmi
Finals performance
Final result	19th, 6 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Finland was represented by Vesa-Matti Loiri and the song "Huilumies" at the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 19 April in The Hague.

Before Eurovision

The Finnish national selection consisted of a semi final and a final.

Semi final

The semi final was held on 12 January. The semi final had 11 competing songs and six finalists were chosen by an expert jury. The semi final was hosted by Heikki Harma.

Songs eliminated in the semi-final
Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)
Paula Koivuniemi	Romantiikkaa	Markku Johansson (m.), Juha Vainio (l.)
Tapani Kansa & Satu Pentikäinen	Hyvä on	Jukka Siikavire (m.), Erkki Mäkinen (l.)
Kisu	Oh la la	Kassu Halonen (m.), Raul Reiman (l.)
Tapani Kansa	Kun ystävän mä sain	Lasse Mirsch (m. & l.)
Reijo Karvonen & Pepe Willberg	Jos voimaa on	Reijo Karvonen (m.), Matti Härkälä (l.)

Final

The final was held on 8 May at the YLE TV Studios in Tampere and hosted by Mikko Alatalo and the entries competing for Eurovision is conducted by Ossi Runne. After the Eurovision Preselection, this was proceeded by Intervision. The Intervision Preselection would be the last preselection, in which 6 songs are all sung by Marion. The winner was chosen by regional juries.

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Place	Points
1	Vesa-Matti Loiri	Huilumies	Aarno Raninen (m.), Vexi Salmi (l.)	1st	386
2	Liisa Tavi & Band	Nopea talven valo	Pekka Tegelman (m.), Jukka-Pekka Takala (l.)	6th	190
3	Kirka & Silhuetit	Karthago	Antti Hyvärinen (m.), Juice Leskinen (l.)	2nd	315
4	Eija Ahvo	Lady day	Jukka Linkola (m.), Arto Melleri (l.)	5th	210
5	Irina Milan	Päättymätön laulu	Olli Ahvenlahti (m.), Jukka Virtanen (l.)	3rd	240
6	Sinikka Sokka	Eräs lapsi ei nuku	Henrik Otto Donner (m.), Pentti Saaritsa (l.)	4th	234

Scoreboard

Song	Turku	Oulu	Helsinki	Tampere	Lappeenranta	Total
Huilumies	75	75	78	85	73	386
Nopea talven valo	38	41	39	34	38	190
Karthago	66	64	59	67	59	315
Lady day	39	42	46	37	46	210
Päättymätön laulu	47	31	51	53	58	240
Eräs lapsi ei nuku	50	62	42	39	41	234

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Loiri performed 10th in the running order following Switzerland and preceding Norway. The Finnish entry was conducted by Ossi Runne. Finland placed last in the contest with six points.

Voting

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

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

Sources

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results of the Final of The Hague 1980". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

External links

Full national semi final and final on Yle Elävä Arkisto (in Finnish)

[1980detailed-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results of the Final of The Hague 1980". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

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