Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978

Finland in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1978
Eurovision Song Contest 1978
Participating broadcasterYleisradio (Yle)
Country Finland
Selection processNational final
Selection date11 February 1978
Competing entry
Song"Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus"
ArtistSeija Simola
Songwriters
  • Reijo Karvonen
  • Seija Simola
Placement
Final result18th, 2 points
Participation chronology
◄1977 • 1978 • 1979►

Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 with the song "Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus", written by Reijo Karvonen and Seija Simola, and performed by Simola herself. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

National final

Yleisradio (Yle) held the Finnish national final on 11 February 1978 at its television 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) Points Place
1 Seija Simola "Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus" Reijo Karvonen (m. & l.), Seija Simola (l.) 271 1
2 Mirumaru "ABC" Antti Hyvärinen (m.), Pertti Reponen (l.) 193 5
3 Reijo Karvonen "Lemmenlaulu" Eero Lupari (m. & l.) 193 5
4 Martti Metsäketo "En viipyä voi" Eino Virtanen (m.), Krista Kari (l.) 88 7
5 Lea Laven "Aamulla rakkaani näin" Raul Reiman (m. & l.) 258 2
6 Anneli Saaristo "Sinun kanssasi, sinua ilman" Eero Tiikasalo (m.), Erkki Mäkinen (l.) 221 4
7 Katri Helena "Ystävä" Timo Kalaoja (m.), Katri Helena Kalaoja (l.) 258 2
Scoreboard
Song
Turku
 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

References

  1. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Paris 1978". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
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