Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984

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.

Eurovision Song Contest 1984
Country Finland
National selection
Selection processNational Final
Selection date(s)18 February 1984
Selected entrantKirka
Selected song"Hengaillaan"
Finals performance
Final result9th, 46 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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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) Televote 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 & 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. The Finnish jury awarded its 12 points to Italy.[2]

Final
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

Points awarded to Finland
Points awarded to Finland (final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

See also

References
  1. ESC National Finals database - Finland 1984
  2. ESC History - Finland 1984
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