Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988

Eurovision Song Contest 1988
Country	Finland
National selection
Selection process	National Final
Selection date(s)	13 February 1988
Selected entrant	Boulevard
Selected song	"Nauravat silmät muistetaan"
Finals performance
Final result	20th, 3 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Finland was represented by the band Boulevard, with the song '"Nauravat silmät muistetaan", at the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 30 April in Dublin.

Before Eurovision

National final

The final was held 13 February 1988 at the Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki, hosted by Sini Sovijärvi. Twelve songs took part with the winner chosen by voting from six regional juries. Other participants included former Finnish representatives Ami Aspelund (1983) and Sonja Lumme (1985). Two of the songs, Helena Miller's "Svart och vitt" and Benny Törnroos's "I november", was written in Swedish, that is a national language in Finland as well. The other 10 songs was written in Finnish.[1]


Final – 13 February 1988
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
1	Boulevard	"Nauravat silmät muistetaan"	Pepe Willberg, Kirsti Willberg	38	1
2	Tarja Ylitalo	"Maata vaadin taivaanrantaa"	Jyrki Niemi, Mika Sundqvist	2	12
3	Helena Miller	"Svart och vitt"	Veikko Samuli, Marita Lindquist	37	2
4	Kari Tapio	"Tää kaipuu"	Kari Kuuva	12	9
5	Ami Aspelund	"Amor amor"	Petri Laaksonen, VeePee Lehto	32	3
6	Sonja Lumme	"Vielä jaksan odottaa"	Matti Siitonen	9	10
7	Tauski Peltonen	"Uuteen elämään"	Esko M. Toivonen	13	8
8	Benny Törnroos	"I november"	Roni Kamras, Marita Lindquist, Benny Törnroos	8	11
9	Mikko Alatalo	"Tuhat ja yksi yöta"	Pertti Niemi, Jorma Toiviainen	19	6
10	Marjorie	"Tie"	Eeva Kiviharju	20	5
11	Timo Tervo, Jonna & Beat	"Mayday Mayday"	Timo Tervo, Turkka Mali	29	4
12	Tauski Peltonen, Tutta & Crista	"Lasikaupunki"	Kari Kuuva	15	7

Detailed Regional Jury Votes
Draw	Song	Rovaniemi	Turku	Jyväskylä	Kajaani	Helsinki	Joensuu	Total
1	"Nauravat silmät muistetaan"	3	8	5	8	8	6	38
2	"Maata vaadin taivaanrantaa"			2				2
3	"Svart och vitt"	10	5	6		6	10	37
4	"Tää kaipuu"		1	4	4		3	12
5	"Amor amor"	8	6	3	2	5	8	32
6	"Vielä jaksan odottaa"	6			1	2		9
7	"Uuteen elämään"		2		6	1	4	13
8	"I november"	4	4					8
9	"Tuhat ja yksi yöta"	5	3	1	5	4	1	19
10	"Tie"	2		8		10		20
11	"Mayday Mayday"	1	10	10	3		5	29
12	"Lasikaupunki"				10	3	2	15

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Boulevard performed third in the running order, following Sweden and preceding the United Kingdom. The band had to deal with a technical malfunction when the backing track temporarily faded out halfway through the song. At the close of voting "Nauravat silmät muistetaan" had received only 3 points (all from Israel), placing Finland 20th of the 21 entries, ahead only of the nul-points song from Austria. The Finnish jury awarded its 12 points to Luxembourg.[2]

Final

12 points	Luxembourg
10 points	United Kingdom
8 points	Italy
7 points	Norway
6 points	Israel
5 points	Switzerland
4 points	Denmark
3 points	France
2 points	Ireland
1 point	Yugoslavia

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
		Israel

References

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[1] ESC National Finals database - Finland 1988

[2] ESC History - Finland 1988