Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988

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.

Eurovision Song Contest 1988
Country Finland
National selection
Selection processNational Final
Selection date(s)13 February 1988
Selected entrantBoulevard
Selected song"Nauravat silmät muistetaan"
Finals performance
Final result20th, 3 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1987 1988 1989►

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

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

See also

References

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