Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990

Finland participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia.

Eurovision Song Contest 1990
Country Finland
National selection
Selection processNational Final
Selection date(s)17 February 1990
Selected entrantBeat
Selected song"Fri?"
Finals performance
Final result21st, 8 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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The Finnish entry was Beat with the Swedish language song "Fri?", the first time the Finnish entry had been sung in Swedish. After that the only other time Finland has participated with a song in Swedish was in 2012 with Pernilla Karlsson singing När jag blundar.

Before Eurovision

National final

The final was held on 17 February 1990 at the Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki, hosted by Kati Bergman. 11 songs took part and the winner was chosen by an expert jury.

Final – 17 February 1990
DrawArtistSong Songwriter(s)PointsPlace
1Robinson & Apollo 16"Yön poika" Esa Mäkelä, Veijo Mäki, Kai Stenman, Sami Piiparinen, VeePee Lehto606
2Susanne Sonntag"Jag tror på friheten" Thomas Katter, Henrik Svahn922
3Tarja Lunnas"Naurus sun katseesi sun" Markku Anttila, Jorma Toiviainen745
4Anita Pajunen"Satujen mies" Mick Hanian, Juha Louhivuori3210
5Arja Saijonmaa"Gabriela" Petri Laaksonen, Turkka Mali893
6Leena Pirhonen"Sua haluan" Leena-Liisa Krasko488
7Marjorie"Tuuli" Eeva Kiviharju597
8Beat"Fri?" Kim Engblom, Janne Engblom, Tina Krause, Stina Engblom951
9Jussi Halme"Katsot yötä tummaa" Jussi Halme, Laila Halme389
10Jone"Jälkees sun" Jone Ullakko2411
11Tomas Ek"Du går så skyggt" Curre Boucht, Åke Grandell754

At Eurovision

Beat performed last of 22, following Cyprus. At the close of the voting they had received 8 points, placing joint last with Norway.

Final

12 points France
10 points Spain
8 points Italy
7 points Iceland
6 points Cyprus
5 points Israel
4 points Ireland
3 points  Switzerland
2 points Austria
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
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