Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993
Finland was represented by Katri Helena, with the song "Tule luo", at the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 15 May in Millstreet, Ireland. "Tule luo" was chosen as the Finnish entry at the national final on 6 March and was Katri Helena's second Eurovision appearance, 14 years after her performance in Jerusalem in 1979.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1993 | ||||
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| Country |  Finland | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | National Final | |||
| Selection date(s) | 6 March 1993 | |||
| Selected entrant | Katri Helena | |||
| Selected song | "Tule luo" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 17th, 20 points | |||
| Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
National final
The final was held at the studios of broadcaster YLE in Helsinki, hosted by Ari Korvola. Four performers took part, each singing two songs, with the winner chosen by voting from eleven regional juries.[1]
| Final – 6 March 1993 | |||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
| 1 | Paula Koivuniemi | "Päivä kerrallaan" | Erik Lindström, VeePee Lehto | 37 | 6 |
| 2 | Katri Helena | "Tule luo" | Matti Puurtinen, Jukka Saarinen | 96 | 1 |
| 3 | Arja Koriseva | "Vain taivas yksin tietää" | Kisu Jernström, Kassu Halonen, Vexi Salmi | 65 | 3 |
| 4 | Marjorie | "Legenda" | Cris Owen, Pia Partanen | 52 | 4 |
| 5 | Paula Koivuniemi | "Sammunut rakkaus" | Esa Nieminen, Kaisu Liuhala | 21 | 8 |
| 6 | Katri Helena | "Viesti" | Jukka Kuoppamäki | 48 | 5 |
| 7 | Arja Koriseva | "Sulta laulun sain" | Olli Ahvenlahti, Hector | 77 | 2 |
| 8 | Marjorie | "Aika eteenpäin vain kulkee" | Pepe Willberg, Kirsti Willberg | 33 | 7 |
| Detailed Regional Jury Votes | |||||||||||||
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| Draw | Song | Rovaniemi | Kajaani | Vaasa | Jyväskylä | Joensuu | Lappeenranta | Pori | Tampere | Lahti | Turku | Helsinki | Total |
| 1 | "Päivä kerrallaan" | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 37 |
| 2 | "Tule luo" | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 96 |
| 3 | "Vain taivas yksin tietää" | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 65 |
| 4 | "Legenda" | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 52 |
| 5 | "Sammunut rakkaus" | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 21 |
| 6 | "Viesti" | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 48 |
| 7 | "Sulta laulun sain" | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 77 |
| 8 | "Aika eteenpäin vain kulkee" | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 33 |
At Eurovision
On the night of the final Katri Helena performed 17th in the running order, following Slovenia and preceding Bosnia-Herzegovina. At the close of voting "Tule luo" had received 20 points (the highest an 8 from Greece), placing Finland 17th of the 25 entries. The Finnish jury awarded its 12 points to Norway.[2]
Final
| 12 points |  Norway |
| 10 points |  Spain |
| 8 points |  Italy |
| 7 points |  Sweden |
| 6 points |  Greece |
| 5 points |  United Kingdom |
| 4 points |  Switzerland |
| 3 points |  Ireland |
| 2 points |  Portugal |
| 1 point |  France |
Points awarded to Finland
| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
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| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
References
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