Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985

Eurovision Song Contest 1985
Eurovision Song Contest 1985
Country	Finland
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	16 February 1985
Selected entrant	Sonja Lumme
Selected song	"Eläköön elämä"
Selected songwriter(s)	Petri Laaksonen; Veli-Pekka Lehto;
Finals performance
Final result	9th, 58 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Finland was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985, held in Gothenburg, Sweden. The Finnish entry was "Eläköön elämä", performed by Sonja Lumme and composed by Petri Laaksonen and Veli-Pekka Lehto.

Before Eurovision[]

National final[]

The final was held at the YLE TV studios in Helsinki, hosted by Seppo Hovi. The votes of 6 regional juries decided the winner.

Final – 16 February 1985
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
1	Tapani Kansa	"Siksi lauluni soi"	Kaj Kuittinen, Tapani Kansa	184	3
2	Bianca Morales	"Ei aina svengaa"	Mika Siekkinen, Aappo I. Piippo	105	12
3	Ami Aspelund and Riki Sorsa	"Lapset maailman"	Kari Kuusamo, Ami Aspelund, Pasi Hiihtola	180	4
4	Sonja Lumme	"Mulle rakkauden kevät toi"	Matti Auranen, Sonja Lumme	123	11
5	Jokke Seppälä	"Jossain"	Pave Maijanen	158	6
6	Ami Aspelund	"Sången om vårt hus"	Sven Sid, Bo Carpelan	131	9
7	Riki Sorsa	"Haaveissa vainko oot mun?"	Kari Kuivalainen	221	2
8	Bianca Morales	"Mennään vaan"	Esko M. Toivonen, Ilkka Vesterinen	155	7
9	Tapani Kansa	"Onnellisuus"	Pepe Willberg, Kirsti Willberg	128	10
10	Ami Aspelund	"Mandy"	Jokke Seppälä, Siru Seppälä	144	8
11	Bianca Morales and Jokke Seppälä	"Huomenna"	Kisu Jernström, Kassu Halonen, Timo Lehtiö	179	5
12	Sonja Lumme	"Eläköön elämä"	Petri Laaksonen, Veli-Pekka Lehto	255	1

Detailed Regional Jury Votes
Draw	Song	Rovaniemi	Kuopio	Vaasa	Turku	Jyväskylä	Helsinki	Total score
1	"Siksi lauluni soi"	25	34	37	33	27	28	184
2	"Ei aina svengaa"	18	18	20	16	12	21	105
3	"Lapset maailman"	36	31	32	34	26	21	180
4	"Mulle rakkauden kevät toi"	19	18	19	24	20	23	123
5	"Jossain"	28	30	31	28	21	20	158
6	"Sången om vårt hus"	19	22	15	16	33	26	131
7	"Haaveissa vainko oot mun?"	30	42	39	34	32	44	221
8	"Mennään vaan"	22	26	30	25	15	37	155
9	"Onnellisuus"	15	27	21	27	14	24	128
10	"Mandy"	15	28	20	24	30	27	144
11	"Huomenna"	38	30	33	32	25	21	179
12	"Eläköön elämä"	39	37	45	48	49	37	255

At Eurovision[]

Lumme performed 2nd on the night of the contest, following Ireland and preceding Cyprus. At the close of the voting it had received 56 points, placing 9th of 19.^[1]

Voting[]

Points awarded to Finland^[2]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points	Greece Sweden
8 points
7 points	Italy United Kingdom
6 points	Cyprus Ireland Spain
5 points
4 points
3 points	Turkey
2 points	Switzerland
1 point	Israel

Points awarded by Finland^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Sweden
10 points	Germany
8 points	Spain
7 points	United Kingdom
6 points	Italy
5 points	France
4 points	Norway
3 points	Switzerland
2 points	Turkey
1 point	Ireland

References[]

^ "Final of Gothenburg 1985". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Gothenburg 1985". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

External links[]

Finnish National Final 1985

[1] "Final of Gothenburg 1985". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

[1985detailed-2] "Results of the Final of Gothenburg 1985". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

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