Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978

Eurovision Song Contest 1978
Eurovision Song Contest 1978
Country	Finland
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	11 February 1978
Selected entrant	Seija Simola
Selected song	"Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus"
Selected songwriter(s)	Reijo Karvonen; Seija Simola;
Finals performance
Final result	18th, 2 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Finland was represented by Seija Simola, with the song "Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus", at the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 24 April in Paris.

Before Eurovision[]

National final[]

The Finnish national final was held on February 11th at the YLE TV Studios in Tampere. The final was hosted by Klaus Thomasson. For the first time since 1966 the conductor in the national final was not Ossi Runne but Risto Hiltunen instead. The winner was chosen by regional juries.

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Place	Points
1	Seija Simola	"Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus"	Reijo Karvonen (m. & l.), Seija Simola (l.)	1st	271
2	Mirumaru	"ABC"	Antti Hyvärinen (m.), Pertti Reponen (l.)	5th	193
3	Reijo Karvonen	"Lemmenlaulu"	Eero Lupari (m. & l.)	5th	193
4	Martti Metsäketo	"En viipyä voi"	Eino Virtanen (m.), Krista Kari (l.)	7th	88
5	Lea Laven	"Aamulla rakkaani näin"	Raul Reiman (m. & l.)	2nd	258
6	Anneli Saaristo	"Sinun kanssasi, sinua ilman"	Eero Tiikasalo (m.), Erkki Mäkinen (l.)	4th	221
7	Katri Helena	"Ystävä"	Timo Kalaoja (m.), Katri Helena Kalaoja (l.)	2nd	258

Scoreboard
Song	Turku	Oulu	Helsinki	Tampere	Lappeenranta	Total
Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus	53	60	60	56	42	271
ABC	40	43	33	39	38	193
Lemmenlaulu	39	47	38	36	33	193
En viipyä voi	21	16	18	16	17	88
Aamulla rakkaani näin	49	53	55	58	43	258
Sinun kanssasi, sinua ilman	47	37	53	37	47	221
Ystävä	52	51	48	57	50	258

At Eurovision[]

On the night of the final Simola performed fourth in the running order following Italy and preceding Portugal. The Finnish entry was conducted by Ossi Runne. Finland received two points from Norway and placed joint 18th (with Turkey) of the 20 entries.