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Eurovision Song Contest 1985 Country Finland 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 Final result 9th, 58 points
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 [ ]
References [ ]
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