Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986

Eurovision Song Contest 1986
Eurovision Song Contest 1986
Country	Finland
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	22 February 1986
Selected entrant	Kari Kuivalainen
Selected song	"Never the End"
Selected songwriter(s)	Kari Kuivalainen
Finals performance
Final result	15th, 22 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Finland was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, held in Bergen, Norway.

Before Eurovision[]

National final[]

The final was held on 22 February 1986 at the Yle's Studios in Helsinki, and was hosted by journalist Kari Lumikero. The votes of an "expert jury" decided the winner, being "Päivä kahden ihmisen" performed and composed by Kari Kuivalainen. The voting was rather tight and Kuivalainen won by only one point over the second-placing entrant.

Final – 22 February 1986
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
1	Kirka and Kim Lönnholm	"Aitoa taikaa"	Kisu Jernström, Kassu Halonen, Edu Kettunen	74	3
2	Tulip	"Tanssin aurinkoon"	Jukka Siikavire, Jussi Tuominen	22	9
3	Irina Milan and Eija Ahvo	"Applause"	Esa Nieminen, Irina Milan	53	5
4	Kirka	"Uusiin taivaisiin"	Edu Kettunen	88	2
5	Sonja Lumme	"Tappavat kyyneleet"	Jim Pembroke, Jukka Virtanen	48	6
6	Gruppo Jokke	"Kaamoksen maa"	Jokke Seppälä, Siru Seppälä	37	7
7	Kim Lönnholm	"Rautataivas"	Esa Kaartamo, Pekka Pohjola	64	4
8	Kari Kuivalainen	"Päivä kahden ihmisen"	Kari Kuivalainen	89	1
9	Danny	"Ninja"	Veikko Samuli, Raul Reiman, Jyrki Hämäläinen	31	8

Detailed Jury Votes
Draw	Song	Black Mike	P. Dammert	M. Fagerlund	P. Helin	R. Kinnunen	K. Klockars	J-P Koikkalainen	T. Liete	K. Liuhala	E. Melakoski	R. Sarmanto	Total
1	"Aitoa taikaa"	8	6	7	7	6	3	10	7	6	6	8	74
2	"Tanssin aurinkoon"	1	1	1	1	1	1	8	3	1	3	1	22
3	"Applause"	2	5	5	4	5	7	3	5	5	7	5	53
4	"Uusiin taivaisiin"	7	8	8	6	10	8	6	8	10	10	7	88
5	"Tappavat kyyneleet"	3	4	4	2	4	10	1	4	4	8	4	48
6	"Kaamoksen maa"	4	3	3	3	3	4	5	2	3	4	3	37
7	"Rautataivas"	6	7	6	8	7	5	4	6	7	2	6	64
8	"Päivä kahden ihmisen"	10	10	10	10	8	6	2	10	8	5	10	89
9	"Ninja"	5	2	2	5	2	2	7	1	2	1	2	31

At Eurovision[]

Kuivalainen performed nineteenth on the night of the contest, following Denmark and preceding Portugal. Before performing in Bergen, one line of the song was changed, and the title "Päivä kahden ihmisen" ("Day of two people") was changed to "Never the End." At the close of the voting it had received 22 points, placing 15th in a field of 20 competing countries.^[1]

Voting[]

Points awarded to Finland^[2]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points	Belgium
7 points
6 points	Iceland
5 points
4 points
3 points	Cyprus Germany
2 points
1 point	Netherlands Turkey

Points awarded by Finland^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Belgium
10 points	United Kingdom
8 points	Ireland
7 points	Switzerland
6 points	Austria
5 points	Sweden
4 points	Luxembourg
3 points	Netherlands
2 points	Germany
1 point	Spain

References[]

^ "Final of Bergen 1986". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Bergen 1986". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

External links[]

Finnish National Final 1986

[1] "Final of Bergen 1986". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

[1986detailed-2] "Results of the Final of Bergen 1986". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

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