Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994

Eurovision Song Contest 1994
Eurovision Song Contest 1994
Country	Finland
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	5 March 1994
Selected entrant	CatCat
Selected song	"Bye Bye Baby"
Selected songwriter(s)	Kari Salli; Markku Lentonen;
Finals performance
Final result	22nd, 11 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Finland took part at the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, held in Dublin, Ireland, represented by sisters Virpi and Katja Kätkä as "CatCat" with the song "Bye Bye Baby".

Before Eurovision[]

National final[]

The final was held on 5 March 1994 at the Tampere-Talo in Tampere, hosted by Jukka Laaksonen, Juha Laitila and Joonas Myllyveräjä. The winner was chosen by regional televoting and from the votes of the studio audience.

Final – 5 March 1994
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Televote	Place
1	Tarja Lunnas	"Kuka tykkää suukoista"	Jari Holm, Seppo Matintalo, Veikko Juntunen	13,857	4
2	Dario	"Ateljee"	Darius Witkowski, Timo Puheloinen	6,009	9
3	Sari Sakki	"Jäisit mun luo"	Esa Rimpiläinen	6,809	8
4	Indiana	"Hän lähtee tänään"	Liisa Akimof	7,738	6
5	Rio	"Rakkauden tiellä"	Markku Tommila, Hannu Perälä, Timo Niemi	13,633	5
6	Janita	"Enkeli"	Tomi Ervi	14,646	3
7	CatCat	"Bye Bye Baby"	Kari Salli, Markku Lentonen	25,834	1
8	Susanne Sonntag	"En dans på livets vågor"	Kari Kuusamo, Susanne Sonntag	17,348	2
9	Tauski Peltonen	"Seitsemänteen taivaaseen"	Tauski Peltonen	6,003	10
10	Marina Sigrids	"Lyft mig upp"	Clas Holm	7,445	7

Detailed Regional Televoting Results
Draw	Song	Studio Audience	Northern Finland	Eastern Finland	Central Finland	Southwestern Finland	Southern Finland	Total
1	"Kuka tykkää suukoista"	63	6,281	4,497	4,930	4,675	5,411	13,857
2	"Ateljee"	23	3,501	4,686	3,481	3,304	3,572	6,009
3	"Jäisit mun luo"	80	3,398	4,730	3,526	3,275	3,800	6,809
4	"Hän lähtee tänään"	213	5,229	4,260	5,023	4,538	5,182	7,738
5	"Rakkauden tiellä"	112	5,180	4,452	5,019	5,537	5,333	13,633
6	"Enkeli"	45	5,621	5,010	5,223	4,328	6,419	14,646
7	"Bye Bye Baby"	140	10,885	6,697	7,026	6,343	6,743	25,834
8	"En dans på livets vågor"	76	6,054	5,368	5,649	5,374	6,917	17,348
9	"Seitsemänteen taivaaseen"	12	3,583	3,486	3,670	3,588	3,670	6,003
10	"Lyft mig upp"	29	4,213	3,508	3,575	3,541	4,579	7,445

At Eurovision[]

Catcat performed 2nd, following Sweden and preceding Ireland. At the close of the voting, despite have high hopes from the Finns, they had received 11 point, placing 22nd of 25 and relegating Finland from the 1995 contest.^[1]

Voting[]

Points awarded to Finland^[2]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points	Greece
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point	Bosnia and Herzegovina

Points awarded by Finland^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Hungary
10 points	Cyprus
8 points	Poland
7 points	Ireland
6 points	Malta
5 points	Portugal
4 points	Greece
3 points	Germany
2 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina
1 point	Iceland

References[]

^ "Final of Dublin 1994". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Dublin 1994". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

External links[]

Finnish National Final 1994

[1] "Final of Dublin 1994". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

[1994detailed-2] "Results of the Final of Dublin 1994". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

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