Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990

Eurovision Song Contest 1990
Eurovision Song Contest 1990
Country	Finland
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	17 February 1990
Selected entrant	Beat
Selected song	"Fri?"
Selected songwriter(s)	Kim Engblom; Tina Krause; Janne Engblom; Stina Engblom;
Finals performance
Final result	21st, 8 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Finland participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia.

The Finnish entry was Beat with the Swedish language song "Fri?", the first time the Finnish entry had been sung in Swedish. After that the only other time Finland has participated with a song in Swedish was in 2012 with Pernilla Karlsson singing "När jag blundar".

Before Eurovision[]

National final[]

The final was held on 17 February 1990 at the Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki, hosted by Kati Bergman. 11 songs took part and the winner was chosen by an expert jury.

Final – 17 February 1990
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
1	Robinson and Apollo 16	"Yön poika"	Esa Mäkelä, Veijo Mäki, Kai Stenman, Sami Piiparinen, Veli-Pekka Lehto	60	6
2	Susanne Sonntag	"Jag tror på friheten"	Thomas Katter, Henrik Svahn	92	2
3	Tarja Lunnas	"Naurus sun katseesi sun"	Markku Anttila, Jorma Toiviainen	74	5
4	Anita Pajunen	"Satujen mies"	Mick Hanian, Juha Louhivuori	32	10
5	Arja Saijonmaa	"Gabriela"	Petri Laaksonen, Turkka Mali	89	3
6	Leena Pirhonen	"Sua haluan"	Leena-Liisa Krasko	48	8
7	Marjorie	"Tuuli"	Eeva Kiviharju	59	7
8	Beat	"Fri?"	Kim Engblom, Janne Engblom, Tina Krause, Stina Engblom	95	1
9	Jussi Halme	"Katsot yötä tummaa"	Jussi Halme, Laila Halme	38	9
10	Jone	"Jälkees sun"	Jone Ullakko	24	11
11	Tomas Ek	"Du går så skyggt"	Curre Boucht, Åke Grandell	75	4

Detailed Jury Votes
Draw	Song	M. Aarnipuro	T. Vitikka	H. Pesonen	A. Cronvall	H. Miller	V. Valli	L. Kurikka	J. Moilanen	A. Vilkko	O. Heikkilä	J. Tapaninen	Total
1	"Yön poika"	7	7	6	6	4	4	6	3	5	5	7	60
2	"Jag tror på friheten"	12	8	5	12	12	10	2	8	7	10	6	92
3	"Naurus sun katseesi sun"	6	5	8	6	4	7	7	12	6	8	5	74
4	"Satujen mies"	2	3	2	4	2	2	2	3	5	5	2	32
5	"Gabriela"	10	6	10	5	10	8	6	4	10	8	12	89
6	"Sua haluan"	4	2	8	4	1	4	5	1	7	6	6	48
7	"Tuuli"	6	4	3	8	5	7	10	3	4	7	2	59
8	"Fri?"	8	12	12	10	3	12	12	2	8	12	4	95
9	"Katsot yötä tummaa"	2	3	2	6	6	4	3	2	3	5	2	38
10	"Jälkees sun"	1	1	2	4	3	1	2	1	1	4	4	24
11	"Du går så skyggt"	5	6	4	8	10	3	8	3	12	8	8	75

At Eurovision[]

Beat performed last of 22, following Cyprus. At the close of the voting they had received 8 points, placing joint last with Norway.^[1]

Voting[]

Points awarded to Finland^[2]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points	Iceland
4 points
3 points	Israel
2 points
1 point

Points awarded by Finland^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	France
10 points	Spain
8 points	Italy
7 points	Iceland
6 points	Cyprus
5 points	Israel
4 points	Ireland
3 points	Switzerland
2 points	Austria
1 point	Yugoslavia

References[]

^ "Final of Zagreb 1990". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Zagreb 1990". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

External links[]

Finnish National Final 1990

[1] "Final of Zagreb 1990". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

[1990detailed-2] "Results of the Final of Zagreb 1990". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

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