Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966

Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966
Eurovision Song Contest 1966
Participating broadcaster	Yleisradio (Yle)
Country	Finland
Selection process	National final
Selection date	22 January 1966
Competing entry
Song	"Playboy"
Artist	Ann-Christine
Songwriter	Ossi Runne
Placement
Final result	10th, 7 points
Participation chronology
◄1965 • 1966 • 1967►

Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 with the song "Playboy", written by Ossi Runne, and performed by Ann-Christine. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

National final

Nine entries were selected for the competition from 200 received submissions. Yleisradio (Yle) held the national final on 22 January 1966 at its studios in Helsinki. The final was not broadcast live since it had been recorded earlier in the afternoon. The show was hosted by Tuula Ignatius  [ fi ] and Risto Vanari  [ fi ]. The winner was chosen by a professional jury consisting of twelve members. Each juror distributed their points as follows: either 1, 3 and 5 points for three songs, or 3 and 6 points for two songs. Since the first round did not end up in an absolute win, the second round was held between the top 3. ^{[1] [2]}

Final – 22 January 1966

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points (first round)	Points (second round)	Place
1	Tamara Lund	"Märkää asfalttia"	Toivo Kärki, Terttu Suni  [ fi ]	8	—	6
2	Ilkka Rinne  [ fi ]	"Syysromanssi"	Börje Sundgren	1	—	9
3	Carola	"Meren laulu"	Matti Murto  [ fi ], Ritva Murto	11	—	5
4	Viktor Klimenko	"Vieras rakastettuni"	Jaakko Borg  [ fi ], Tuula Valkama  [ fi ]	20	25	3
5	Laila Kinnunen	"Muistojen bulevardi"	Börje Sundgren, Solja Tuuli  [ fi ]	20	29	2
6	Danny	"Pieni sana"	Lasse Mårtenson, Sauvo Puhtila  [ fi ]	5	—	8
7	Marjatta Leppänen  [ fi ]	"Aamuyön tanssi"	Åke Granholm  [ fi ], Sauvo Puhtila	8	—	6
8	Lasse Mårtenson	"Ken hän on?"	Lasse Mårtenson, Sauvo Puhtila	13	—	4
9	Ann-Christine Nyström	"Playboy"	Ossi Runne	22	45	1

At Eurovision

On the evening of the final Ann-Christine performed seventh in the running order, following Norway and preceding Portugal. It was the first Finnish entry conducted by Ossi Runne, who would conduct the Finnish Eurovision entry 22 times. At the close of voting, Finland picked up seven points and placed joint 10th with Germany and Luxembourg of the 18 entries.

The 10-member Finnish jury comprised Cay Idström  [ fi ] (chairperson), Benedict Zilliacus, Jutta Zilliacus, Esko Mustonen  [ fi ], Juhani Valsta, Antti Wahlström, Mrs. Bojen Huldén, Albert Pelli, Leena Lehtonen, and Anssi Sinnemäki  [ fi ]. ^[3]

The contest was broadcast on TV-ohjelma 1 and on radio station Yleisohjelma  [ fi ], both with commentary by Aarno Walli  [ fi ]. It was also broadcast on Swedish-language radio station Ruotsinkielinen ula-ohjelma. ^{[4] [5]}

Voting

Points awarded to Finland [6] Score Country 5 points 3 points   Denmark   Norway 1 point   Netherlands

Points awarded by Finland [6] Score Country 5 points   Sweden 3 points   Denmark 1 point   Yugoslavia

References

1. "1966 Suomen salaiset aseet: Ann-Christine ja Playboy" (in Finnish). Yle. Archived from the original on 7 January 2004. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
2. Murtomäki, Asko (2007). Finland 12 points! Suomen Euroviisut (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Teos. pp. 44–45, 47. ISBN   978-951-851-106-2.
3. "18 iskelmää osallistuu tänään Eurovisiokilpailuun Napolissa". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 20 March 1965.
4. "Radio ja televisio" [Radio and television]. Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland. 5 March 1966. p. 33. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
5. "Katseet kohti Luxemburgia" [You look towards Luxembourg]. Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland. 5 March 1966. p. 33. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
6. "Results of the Final of Luxembourg 1966". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.