Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973

Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973
Eurovision Song Contest 1973
Participating broadcaster	Yleisradio (Yle)
Country	Finland
Selection process	National final
Selection date	3 February 1973
Competing entry
Song	"Tom Tom Tom"
Artist	Marion Rung
Songwriters	Rauno Lehtinen Bob Barratt
Placement
Final result	6th, 93 points
Participation chronology
◄1972 • 1973 • 1974►

Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 with the song "Tom Tom Tom", written by Rauno Lehtinen and Bob Barratt, and performed by Marion Rung. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

National final

Yleisradio (Yle) invited twelve composers for the competition. Since the songs were allowed to be performed in any language, this was the first time the Finnish national final featured songs entirely in other language than Finnish or Swedish (with two songs entirely in English). The national final was held on 3 February 1973 at Finlandia Hall in Helsinki, hosted by Alpo "Apeli" Halinen  [ fi ]. The winner was chosen by a professional jury consisting of ten members. Each juror distributed their points between 1–10 points for each song. The best and worst points received by each song were ignored in the voting. ^{[1] [2]}

In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the interval act featured Päivi Paunu and Kim Floor performing their 1972 entry "Muistathan". ^{[3] [4]}

Final – 3 February 1973

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
1	Seija Simola and Paradise  [ fi ]	"One, Two, Three"	Esko Linnavalli  [ fi ], Pertti Reponen  [ fi ]	65	2
2	Jukka Kuoppamäki and Castanja  [ fi ]	"Onnenmaa"	Jukka Kuoppamäki	51	6
3	Maarit	"Ampukaa pianisti"	Eero Koivistoinen, Jarkko Laine	51	6
4	Irina Milan  [ fi ]	"Song for a Dove"	Frank Robson	53	4
5	Cumulus  [ fi ]	"Noustaan perhosilla lentämään"	Valto Laitinen  [ fi ], Jyrki Lindström  [ fi ]	48	9
6	Danny	"Galileo Galilei"	Jaakko Salo  [ fi ], Kari Tuomisaari  [ fi ]	52	5
7	Aarno Raninen	"Odotan"	Aarno Raninen, Juha Vainio	39	11
8	Marion Rung	"Tom Tom Tom"	Rauno Lehtinen	69	1
9	Sammy Babitzin and Koivistolaiset  [ fi ]	"Riviera"	Kari Kuuva  [ fi ]	47	10
10	Nina	"Super-Extra-Wonder-Shop"	Esa Pethman  [ fi ], Tupuna Vaissi  [ fi ]	39	11
11	Maarit	"Life Is a Jigsaw"	Seppo Paakkunainen  [ fi ], Jim Pembroke	58	3
12	Lasse Mårtenson and Cay Karlsson  [ fi ]	"Hän on mennyt vuorten taa"	Lasse Mårtenson, Jukka Virtanen	49	8

Scoreboard

Song	Päivi Perkiö	Pirkko-Liisa Tikka	Marjut Siren	Jussi Tiainen	Erkki Melakoski	Kari Tikka	Heikki Sarmanto	Esa Helasvuo	Kristiina Kauhtio	Tuomo Tanska	Total
"One, Two, Three"	7	10	5	8	7	9	8	10	7	9	65
"Onnenmaa"	7	7	7	9	4	7	6	3	9	4	51
"Ampukaa pianisti"	5	8	4	7	6	6	7	7	5	8	51
"Song for a Dove"	4	7	6	5	8	9	7	8	8	4	53
"Noustaan perhosilla lentämään"	7	9	5	2	4	8	7	7	7	3	48
"Galileo Galilei"	6	9	6	6	4	8	5	7	9	5	52
"Odotan"	3	5	3	4	5	6	6	5	5	6	39
"Tom Tom Tom"	10	8	9	8	6	9	8	8	10	9	69
"Riviera"	6	6	3	6	5	5	7	6	8	6	47
"Super-Extra-Wonder-Shop"	3	5	6	3	4	7	5	9	4	5	39
"Life is a Jigsaw"	6	7	8	9	7	8	7	8	5	7	58
"Hän on mennyt vuorten taa"	8	5	9	2	8	4	6	7	6	5	49

Highest and lowest score received by each song were ignored and they are strikethrough.

The winning song "Tom Tom Tom" was performed in Finnish in the national selection but translated into English for Eurovision. The English lyrics were written by Bob Barratt. However, the song title didn't change.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Marion Rung performed first in the running order, preceding Belgium. The entry was conducted by Ossi Runne. At the close of voting, Finland picked up 93 points and placed 6th of the 17 entries. It was Finland's best placing in the contest by then and would remain so for the next 33 years, until Lordi won the contest for Finland in 2006.^{[ citation needed ]}

Each participating broadcaster appointed two jury members, one below the age of 25 and the other above, who voted by giving between one and five points to each song, except that representing their own country. All jury members were colocated in a television studio in Luxembourg. ^[5] The Finnish jury members were Kristiina Kauhtio and Heikki Sarmanto. ^{[6] [7]}

Voting

Points awarded to Finland [8] Score Country 10 points 9 points   Belgium   United Kingdom 8 points 7 points   Yugoslavia   Sweden 6 points   Luxembourg   Norway   Germany    Switzerland   Spain 5 points   Monaco   Ireland   Netherlands   Israel   Portugal 4 points   France 3 points 2 points   Italy

Points awarded by Finland [8] Score Country 10 points 9 points   United Kingdom 8 points   Norway   Sweden 7 points 6 points   Luxembourg   Monaco   Israel 5 points   Yugoslavia 4 points   France   Portugal    Switzerland   Netherlands   Belgium 3 points   Ireland   Spain 2 points   Germany   Italy

Sources

1. "1973 Menestyksen huumaa englannin kielellä" (in Finnish). Yle. Archived from the original on 5 October 2003. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
2. Murtomäki, Asko (2007). Finland 12 points! Suomen Euroviisut (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Teos. pp. 72–75, 77. ISBN   978-951-851-106-2.
3. "Euroviisujen Suomen karsinta 1973" (in Finnish). Yle Areena. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
4. "Euroviisukarsinnoissa yhdistettiin maailmaa 1970-luvulla" [Eurovision selections united the world in the 1970s] (in Finnish). Yle Elävä arkisto  [ fi ]. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
5. Roxburgh, Gordon (2014). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Volume Two: The 1970s. Prestatyn, United Kingdom: Telos Publishing. pp. 60, 124. ISBN   978-1-84583-093-9.
6. "Marion tulessa ensimmäisenä" . Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 7 April 1973. p. 39. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
7. Murtomäki, Asko (2007). Finland 12 points! Suomen Euroviisut (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Teos. p. 75. ISBN   978-951-851-106-2.
8. "Results of the Final of Luxembourg 1973". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

External links

• "Euroviisukarsinnoissa yhdistettiin maailmaa 1970-luvulla" [Eurovision selections united the world in the 1970s] (in Finnish). Yle Elävä arkisto  [ fi ]. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2025.