| Eurovision Song Contest 1975 | ||||
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| Country |  Finland | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | National final | |||
| Selection date(s) | 8 February 1975 | |||
| Selected entrant | Pihasoittajat | |||
| Selected song | "Old Man Fiddle" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 7th, 74 points | |||
| Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Finland was represented by Pihasoittajat, with the song "Old Man Fiddle", at the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 22 March in Stockholm.
The Finnish national selection consisted of four semi finals and a final. It was the first year the Finnish selection shows were broadcast in colour.
Four songs were performed in each semi-final and a professional jury chose two songs from each semi final to qualify for the final. After the semi-finals, a wildcard was also chosen for the final.
| Semi-final 1 – 4 January | ||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriters | Qualified |
| 1 | Maarit | "Mätämakee" | Seppo Paakkunainen (m.), Ritva Paakkunainen (l.) | Yes |
| 2 | Dans | "Hei lähde maailmaan" | Esko Linnavalli (m.), Erkki Liikanen (l.) | Yes |
| 3 | M. A. Numminen | "Voittolaulu" | Jorma Panula (m.), M. A. Numminen (l.) | No |
| 4 | Ritva Oksanen | "Suuri naapuri" | Antti Hyvärinen (m.), Jukka Virtanen (l.) | No |
| Semi-final 2 – 11 January | ||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriters | Qualified |
| 1 | Pepe Willberg | "Ovi elämään" | Markku Johansson (m.), Vexi Salmi (l.) | Yes |
| 2 | Marjatta Leppänen | "Naisen vuosi" | Jaakko Salo (m.), Jukka Virtanen (l.) | Yes |
| 3 | Kari Fall | "Maailman tie" | Kaj Backlund (m.), Monica Aspelund (l.) | No |
| 4 | Heikki Kinnunen | "Hyljätyn laulu" | Kaj Chydenius (m.), lyricist unknown | No |
| Semi-final 3 – 18 January | ||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriters | Qualified |
| 1 | Danny | "Seikkailija" | Kari Kuuva (m. & l.), Jyrki Hämäläinen (l.) | Yes |
| 2 | Pihasoittajat | "Viulu-ukko" | Kim Kuusi (m.), Hannu Karlsson (l.) | Yes |
| 3 | Mon-Ami | "Fasten Seatbelts" | Lasse Mårtenson (m.), Jukka Virtanen (l.) | No |
| 4 | Jukka Kuoppamäki | "Hyvästi ystäväni" | Jukka Kuoppamäki (m. & l.) | No |
| Semi-final 4 – 25 January | ||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriters | Qualified |
| 1 | Vesa-Matti Loiri & Sivupersoonat | "Laulu" | Eero Koivistoinen (m.), Juha Vainio (l.) | Yes |
| 2 | Kirka & The Islanders | "Oh New York rakkain" | Carita Holmström (m.), Raul Reiman (l.) | Yes |
| 3 | Agit Prop | "On jotain mikä yhdistää" | Henrik Otto Donner (m.), Pentti Saaritsa (l.) | As a wildcard |
| 4 | Tapani Kansa | "Luonnollisuus" | Rauno Lehtinen (m. & l.) | No |
The final took place on February 8 at the YLE TV Studios in Helsinki. It was hosted by Apeli Halinen. The winner was chosen by regional juries.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Place | Points |
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| 1 | Pihasoittajat | "Viulu-ukko" | Kim Kuusi (m.), Hannu Karlsson (l.) | 1st | 379 |
| 2 | Marjatta Leppänen | "Naisen vuosi" | Jaakko Salo (m.), Jukka Virtanen (l.) | 9th | 196 |
| 3 | Agot Prop | "On jotain mikä yhdistää" | Henrik Otto Donner (m.), Pentti Saaritsa (l.) | 7th | 228 |
| 4 | Maarit | "Mätä make" | Seppo Paakkunainen (m.), Ritva Paakkunainen (l.) | 8th | 205 |
| 5 | Dans | "Hei lähde maailmaan" | Esko Linnavalli (m.), Erkki Liikanen (l.) | 6th | 256 |
| 6 | Vesa-Matti Loiri and Sivupersoonat | "Laulu" | Eero Koivistoinen (m.), Juha Vainio (l.) | 3rd | 308 |
| 7 | Danny | "Seikkailija" | Kari Kuuva (m. & l.), Jyrki Hämäläinen (l.) | 2nd | 368 |
| 8 | Pepe Willberg | "Ovi elämään" | Markku Johansson (m.), Vexi Salmi (l.) | 4th | 279 |
| 9 | Kirka and the Islanders | "Oh New York rakkain" | Carita Holmström (m.), Raul Reiman (l.) | 5th | 265 |
| Song | Turku | Helsinki | Tampere | Mikkeli | Kuopio | Seinäjoki | Rovaniemi | Total |
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| Viulu-ukko | 48 | 55 | 54 | 46 | 58 | 57 | 61 | 379 |
| Naisen vuosi | 25 | 25 | 29 | 33 | 30 | 29 | 25 | 196 |
| On jotakin mikä yhdistää | 22 | 41 | 33 | 31 | 38 | 26 | 37 | 228 |
| Mätä makee | 34 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 23 | 29 | 29 | 205 |
| Hei lähde maailmaan | 42 | 38 | 32 | 38 | 28 | 38 | 40 | 256 |
| Laulu | 43 | 49 | 37 | 45 | 41 | 40 | 53 | 308 |
| Seikkailija | 54 | 49 | 55 | 60 | 50 | 53 | 47 | 368 |
| Ovi elämään | 30 | 48 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 39 | 33 | 279 |
| Oh, New York rakkain | 43 | 45 | 35 | 46 | 26 | 29 | 41 | 265 |
The winning song "Viulu-ukko" was performed in Finnish in the national selection shows but it was translated into English for the international Song Contest as "Old Man Fiddle".
On the night of the final Pihasoittajat performed 15th in the running order, following Monaco and preceding Portugal. The Finnish entry was conducted by Ossi Runne. At the close of voting, Finland picked up 74 points and placed 7th of the 19 entries.
Among the members of the Finnish jury were Tero Lehto, Merja Nyström, Ari Montonen and Hilkka Sokura. [1]
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