Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990

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Eurovision Song Contest 1990
Participating broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle)
CountryFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
National selection
Selection processNational final
Selection date(s)17 February 1990
Selected artist(s) Beat
Selected song"Fri?"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Kim Engblom
  • Tina Krause
  • Janne Engblom
  • Stina Engblom
Finals performance
Final result21st, 8 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 with the song "Fri?", composed by Kim Engblom, Tina Krause, and Janne Engblom, with lyrics by Stina Engblom, and performed by the band Beat. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), selected its entry through a national final.

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This was the first time that the Finnish entry had been sung in Swedish at the Eurovision Song Contest. After that the only other time Finland has entered the contest with a song in Swedish was in 2012 with " När jag blundar " performed by Pernilla Karlsson.

Before Eurovision

National final

Yleisradio (Yle) held the national final on 17 February 1990 at the Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki, hosted by Kati Bergman. Eleven songs took part and the winner was chosen by an expert jury. This would be Ossi Runne's last participation as a conductor for the pre-selections in 24 years. He would hand over his baton to his successor, Olli Ahvenlahti, as he would conduct at Zagreb

Final – 17 February 1990
DrawArtistSongSongwriter(s)PointsPlace
1 Robinson  [ fi ] and Apollo 16"Yön poika" Esa Mäkelä  [ fi ], Veijo Mäki, Kai Stenman, Sami Piiparinen, VeePee Lehto  [ fi ]606
2 Susanne Sonntag  [ fi ]"Jag tror på friheten" Thomas Katter, Henrik Svahn922
3 Tarja Lunnas  [ fi ]"Naurus sun katseesi sun" Markku Anttila  [ fi ], Jorma Toiviainen  [ fi ]745
4 Anita Pajunen  [ fi ]"Satujen mies"Mick Hanian, Juha Louhivuori3210
5 Arja Saijonmaa "Gabriela" Petri Laaksonen  [ fi ], Turkka Mali  [ fi ]893
6 Leena Pirhonen  [ fi ]"Sua haluan"Leena-Liisa Krasko488
7 Marjorie  [ fi ]"Tuuli" Eeva Kiviharju  [ fi ]597
8 Beat "Fri?"Kim Engblom, Janne Engblom, Tina Krause  [ fi ], Stina Engblom951
9 Jussi Halme "Katsot yötä tummaa"Jussi Halme, Laila Halme 389
10 Jone  [ fi ]"Jälkees sun"Jone Ullakko2411
11 Tomas Ek  [ fi ]"Du går så skyggt"Curre Boucht, Åke Grandell  [ fi ]754
Detailed Jury Votes
DrawSong
Marja Aarnipuro
Timo Vitikka
Hanna Pesonen
Aarno Cronvall
Helena Miller
Virve Valli
Leena Kurikka
Jarmo Moilanen
Arto Vilkko
Olli Heikkilä
Juha Tapaninen
Total
1"Yön poika"7766446355760
2"Jag tror på friheten"128512121028710692
3"Naurus sun katseesi sun"65864771268574
4"Satujen mies"2324222355232
5"Gabriela"106105108641081289
6"Sua haluan"4284145176648
7"Tuuli"64385710347259
8"Fri?"8121210312122812495
9"Katsot yötä tummaa"2326643235238
10"Jälkees sun"1124312114424
11"Du går så skyggt"564810383128875

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

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