Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978
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Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 with the song "Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus", written by Reijo Karvonen and Seija Simola, and performed by Simola herself. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), selected its entry through a national final.
Finland| Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1978 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Yleisradio (Yle) | |||
| Country | Finland | |||
| Selection process | National final | |||
| Selection date | 11 February 1978 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus" | |||
| Artist | Seija Simola | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 18th, 2 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Before Eurovision
Seven entries were selected for the competition from 137 received submissions. The members of the selection jury were Heikki Seppälä, Ossi Runne, Jarmo Porola, Risto Hiltunen, Kari Kantalainen, Julius Heikkilä, Ilpo Saastamoinen, and Arthur Fuhrmann.[1]
National final
Yleisradio (Yle) held the Finnish national final on 11 February 1978 at its television studios in Tampere, hosted by Klaus Thomasson. This was the first time the national selection was held outside of Helsinki since Helsinki's television studios were under renovation. The final was held in conjunction with the Intervision national final. For the first time since 1966 the conductor in the national final was not Ossi Runne but Risto Hiltunen instead. The winner was chosen by regional juries. Each jury group consisted of 15 members, and each juror distributed their points between 1–5 points for each song.[2][3]
In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the interval act featured Helena Vondráčková, the previous year's winner of Intervision Song Contest, performing "The Windmills of Your Mind" and "Honey Pie".[4][5]
| R/O | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Seija Simola | "Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus" |
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271 | 1 |
| 2 | Mirumaru | "ABC" |
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193 | 5 |
| 3 | Reijo Karvonen | "Lemmenlaulu" | Eero Lupari | 193 | 5 |
| 4 | Martti Metsäketo | "En viipyä voi" |
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88 | 7 |
| 5 | Lea Laven | "Aamulla rakkaani näin" | Raul Reiman | 258 | 2 |
| 6 | Anneli Saaristo | "Sinun kanssasi, sinua ilman" |
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221 | 4 |
| 7 | Katri Helena | "Ystävä" |
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258 | 2 |
| R/O | Song | Total | |||||
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| 1 | "Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus" | 53 | 60 | 60 | 56 | 42 | 271 |
| 2 | "ABC" | 40 | 43 | 33 | 39 | 38 | 193 |
| 3 | "Lemmenlaulu" | 39 | 47 | 38 | 36 | 33 | 193 |
| 4 | "En viipyä voi" | 21 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 88 |
| 5 | "Aamulla rakkaani näin" | 49 | 53 | 55 | 58 | 43 | 258 |
| 6 | "Sinun kanssasi, sinua ilman" | 47 | 37 | 53 | 37 | 47 | 221 |
| 7 | "Ystävä" | 52 | 51 | 48 | 57 | 50 | 258 |
At Eurovision
On the night of the final Simola performed fourth in the running order following Italy and preceding Portugal. Simola was accompanied by Kalle Fält, Irma Tapio and Pepe Willberg as backing vocalists. The Finnish entry was conducted by Ossi Runne. Finland received two points from Norway and placed joint 18th (with Turkey) of the 20 entries.[6]
Voting
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