Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986
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Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 with the song "Never the End", written and performed by Kari Kuivalainen. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), selected its entry in the contest through a national final.
Finland| Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1986 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Yleisradio (Yle) | |||
| Country | Finland | |||
| Selection process | National final | |||
| Selection date | 22 February 1986 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Never the End" | |||
| Artist | Kari Kuivalainen | |||
| Songwriter | Kari Kuivalainen | |||
| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 15th, 22 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Before Eurovision
National final
Yleisradio (Yle) invited nine composers for the competition. The national final was held on 22 February 1986 at its studios in Helsinki, hosted by Kari Lumikero. The winner was chosen by expert jury. Each juror distributed their points as follows: 1–8 and 10 points. The winner was "Päivä kahden ihmisen" performed and composed by Kari Kuivalainen. The voting was rather tight and Kuivalainen won by only one point over the second-placing entrant.[1][2][3][4]
| R/O | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kirka and Kim | "Aitoa taikaa" |
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74 | 3 |
| 2 | Tulip | "Tanssin aurinkoon" |
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22 | 9 |
| 3 | Irina Milan and Eija Ahvo | "Applause" |
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53 | 5 |
| 4 | Kirka | "Uusiin taivaisiin" | Edu Kettunen | 88 | 2 |
| 5 | Sonja Lumme | "Tappavat kyyneleet" | 48 | 6 | |
| 6 | Gruppo Jokke | "Kaamoksen maa" |
|
37 | 7 |
| 7 | Kim Lönnholm | "Rautataivas" |
|
64 | 4 |
| 8 | Kari Kuivalainen | "Päivä kahden ihmisen" | Kari Kuivalainen | 89 | 1 |
| 9 | Danny | "Ninja" |
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31 | 8 |
| R/O | Song | Black Mike |
P. Dammert |
M. Fagerlund |
P. Helin |
R. Kinnunen |
K. Klockars |
J-P Koikkalainen |
T. Liete |
K. Liuhala |
E. Melakoski |
R. Sarmanto |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Aitoa taikaa" | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 74 |
| 2 | "Tanssin aurinkoon" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 22 |
| 3 | "Applause" | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 53 |
| 4 | "Uusiin taivaisiin" | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 88 |
| 5 | "Tappavat kyyneleet" | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 48 |
| 6 | "Kaamoksen maa" | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 37 |
| 7 | "Rautataivas" | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 64 |
| 8 | "Päivä kahden ihmisen" | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 89 |
| 9 | "Ninja" | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 31 |
At Eurovision
For the contest, the song's title "Päivä kahden ihmisen" was changed to "Never the End", and one line of the song was changed. Kuivalainen performed nineteenth on the night of the contest, following Denmark and preceding Portugal. Kuivalainen was accompanied by Kati Bergman, Rele Kosunen, Anita Pajunen and Jokke Seppälä as backing vocalists.[5] At the close of the voting it had received 22 points, placing 15th in a field of 20 competing countries.[6]
Voting
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