Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964

  • Lasse Mårtenson
  • Sauvo Puhtila
Finals performanceFinal result7th, 9 pointsFinland in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1963 • 1964 • 1965►

Finland was represented by Lasse Mårtenson, with the song "Laiskotellen", at the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 21 March in Copenhagen. "Laiskotellen" was chosen as the Finnish entry at the national final organised by broadcaster Yle and held on 15 February.

Before Eurovision

National final

The final was held at the Yle studios in Helsinki, hosted by Aarno Walli. Six songs took part, with the winner being chosen by voting from ten regional juries and an "expert" jury.[1]

Finnish National Final - 15 February 1964
Draw Artist Song Points Place
1 Kai Lind "Satelliitti kahdelle" 235 2
2 Irmeli Mäkelä "Kerran viel'" 120 3
3 Lasse Mårtenson "Laiskotellen" 403 1
4 Heikki Aarva "Toisen kerran" 13 6
5 Pirkko Mannola "Bzzz bzzz bzzz" 108 4
6 Taisto Tammi "Rakkauden rikkaus" 21 5

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Mårtenson performed 5th in the running order, following Denmark and preceding Austria. Only an audio recording of Mårtenson's performance is known to survive as the video master of the 1964 contest is believed to have been destroyed in a fire at the Danish TV archive in the 1970s. Voting was by each national jury awarding 5-3-1 to their top three songs, and at the close "Laiskotellen" had received 9 points (3 each from Denmark, Norway and the United Kingdom), placing Finland 7th of the 16 entries. The Finnish jury awarded its 5 points to contest winners Italy.[2]

Voting

Points awarded to Finland[3]
Score Country
5 points
3 points
1 point
Points awarded by Finland[3]
Score Country
5 points  Italy
3 points  United Kingdom
1 point  Norway

References

  1. ^ ESC National Finals database - Finland 1964
  2. ^ "ESC History - Finland 1964". Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Copenhagen 1964". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 6 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
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