Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988

  • Pepe Willberg
  • Kirsti Willberg
Finals performanceFinal result20th, 3 pointsFinland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Finland was represented by the band Boulevard, with the song "Nauravat silmät muistetaan", at the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 30 April in Dublin.

Before Eurovision

National final

The final was held 13 February 1988 at the Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki, hosted by Sini Sovijärvi. Twelve songs took part with the winner chosen by voting from six regional juries. Other participants included former Finnish representatives Ami Aspelund (1983) and Sonja Lumme (1985). Two of the songs, Helena Miller's "Svart och vitt" and Benny Törnroos's "I november", were written in Swedish, which is a national language in Finland as well. The other 10 songs were written in Finnish.[1]

Final – 13 February 1988
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place
1 Boulevard "Nauravat silmät muistetaan" Pepe Willberg, Kirsti Willberg 38 1
2 Tarja Ylitalo "Maata vaadin taivaanrantaa" Jyrki Niemi, Mika Sundqvist 2 12
3 Helena Miller "Svart och vitt" Veikko Samuli, Marita Lindquist 37 2
4 Kari Tapio "Tää kaipuu" Kari Kuuva 12 9
5 Ami Aspelund "Amor amor" Petri Laaksonen, Veli-Pekka Lehto 32 3
6 Sonja Lumme "Vielä jaksan odottaa" Matti Siitonen 9 10
7 Tauski Peltonen "Uuteen elämään" Esko M. Toivonen 13 8
8 Benny Törnroos "I november" Roni Kamras, Marita Lindquist, Benny Törnroos 8 11
9 Mikko Alatalo "Tuhat ja yksi yöta" Pertti Niemi, Jorma Toiviainen 19 6
10 Marjorie "Tie" Eeva Kiviharju 20 5
11 Timo, Jonna and Beat "Mayday Mayday" Timo Tervo, Turkka Mali 29 4
12 Tauski, Tutta and Crista "Lasikaupunki" Kari Kuuva 15 7
Detailed Regional Jury Votes
Draw Song
Rovaniemi
Turku
Jyväskylä
Kajaani
Helsinki
Joensuu
Total score
1 "Nauravat silmät muistetaan" 3 8 5 8 8 6 38
2 "Maata vaadin taivaanrantaa" 2 2
3 "Svart och vitt" 10 5 6 6 10 37
4 "Tää kaipuu" 1 4 4 3 12
5 "Amor amor" 8 6 3 2 5 8 32
6 "Vielä jaksan odottaa" 6 1 2 9
7 "Uuteen elämään" 2 6 1 4 13
8 "I november" 4 4 8
9 "Tuhat ja yksi yöta" 5 3 1 5 4 1 19
10 "Tie" 2 8 10 20
11 "Mayday Mayday" 1 10 10 3 5 29
12 "Lasikaupunki" 10 3 2 15

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Boulevard performed third in the running order, following Sweden and preceding the United Kingdom. The band had to deal with a technical malfunction when the backing track temporarily faded out halfway through the song. At the close of voting "Nauravat silmät muistetaan" had received only 3 points, placing Finland 20th of the 21 entries, ahead only of the nul-points song from Austria.[2] The Finnish jury awarded its 12 points to Luxembourg.[3] Among the members of the Finnish jury was Ilpo Hakasalo.[4]

Voting

Points awarded to Finland[5]
Score Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points  Israel
2 points
1 point
Points awarded by Finland[5]
Score Country
12 points  Luxembourg
10 points  United Kingdom
8 points  Italy
7 points  Norway
6 points  Israel
5 points   Switzerland
4 points  Denmark
3 points  France
2 points  Ireland
1 point  Yugoslavia

References

  1. ^ ESC National Finals database - Finland 1988
  2. ^ "Final of Dublin 1988". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  3. ^ ESC History - Finland 1988
  4. ^ "Islanti 1988: Beathoven - Þú og þeir (Sókrates) - Viisukuppila".
  5. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Dublin 1988". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

External links

(in Finnish) Full national final on Yle Elävä Arkisto

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ParticipationArtistsSongs
  • "Aava"
  • "Addicted to You"
  • "Aina mun pitää"
  • "Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus"
  • "Aurinko laskee länteen"
  • "Blackbird"
  • "Bye Bye Baby"
  • "Cha Cha Cha"
  • "Da Da Dam"
  • "Dark Side"
  • "La dolce vita"
  • "Eläköön elämä"
  • "Fantasiaa"
  • "Fri?"
  • "Hard Rock Hallelujah"
  • "Hengaillaan"
  • "Huilumies"
  • "Hullu yö"
  • "Jezebel"
  • "Katson sineen taivaan"
  • "Keep Me Warm"
  • "Kuin silloin ennen"
  • "Kun kello käy"
  • "Laiskotellen"
  • "Lapponia"
  • "Leave Me Alone"
  • "A Little Bit"
  • "Look Away"
  • "Looking Back"
  • "Lose Control"
  • "Marry Me"
  • "Missä miehet ratsastaa"
  • "Monsters"
  • "Muistathan"
  • "Muistojeni laulu"
  • "När jag blundar"
  • "Nauravat silmät muistetaan"
  • "Never the End"
  • "Niin kaunis on taivas"
  • "No Rules!"
  • "Nuku pommiin"
  • "Old Man Fiddle"
  • "Playboy"
  • "Pump-Pump"
  • "Reggae OK"
  • "Sata salamaa"
  • "Sing It Away"
  • "Something Better"
  • "Takes 2 to Tango"
  • "Tie uuteen päivään"
  • "Tipi-tii"
  • "Tom Tom Tom"
  • "Tule luo"
  • "Työlki ellää"
  • "Valoa ikkunassa"
  • "Varjoon – suojaan"
  • "Why?"
  • "Yamma, yamma"
  • Note: Entries scored out signify where Finland did not compete
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Countries
Final
Disqualified
  • Cyprus
Artists
Final
Disqualified
  • Yiannis Dimitrou
Songs
Final
  • "Ben Adam"
  • "Chanteur de charme"
  • "La chica que yo quiero (Made in Spain)"
  • "Clown"
  • "Croire"
  • "For vår jord"
  • "Go"
  • "Ka' du se hva' jeg sa'?"
  • "Laissez briller le soleil"
  • "Lied für einen Freund"
  • "Lisa Mona Lisa"
  • "Mangup"
  • "Nauravat silmät muistetaan"
  • "Ne partez pas sans moi"
  • "Shangri-La"
  • "Stad i ljus"
  • "Sufi"
  • "Take Him Home"
  • "Þú og þeir (Sókrates)"
  • "Vivo (Ti scrivo)"
  • "Voltarei"
Disqualified
  • "Thimame"