Eurovision Song Contest 1986
Country Finland
National selection
Selection processNational final
Selection date(s)22 February 1986
Selected entrantKari Kuivalainen
Selected song"Never the End"
Selected songwriter(s)Kari Kuivalainen
Finals performance
Final result15th, 22 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1985 • 1986 • 1987►

Finland was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, held in Bergen, Norway.

Before Eurovision

National final

The final was held on 22 February 1986 at the Yle's Studios in Helsinki, and was hosted by journalist Kari Lumikero. The votes of an "expert jury" decided the winner, being "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.

Final – 22 February 1986
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place
1 Kirka and Kim Lönnholm "Aitoa taikaa" Kisu Jernström, Kassu Halonen, Edu Kettunen 74 3
2 Tulip "Tanssin aurinkoon" Jukka Siikavire, Jussi Tuominen 22 9
3 Irina Milan and Eija Ahvo "Applause" Esa Nieminen, Irina Milan 53 5
4 Kirka "Uusiin taivaisiin" Edu Kettunen 88 2
5 Sonja Lumme "Tappavat kyyneleet" Jim Pembroke, Jukka Virtanen 48 6
6 Gruppo Jokke "Kaamoksen maa" Jokke Seppälä, Siru Seppälä 37 7
7 Kim Lönnholm "Rautataivas" Esa Kaartamo, Pekka Pohjola 64 4
8 Kari Kuivalainen "Päivä kahden ihmisen" Kari Kuivalainen 89 1
9 Danny "Ninja" Veikko Samuli, Raul Reiman, Jyrki Hämäläinen 31 8
Detailed Jury Votes
Draw 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

Kuivalainen performed nineteenth on the night of the contest, following Denmark and preceding Portugal. Before performing in Bergen, one line of the song was changed, and the title "Päivä kahden ihmisen" ("Day of two people") was changed to "Never the End." At the close of the voting it had received 22 points, placing 15th in a field of 20 competing countries.[1]

Voting

References

  1. ↑ "Final of Bergen 1986". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Results of the Final of Bergen 1986". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
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