Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984
- Jukka Siikavire
- Jussi Tuominen
◄1983 • | 1984 | • 1985► |
Finland was represented by Kirka, with the song "Hengaillaan", at the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 5 May in Luxembourg City. "Hengaillaan" was chosen as the Finnish entry at the national final organised by broadcaster Yle and held on 18 February, when Kirka won the Finnish Eurovision ticket at his eighth attempt.
Before Eurovision
National final
The final was held at the Yle studios in Helsinki, hosted by Maria Valkama. Eleven songs took part, having been chosen by an expert jury from 21 songs which had been broadcast on radio only on 22 and 23 January 1984. The winner was chosen by postcard voting.
Other participants included future Finnish representatives Sonja Lumme (1985) and Anneli Saaristo (1989).[1]
Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Votes | Place |
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1 | Sonja Lumme | "Sut vain" | Sauli Sunel Huhtala, Åke Sved | 5,136 | 5 |
2 | Kirka | "Laulu maailmalle" | Pave Maijanen | 3,640 | 7 |
3 | Tomas Ek | "Machoman" | Nono Söderberg, Tomas Ek | 1,976 | 9 |
4 | Leena Nilsson | "Sun silmät on satava salaisuus" | Jukka Nurmela | 1,556 | 10 |
5 | Kirka | "Oo-Marie" | Esko M. Toivonen, Ilkka Vesterinen | 5,291 | 4 |
6 | Anneli Saaristo | "Sä liian paljon vaadit" | Eero Tiikasalo, Anneli Nygren | 10,961 | 3 |
7 | Sonja Lumme | "Muistojen taulut" | Lasse Mirsch, Outi Mirsch | 3,970 | 6 |
8 | Leena Nilsson and Tomas Ek | "Kevään saan" | Hannu Koivula, Pasi Hiihtola | 2,823 | 8 |
9 | Kirka | "Hengaillaan" | Jukka Siikavire, Jussi Tuominen | 22,040 | 1 |
10 | Paula Koivuniemi | "Tuultako tavoitan" | Eeva Kiviharju | 11,793 | 2 |
11 | Sonja Lumme | "Laulajan tie" | László Varga, Jukka Nurmela | 863 | 11 |
At Eurovision
On the night of the final Kirka performed 16th in the running order, following Turkey and preceding Switzerland. At the close of voting "Hengaillaan" had received 46 points, placing Finland 9th of the 19 entries, the country's highest finish since 1975.[2] The Finnish jury awarded its 12 points to Italy.[3]
Voting
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References
- ^ ESC National Finals database - Finland 1984
- ^ "Final of Luxembourg 1984". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ ESC History - Finland 1984
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Luxembourg 1984". 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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- "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