FINLAND IN THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

'Finland' first entered the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961, and has participated a total of 41 times. Finland won the contest for the first time in 2006 with Lordi's ''Hard Rock Hallelujah''. Previously, its best showing was Marion Rung’s song ''Tom tom tom'' in 1973, which placed 6th.
Before the 2006 victory, Finland was considered by many as the ultimate under-achiever of Eurovision. It has placed last total eight times and scored "nul points" (zero points) three times. Finland’s entry in 1982, ''Nuku pommiin'' by Kojo, was one of only fifteen songs since the modern scoring system was instituted in 1975 to earn no points. (Norway has placed last ten times and scored zero points ''four'' times, but it has also won twice.) In 2006, Finland finally gained victory, with an entry radically different from the mainstream europop that dominates the competition: a hard rock song, played by a monster band in an over-the-top fashion. The band Lordi and its song ''Hard Rock Hallelujah'' broke records scoring the highest number of points in Eurovision Song Contest history (292).
Finland’s entries have been in English since 2000, and between 1973 and 1976; both of these periods allowed submissions in any language. All of Finland’s other songs have been in Finnish, except in 1990, when ''Fri?'' by Beat was in Swedish.
In voting patterns, Finland has traditionally supported and been supported by the Baltic nations, such as Estonia and Latvia. However, it also has close ties to other Nordic countries. In 2004, Finland’s first-place vote went to Sweden; in 2005, it contributed 12 points to Norway; in 2006, it was Russia's turn to get the 12 points, who were again awarded the top score by Finland in 2007. The first time in Eurovision history that Sweden gave Finland 12 points was in 2006 for Lordi's song "Hard Rock Hallelujah". In 2007, they repeated this, giving 12 points to Hanna Pakarinen with "Leave me alone". Finland has also given notably high points to Italy, but that country has not competed since 1997.

Scoring (since 1975)
''Highest score (2006)'':	'292'
''Lowest score (1963, 1965 & 1982)'':	'0'
''Average score:''	'33.23'

Contents

Contestants

Voting history (since 1975)

Finland has ''given'' the most points to...

Finland has ''received'' the most points from...

External link

Contestants

'Year'	'Finished'	'Points'	'Artist'	'Song (Translation)'
1961	10th	6	Laila Kinnunen	''Valoa ikkunassa (Light in the Window)''
1962	7th	4	Marion Rung	''Tipi-Tii (Chirpy-Chirp)''
1963	13th	0	Laila Halme	''Muistojeni laulu (The Song of My Memories)''
1964	7th	9	Lasse Mårtenson	''Laiskotellen (Idling)''
1965	15th	0	Viktor Klimenko	''Aurinko laskee länteen (The Sun Sets in the West)''
1966	10th	7	Ann Christine	''Playboy''
1967	12th	3	Fredi	''Varjoon - suojaan (To the Shadow – To the Safe)''
1968	16th	1	Kristina Hautala	''Kun kello käy (When Time Goes By)''
1969	12th	6	Jarkko & Laura	''Kuin silloin ennen (Like in Those Times)''
1971	8th	84	Markku Aro & Koivistolaiset	''Tie uuteen päivään (Road to a New Day)''
1972	12th	78	Päivi Paunu & Kim Floor	''Muistathan (I Hope You Remember)''
1973	6th	93	Marion Rung	''Tom Tom Tom''
1974	13th	4	Carita	''Keep Me Warm''
1975	7th	74	Pihasoittajat	''Old Man Fiddle''
1976	11th	44	Fredi & ystävät	''Pump-Pump''
1977	10th	50	Monica Aspelund	''Lapponia''
1978	18th	2	Seija Simola	''Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus (Give Love a Chance)''
1979	14th	38	Katri Helena	''Katson sineen taivaan (I’m Looking at the Blue Sky)''
1980	19th	6	Vesa-Matti Loiri	''Huilumies (Man With a Flute)''
1981	16th	27	Riki Sorsa	''Reggae OK''
1982	18th	0	Kojo	''Nuku pommiin (Oversleep)''
1983	11th	41	Ami Aspelund	''Fantasiaa (Fantasy)''
1984	9th	46	Kirka	''Hengaillaan (Let’s Hang Around)''
1985	9th	58	Sonja Lumme	''Eläköön elämä (Long Live Life)''
1986	15th	22	Kari Kuivalainen	''Never The End''
1987	15th	32	Vicky Rosti & Boulevard	''Sata salamaa (One Hundred Lightnings)''
1988	20th	3	Boulevard	''Nauravat silmät muistetaan (Laughing Eyes Are Remembered)''
1989	7th	76	Anneli Saaristo	''La Dolce Vita (The Good Life)''
1990	21st	8	Beat	''Fri? (Free?)''
1991	20th	6	Kaija Kärkinen	''Hullu yö (Crazy Night)''
1992	23rd	4	Pave Maijanen	''Yamma, Yamma''
1993	17th	20	Katri Helena	''Tule luo (Come to Me)''
1994	22nd	11	CatCat	''Bye Bye Baby''
1996	23rd	9	Jasmine	''Niin kaunis on taivas (So Beautiful is Heaven)''
1998	15th	22	Edea	''Aava (Open Landscape)''
2000	18th	18	Nina Åström	''A Little Bit''
2002	20th	24	Laura	''Addicted To You''
2004	DNQ (SF: 14th)	51	Jari Sillanpää	''Takes 2 To Tango''
2005	DNQ (SF: 18th)	50	Geir Rönning	''Why?''
2006	1st	292	Lordi	''Hard Rock Hallelujah''
2007	17th	53	Hanna Pakarinen	''Leave Me Alone''
2008

SF: Placing in the semifinal if the song did not qualify to the final

Voting history (since 1975)

Finland has ''given'' the most points to...

Rank	Country	Points
1	Sweden	129
2	Italy	115
3	Israel	107
4	United Kingdom	104
5	Switzerland	98

Finland has ''received'' the most points from...

Rank	Country	Points
1	Sweden	81
2	Norway	65
3	Greece	59
4	Ireland	55
=	Israel	55
5	Germany	46

Only finals are taken into account.

External link

★ Eurovision official website

★ Finnish voting history