Eurovision Song Contest 1990
Country Finland
National selection
Selection processNational final
Selection date(s)17 February 1990
Selected entrantBeat
Selected song"Fri?"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Kim Engblom
  • Tina Krause
  • Janne Engblom
  • Stina Engblom
Finals performance
Final result21st, 8 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1989 1990 1991►

Finland participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia.

The Finnish entry was Beat with the Swedish language song "Fri?", the first time the Finnish entry had been sung in Swedish. After that the only other time Finland has participated with a song in Swedish was in 2012 with Pernilla Karlsson singing "När jag blundar".

Before Eurovision

National final

The final was held on 17 February 1990 at the Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki, hosted by Kati Bergman. 11 songs took part and the winner was chosen by an expert jury. This would be Ossi Runne's last participation as a conductor for the pre-selections in 24 years. He would hand over his baton to his successor, Olli Ahvenlahti, as he would conduct at Zagreb

Final – 17 February 1990
DrawArtistSong Songwriter(s)PointsPlace
1Robinson and Apollo 16"Yön poika" Esa Mäkelä, Veijo Mäki, Kai Stenman, Sami Piiparinen, Veli-Pekka Lehto606
2Susanne Sonntag"Jag tror på friheten" Thomas Katter, Henrik Svahn922
3Tarja Lunnas"Naurus sun katseesi sun" Markku Anttila, Jorma Toiviainen745
4Anita Pajunen"Satujen mies" Mick Hanian, Juha Louhivuori3210
5Arja Saijonmaa"Gabriela" Petri Laaksonen, Turkka Mali893
6Leena Pirhonen"Sua haluan" Leena-Liisa Krasko488
7Marjorie"Tuuli" Eeva Kiviharju597
8Beat"Fri?" Kim Engblom, Janne Engblom, Tina Krause, Stina Engblom951
9Jussi Halme"Katsot yötä tummaa" Jussi Halme, Laila Halme389
10Jone"Jälkees sun" Jone Ullakko2411
11Tomas Ek"Du går så skyggt" Curre Boucht, Åke Grandell754
Detailed Jury Votes
Draw Song Marja Aarnipuro Timo Vitikka Hanna Pesonen Aarno Cronvall Helena Miller Virve Valli Leena Kurikka Jarmo Moilanen Arto Vilkko Olli Heikkilä Juha Tapaninen Total
1 "Yön poika" 7 7 6 6 4 4 6 3 5 5 7 60
2 "Jag tror på friheten" 12 8 5 12 12 10 2 8 7 10 6 92
3 "Naurus sun katseesi sun" 6 5 8 6 4 7 7 12 6 8 5 74
4 "Satujen mies" 2 3 2 4 2 2 2 3 5 5 2 32
5 "Gabriela" 10 6 10 5 10 8 6 4 10 8 12 89
6 "Sua haluan" 4 2 8 4 1 4 5 1 7 6 6 48
7 "Tuuli" 6 4 3 8 5 7 10 3 4 7 2 59
8 "Fri?" 8 12 12 10 3 12 12 2 8 12 4 95
9 "Katsot yötä tummaa" 2 3 2 6 6 4 3 2 3 5 2 38
10 "Jälkees sun" 1 1 2 4 3 1 2 1 1 4 4 24
11 "Du går så skyggt" 5 6 4 8 10 3 8 3 12 8 8 75

At Eurovision

Beat performed last of 22, following Cyprus. At the close of the voting they had received 8 points, placing joint last with Norway.[1]

Voting

References

  1. "Final of Zagreb 1990". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Results of the Final of Zagreb 1990". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
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