Year: | 1982 |
Broadcaster: | Finnish: [[Yle|Yleisradio]]|i=no (Yle) |
Country: | Finland |
Preselection: | Finnish: Euroviisukarsinta 1982 |
Preselection Date: | 19 February 1982 |
Entrant: | Kojo |
Song: | Finnish: Nuku pommiin|i=no |
Final Result: | 18th, 0 points |
Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 with the song "Finnish: Nuku pommiin|i=no", composed by Juice Leskinen, with lyrics by Jim Pembroke, and performed by Kojo. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Finnish: [[Yle|Yleisradio]]|i=no (Yle), selected its entry through a national final.
Finnish: [[Yle|Yleisradio]]|i=no (Yle) held the national final at the Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki, hosted by Heikki Kahila. The winner was chosen by an "expert" jury.[1]
Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place | |
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1 | Opus 5 | "Omenakuu" | , Jukka Virtanen | 63 | 4 | |
2 | Tapani Kansa | "Palaan..." | , | 52 | 8 | |
3 | Kojo | "Videovenus" | , | 64 | 3 | |
4 | Ami Aspelund | "Mitt äppelträd" | , Marita Lindquist | 82 | 2 | |
5 | Tapani Kansa | "Paista päivä" | Toivo Kärki, Vexi Salmi | 30 | 10 | |
6 | Ami Aspelund | "Isä" | , Monica Aspelund | 60 | 6 | |
7 | Tapani Kansa | "Laulujen maa" | Olli Ahvenlahti, | 54 | 7 | |
8 | Kojo | "Nuku pommiin" | Jim Pembroke, Juice Leskinen | 95 | 1 | |
9 | Ami Aspelund | "Sambanja" | , Impi Riimi | 61 | 5 | |
10 | Tapani Kansa | "Angela" | , Pauli Puomi | 44 | 9 |
On the night of the final Kojo performed 6th in the running order, following and preceding . At the close of voting "Finnish: Nuku pommiin|i=no" received nul points, placing Finland 18th (last) of the 18 entries.[2] The Finnish jury awarded its 12 points to the runner up song from .[3]
Finland did not receive any points at the Eurovision Song Contest 1982.[4]
Parts of the national final on Yle Elävä Arkisto