Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 explained

Year:1987
Broadcaster:Finnish: [[Yle]]isradio|i=no (Yle)
Country:Finland
Preselection:National final
Preselection Date:21 February 1987
Entrant:Vicky Rosti
Song:Finnish: Sata salamaa|i=no
Final Result:15th, 32 points

Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 with the song "Finnish: Sata salamaa|i=no", composed by Petri Laaksonen, with lyrics by Veli-Pekka Lehto, and performed by Vicky Rosti. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Finnish: [[Yle]]isradio|i=no (Yle), selected its entry in the contest through a national final.

Before Eurovision

National final

Finnish: [[Yle]]isradio|i=no (Yle) held the Finnish national final on 21 February 1987 at its studios in Helsinki. Hosting the final were two previous Finnish Eurovision entrants, Laila Halme and Lasse Mårtenson. For the first time in three years, a national postcard poll decided the winner. The winning entry was "Finnish: Sata salamaa|i=no", performed by Virve Rosti and composed by Petri Laaksonen and Veli-Pekka Lehto.

Final – 21 February 1987
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Televote Place
1 "Isäni maa" 4,513 6
2 "Ei yhtään laivaa" , 1,074 9
3 "Kiitos ja anteeks" 1,001 10
4 "Sata salamaa" , 16,935 1
5 "Tuuli soittaa" 2,589 7
6 Paula Koivuniemi and Viljaset "Musiikki on niinku se on" , Juha Vainio 8,753 3
7 "Kesätuuli" 15,369 2
8 and "Hei, me lennetään" Jussi Halme, 4,925 5
9 Leena Nilsson Family "Eilinen uudelleen" 1,383 8
10 Tauski & Co. "Communication" 7,294 4

At Eurovision

Rosti performed eighteenth on the night of the contest, following and preceding . While at Brussels, she was credited as "Vicky Rosti" and performed with the band Boulevard, neither of which she did at the national final. At the close of the voting it had received 32 points, placing 15th in a record-setting field of 22 competing countries.[1]

Voting

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Final of Brussels 1987 . European Broadcasting Union . 16 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210416165257/https://eurovision.tv/event/brussels-1987/final . 16 April 2021 . live.
  2. Web site: Results of the Final of Brussels 1987 . European Broadcasting Union . 16 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210416190743/https://eurovision.tv/event/brussels-1987/final/results/finland . 16 April 2021 . live.