Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988

Eurovision Song Contest 1988
Participating broadcasterYleisradio (Yle)
Country Finland
National selection
Selection processNational final
Selection date(s)13 February 1988
Selected artist(s)Boulevard
Selected song"Nauravat silmät muistetaan"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result20th, 3 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 with the song "Nauravat silmät muistetaan", composed by Pepe Willberg, with lyrics by Kirsti Willberg, and performed by the band Boulevard. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), selected its entry in the contest through a national final. Boulevard had previously represented Finland in 1987 along Vicky Rosti.

Before Eurovision

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National final

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Yleisradio (Yle) held the national final on 13 February 1988 at the Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki, hosted by Sini Sovijärvi. Twelve songs took part with the winner chosen by voting from six regional juries. Other participants included former Finnish representatives Ami Aspelund (1983) and Sonja Lumme (1985). Two of the songs, Helena Miller's "Svart och vitt" and Benny Törnroos's "I november", were written in Swedish, which is a national language in Finland as well. The other 10 songs were written in Finnish.[1]

Final – 13 February 1988
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place
1 Boulevard "Nauravat silmät muistetaan" Pepe Willberg, Kirsti Willberg 38 1
2 Tarja Ylitalo [fi] "Maata vaadin taivaanrantaa" Jyrki Niemi, Mika Sundqvist [fi] 2 12
3 Helena Miller [fi] "Svart och vitt" Veikko Samuli [fi], Marita Lindquist 37 2
4 Kari Tapio "Tää kaipuu" Kari Kuuva [fi] 12 9
5 Ami Aspelund "Amor amor" Petri Laaksonen [fi], VeePee Lehto [fi] 32 3
6 Sonja Lumme "Vielä jaksan odottaa" Matti Siitonen 9 10
7 Tauski Peltonen [fi] "Uuteen elämään" Esko M. Toivonen 13 8
8 Benny Törnroos [fi] "I november" Roni Kamras, Marita Lindquist, Benny Törnroos 8 11
9 Mikko Alatalo "Tuhat ja yksi yöta" Pertti Niemi, Jorma Toiviainen [fi] 19 6
10 Marjorie [fi] "Tie" Eeva Kiviharju [fi] 20 5
11 Timo [fi], Jonna and Beat "Mayday Mayday" Timo Tervo, Turkka Mali [fi] 29 4
12 Tauski, Tutta and Crista "Lasikaupunki" Kari Kuuva 15 7
Detailed Regional Jury Votes
Draw Song
Rovaniemi
Turku
Jyväskylä
Kajaani
Helsinki
Joensuu
 Total
1 "Nauravat silmät muistetaan" 3 8 5 8 8 6 38
2 "Maata vaadin taivaanrantaa" 2 2
3 "Svart och vitt" 10 5 6 6 10 37
4 "Tää kaipuu" 1 4 4 3 12
5 "Amor amor" 8 6 3 2 5 8 32
6 "Vielä jaksan odottaa" 6 1 2 9
7 "Uuteen elämään" 2 6 1 4 13
8 "I november" 4 4 8
9 "Tuhat ja yksi yöta" 5 3 1 5 4 1 19
10 "Tie" 2 8 10 20
11 "Mayday Mayday" 1 10 10 3 5 29
12 "Lasikaupunki" 10 3 2 15

At Eurovision

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On the night of the final Boulevard performed third in the running order, following Sweden and preceding the United Kingdom. The band had to deal with a technical malfunction when the backing track temporarily faded out halfway through the song. At the close of voting "Nauravat silmät muistetaan" had received only 3 points, placing Finland 20th of the 21 entries, ahead only of the nul-points song from Austria.[2] The Finnish jury awarded its 12 points to Luxembourg.[3] Among the members of the Finnish jury was Ilpo Hakasalo.[4]

Voting

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References

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  1. ^ ESC National Finals database - Finland 1988
  2. ^ "Final of Dublin 1988". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  3. ^ ESC History - Finland 1988
  4. ^ "Islanti 1988: Beathoven - Þú og þeir (Sókrates) - Viisukuppila".
  5. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Dublin 1988". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
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(in Finnish) Full national final on Yle Elävä Arkisto

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