Eurovision Song Contest 1990 Country Finland Selection process National final Selection date(s) 17 February 1990 Selected entrant Beat Selected song "Fri?" Selected songwriter(s) Kim Engblom Tina Krause Janne Engblom Stina Engblom Final result 21st, 8 points
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 ".
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 Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place 1 Robinson and Apollo 16 "Yön poika" Esa Mäkelä, Veijo Mäki, Kai Stenman, Sami Piiparinen, Veli-Pekka Lehto 60 6 2 Susanne Sonntag "Jag tror på friheten" Thomas Katter , Henrik Svahn 92 2 3 Tarja Lunnas "Naurus sun katseesi sun" Markku Anttila, Jorma Toiviainen 74 5 4 Anita Pajunen "Satujen mies" Mick Hanian, Juha Louhivuori 32 10 5 Arja Saijonmaa "Gabriela" Petri Laaksonen, Turkka Mali 89 3 6 Leena Pirhonen "Sua haluan" Leena-Liisa Krasko 48 8 7 Marjorie "Tuuli" Eeva Kiviharju 59 7 8 Beat "Fri?" Kim Engblom, Janne Engblom, Tina Krause, Stina Engblom 95 1 9 Jussi Halme "Katsot yötä tummaa" Jussi Halme, Laila Halme 38 9 10 Jone "Jälkees sun" Jone Ullakko 24 11 11 Tomas Ek "Du går så skyggt" Curre Boucht, Åke Grandell 75 4
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
Beat performed last of 22, following Cyprus . At the close of the voting they had received 8 points, placing joint last with Norway .[ 1]
Points awarded to Finland[ 2] Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points Iceland 4 points 3 points Israel 2 points 1 point
Participation Artists Songs "Aava " "Addicted to You " "Aina mun pitää " "Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus " "Aurinko laskee länteen " "Blackbird" "Bye Bye Baby" "Cha Cha Cha " "Da Da Dam" "Dark Side " "La dolce vita " "Eläköön elämä " "Fantasiaa " "Fri? " "Hard Rock Hallelujah " "Hengaillaan " "Huilumies " "Hullu yö " "Jezebel " "Katson sineen taivaan " "Keep Me Warm" "Kuin silloin ennen " "Kun kello käy " "Laiskotellen " "Lapponia " "Leave Me Alone" "A Little Bit" "Look Away " "Looking Back " "Lose Control" "Marry Me " "Missä miehet ratsastaa " "Monsters " "Muistathan " "Muistojeni laulu " "När jag blundar " "Nauravat silmät muistetaan " "Never the End" "Niin kaunis on taivas " "No Rules! " "Nuku pommiin " "Old Man Fiddle" "Playboy" "Pump-Pump" "Reggae OK" "Sata salamaa " "Sing It Away" "Something Better" "Takes 2 to Tango" "Tie uuteen päivään " "Tipi-tii" "Tom Tom Tom" "Tule luo " "Työlki ellää " "Valoa ikkunassa " "Varjoon – suojaan " "Why?" "Yamma, yamma" Note: Entries scored out signify where Finland did not compete
Countries Artists Songs "Bandido " "Brandenburger Tor " "Eitt lag enn " "Frei zu leben " "Fri? " "Give a Little Love Back to the World " "Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim " "Há sempre alguém " "Hajde da ludujemo " "Hallo Hallo" "Horis skopo " "Ik wil alles met je delen " "Insieme: 1992 " "Keine Mauern mehr " "Macédomienne " "Milas poli " "Musik klingt in die Welt hinaus " "Quand je te rêve " "Shara Barkhovot " "Som en vind " "Somewhere in Europe" "White and Black Blues "