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Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 with the song "Never the End", written and performed by Kari Kuivalainen. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), selected its entry in the contest through a national final.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1986 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participating broadcaster | Yleisradio (Yle) | |||
| Country |  Finland | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | National final | |||
| Selection date(s) | 22 February 1986 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Kari Kuivalainen | |||
| Selected song | "Never the End" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Kari Kuivalainen | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 15th, 22 points | |||
| Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
editNational final
editYleisradio (Yle) held the national final on 22 February 1986 at its studios in Helsinki, hosted by Kari Lumikero. The votes of an "expert jury" decided the winner, being "Päivä kahden ihmisen" performed and composed by Kari Kuivalainen. The voting was rather tight and Kuivalainen won by only one point over the second-placing entrant.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kirka and Kim Lönnholm | "Aitoa taikaa" | Kisu Jernström, Kassu Halonen Edu Kettunen | 74 | 3 |
| 2 | Tulip | "Tanssin aurinkoon" | Jukka Siikavire, Jussi Tuominen | 22 | 9 |
| 3 | Irina Milan and Eija Ahvo | "Applause" | Esa Nieminen, Irina Milan | 53 | 5 |
| 4 | Kirka | "Uusiin taivaisiin" | Edu Kettunen | 88 | 2 |
| 5 | Sonja Lumme | "Tappavat kyyneleet" | Jim Pembroke, Jukka Virtanen | 48 | 6 |
| 6 | Gruppo Jokke | "Kaamoksen maa" | Jokke Seppälä, Siru Seppälä | 37 | 7 |
| 7 | Kim Lönnholm | "Rautataivas" | Esa Kaartamo, Pekka Pohjola | 64 | 4 |
| 8 | Kari Kuivalainen | "Päivä kahden ihmisen" | Kari Kuivalainen | 89 | 1 |
| 9 | Danny | "Ninja" | Veikko Samuli, Raul Reiman, Jyrki Hämäläinen | 31 | 8 |
| Draw | Song | Black Mike
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P. Dammert
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M. Fagerlund
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P. Helin
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R. Kinnunen
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K. Klockars
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J-P Koikkalainen
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T. Liete
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K. Liuhala
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E. Melakoski
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R. Sarmanto
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Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Aitoa taikaa" | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 74 |
| 2 | "Tanssin aurinkoon" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 22 |
| 3 | "Applause" | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 53 |
| 4 | "Uusiin taivaisiin" | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 88 |
| 5 | "Tappavat kyyneleet" | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 48 |
| 6 | "Kaamoksen maa" | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 37 |
| 7 | "Rautataivas" | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 64 |
| 8 | "Päivä kahden ihmisen" | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 89 |
| 9 | "Ninja" | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 31 |
At Eurovision
editKuivalainen performed nineteenth on the night of the contest, following Denmark and preceding Portugal. Before performing in Bergen, one line of the song was changed, and the title "Päivä kahden ihmisen" ("Day of two people") was changed to "Never the End." At the close of the voting it had received 22 points, placing 15th in a field of 20 competing countries.[1]
Voting
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References
edit- ^ "Final of Bergen 1986". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Bergen 1986". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.