Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990

Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 with the song "Fri?", composed by Kim Engblom, Tina Krause, and Janne Engblom, with lyrics by Stina Engblom, and performed by the band Beat. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), selected its entry through a national final.

Eurovision Song Contest 1990
Participating broadcaster	Yleisradio (Yle)
Country	Finland
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	17 February 1990
Selected artist(s)	Beat
Selected song	"Fri?"
Selected songwriter(s)	Kim Engblom Tina Krause Janne Engblom Stina Engblom
Finals performance
Final result	21st, 8 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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This was the first time that the Finnish entry had been sung in Swedish at the Eurovision Song Contest. After that the only other time Finland has entered the contest with a song in Swedish was in 2012 with "När jag blundar" performed by Pernilla Karlsson.

Before Eurovision

National final

Yleisradio (Yle) held the national final on 17 February 1990 at the Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki, hosted by Kati Bergman. Eleven 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 [fi] and Apollo 16	"Yön poika"	Esa Mäkelä [fi], Veijo Mäki, Kai Stenman, Sami Piiparinen, VeePee Lehto [fi]	60	6
2	Susanne Sonntag [fi]	"Jag tror på friheten"	Thomas Katter, Henrik Svahn	92	2
3	Tarja Lunnas [fi]	"Naurus sun katseesi sun"	Markku Anttila [fi], Jorma Toiviainen [fi]	74	5
4	Anita Pajunen [fi]	"Satujen mies"	Mick Hanian, Juha Louhivuori	32	10
5	Arja Saijonmaa	"Gabriela"	Petri Laaksonen [fi], Turkka Mali [fi]	89	3
6	Leena Pirhonen [fi]	"Sua haluan"	Leena-Liisa Krasko	48	8
7	Marjorie [fi]	"Tuuli"	Eeva Kiviharju [fi]	59	7
8	Beat	"Fri?"	Kim Engblom, Janne Engblom, Tina Krause [fi], Stina Engblom	95	1
9	Jussi Halme	"Katsot yötä tummaa"	Jussi Halme, Laila Halme	38	9
10	Jone [fi]	"Jälkees sun"	Jone Ullakko	24	11
11	Tomas Ek [fi]	"Du går så skyggt"	Curre Boucht, Åke Grandell [fi]	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

At Eurovision

Beat performed last of 22, following Cyprus. At the close of the voting they had received 8 points, placing joint last with Norway.^[1]

Voting

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

Points awarded by Finland[2] Score Country 12 points  France 10 points  Spain 8 points  Italy 7 points  Iceland 6 points  Cyprus 5 points  Israel 4 points  Ireland 3 points   Switzerland 2 points  Austria 1 point  Yugoslavia

References

1. "Final of Zagreb 1990". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
2. "Results of the Final of Zagreb 1990". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

External links

• Finnish National Final 1990