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Eurovision Song Contest 1985 Country Finland Selection process National final Selection date(s) 16 February 1985 Selected entrant Sonja Lumme Selected song "Eläköön elämä" Selected songwriter(s) Petri Laaksonen Veli-Pekka Lehto Final result 9th, 58 points
Finland was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 , held in Gothenburg , Sweden . The Finnish entry was "Eläköön elämä", performed by Sonja Lumme and composed by Petri Laaksonen and Veli-Pekka Lehto.
Before Eurovision
National final
The final was held at the
, hosted by Seppo Hovi. The votes of 6 regional juries decided the winner.
Final – 16 February 1985
Draw
Artist
Song
Songwriter(s)
Points
Place
1
Tapani Kansa
"Siksi lauluni soi"
Kaj Kuittinen, Tapani Kansa
184
3
2
Bianca Morales
"Ei aina svengaa"
Mika Siekkinen, Aappo I. Piippo
105
12
3
Ami Aspelund and Riki Sorsa
"Lapset maailman"
Kari Kuusamo, Ami Aspelund , Pasi Hiihtola
180
4
4
Sonja Lumme
"Mulle rakkauden kevät toi"
Matti Auranen, Sonja Lumme
123
11
5
Jokke Seppälä
"Jossain"
Pave Maijanen
158
6
6
Ami Aspelund
"Sången om vårt hus"
Sven Sid, Bo Carpelan
131
9
7
Riki Sorsa
"Haaveissa vainko oot mun?"
Kari Kuivalainen
221
2
8
Bianca Morales
"Mennään vaan"
Esko M. Toivonen, Ilkka Vesterinen
155
7
9
Tapani Kansa
"Onnellisuus"
Pepe Willberg , Kirsti Willberg
128
10
10
Ami Aspelund
"Mandy"
Jokke Seppälä, Siru Seppälä
144
8
11
Bianca Morales and Jokke Seppälä
"Huomenna"
Kisu Jernström, Kassu Halonen, Timo Lehtiö
179
5
12
Sonja Lumme
"Eläköön elämä"
Petri Laaksonen, Veli-Pekka Lehto
255
1
Detailed Regional Jury Votes
Draw
Song
Rovaniemi
Kuopio
Vaasa
Turku
Jyväskylä
Helsinki
Total score
1
"Siksi lauluni soi"
25
34
37
33
27
28
184
2
"Ei aina svengaa"
18
18
20
16
12
21
105
3
"Lapset maailman"
36
31
32
34
26
21
180
4
"Mulle rakkauden kevät toi"
19
18
19
24
20
23
123
5
"Jossain"
28
30
31
28
21
20
158
6
"Sången om vårt hus"
19
22
15
16
33
26
131
7
"Haaveissa vainko oot mun?"
30
42
39
34
32
44
221
8
"Mennään vaan"
22
26
30
25
15
37
155
9
"Onnellisuus"
15
27
21
27
14
24
128
10
"Mandy"
15
28
20
24
30
27
144
11
"Huomenna"
38
30
33
32
25
21
179
12
"Eläköön elämä"
39
37
45
48
49
37
255
At Eurovision
Lumme performed 2nd on the night of the contest, following Ireland and preceding Cyprus . At the close of the voting it had received 56 points, placing 9th of 19.[1]
Voting
References
External links
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
"Bra vibrationer "
"Children, Kinder , Enfants "
"Didai didai dai"
"Eläköön elämä "
"Femme dans ses rêves aussi "
"La fiesta terminó "
"Für alle "
"Kinder dieser Welt "
"La det swinge "
"Laat me nu gaan "
"Love Is... "
"Magic Oh Magic"
"Miazoume "
"Olé, Olé "
"Penso em ti, eu sei "
"Piano, piano "
"Sku' du spørg' fra no'en? "
"To katalava arga "
"Wait Until the Weekend Comes"