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Before Eurovision National final The final was held on 4th February 1989 at the Kultturitalo in Helsinki , hosted by Tarja Koskela. Ten songs took part with the winner chosen by an "expert" jury. Other participants included former Finnish representatives Kirka (1984) and Sonja Lumme (1985).[1]
Final – 4 February 1989
Draw
Artist
Song
Songwriter(s)
Points
Place
1
Anneli Saaristo
"Oi äiti maa"
Petri Laaksonen, Veli-Pekka Lehto
74
3
2
Mervi Hiltunen
"Kan det vara kärlek"
Harri Koivuniemi, Claire Witick-Mäkelä
72
4
3
Kirka
"Hiljaissuuta"
Kisu Jernström, Kassu Halonen, Vexi Salmi
62
5
4
Meiju Sivas
"Rauhaton sydän"
Risto Asikainen , Meiju Suvas
24
10
5
Tanja-Lotta Räikkä
"Huominen Eurooppa"
Gösta Sundqvist
39
8
6
Anneli Saaristo
"La dolce vita"
Matti Puurtinen, Turkka Mali
110
1
7
Kim Lönnholm
"Minä olen muistanut"
Edu Kettunen
52
7
8
Sonja Lumme
"Rakkauden laulut"
Pepe Willberg , Kirsti Willberg
62
5
9
Cris Owen
"Vad finns kvar"
Cris Owen, Marita Lindquist
103
2
10
Marjorie
"Kahden juhla"
Kaj Westerlund, Ilkka Vesterinen
31
9
Detailed Jury Votes
Draw
Song
Billy Carson
Jody Beveridge
Jyrki Hämäläinen Raila Kinnunen
Vilma Vainikainen
Heikki Kemppainen
Hanna Reponen
Jouko Konttinen
Benny Törnroos
Maria Hänninen
Kirsi Nevanti
Total
1
"Oi äiti maa"
7
6
4
5
8
12
7
6
5
7
7
74
2
"Kan det vara kärlek"
10
8
3
4
7
10
8
5
5
8
4
72
3
"Hiljaissuuta"
5
4
7
8
5
4
4
8
8
4
5
62
4
"Rauhaton sydän"
3
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
3
1
24
5
"Huominen Eurooppa"
1
1
1
6
8
10
1
1
3
2
5
39
6
"La dolce vita"
12
6
12
10
12
2
10
12
10
12
12
110
7
"Minä olen muistanut"
3
4
3
6
5
7
4
6
4
5
5
52
8
"Rakkauden laulut"
4
10
4
7
6
3
5
4
6
6
7
62
9
"Vad finns kvar"
5
12
8
12
8
6
12
10
12
8
10
103
10
"Kahden juhla"
3
2
4
3
2
4
1
3
5
3
1
31
At Eurovision On the night of the final Saaristo performed 14th in the running order, following Austria and preceding France . As the title suggests, "La dolce vita" was a song with strong Mediterranean influences and proved more appealing to international juries than most Finnish entries to this point. At the close of voting it had received 76 points, placing Finland 7th of the 22 entries, the country's highest placement of the 1980s and best finish since 1975.[2] Denmark .[3]
Voting References External links (in Finnish) Full national final on Yle Elävä Arkisto
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
"Apopse as vrethoume "Avrei voluto "Bana Bana "Blijf zoals je bent "Conquistador "Derekh Hamelekh "La dolce vita "Door de wind "En dag "Flieger "J'ai volé la vie "Monsieur "Nacida para amar "Nur ein Lied "The Real Me" "Rock Me " "Það sem enginn sér "To diko sou asteri "Venners nærhet "Vi maler byen rød "Viver senza tei "Why Do I Always Get It Wrong "
Finland
