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Finland in the Participating broadcaster Yleisradio Country Finland Selection process National final Selection date 8 March 1980 Song "Huilumies Artist Vesa-Matti Loiri Songwriters
Final result 19th, 6 points
Vesa-Matti Loiri (1980)Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 with the song "Huilumies Aarno Raninen , with lyrics by Vexi Salmi , and performed by Vesa-Matti Loiri . The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio
The Finnish national selection consisted of a semi final and a final.
The semi final was held on 12 January and it was hosted by Heikki Harma . The semi final had 11 competing songs and six finalists were chosen by an expert jury. The members of the jury were Aarre Elo [fi ] , Jussi Raittinen , Matti Rosvall [fi ] , Erkki Pälli [fi ] , Rauno Lehtinen , Liisa Lääveri [fi ] , Erkki Melakoski [fi ] , Kari Kyrönseppä [fi ] , and Markku Fagerlund. Each juror awarded 1 to 6 points for each song. The full results were not revealed.
Draw
Artist
Song
Songwriter(s)
Result
1
Paula Koivuniemi
"Romantiikkaa"
Markku Johansson [fi ] (m.), Juha Vainio (l.)
Eliminated
2
Tapani Kansa and Satu Pentikäinen [fi ]
"Hyvä on"
Jukka Siikavire [fi ] (m.), Erkki Mäkinen [fi ] (l.)
Eliminated
3
Kisu [fi ]
"Oh la la"
Kassu Halonen [fi ] (m.), Raul Reiman [fi ] (l.)
Eliminated
4
Kirka and Silhuetit [fi ]
"Karthago"
Antti Hyvärinen [fi ] (m.), Juice Leskinen (l.)
Advanced
5
Vesa-Matti Loiri
"Huilumies"
Aarno Raninen (m.), Vexi Salmi (l.)
Advanced
6
Sinikka Sokka [fi ]
"Eräs lapsi ei nuku"
Henrik Otto Donner (m.), Pentti Saaritsa [fi ] (l.)
Advanced
7
Tapani Kansa
"Kun ystävän mä sain"
Lasse Mirsch (m. & l.)
Eliminated
8
Eija Ahvo [fi ]
"Lady Day"
Jukka Linkola (m.), Arto Melleri (l.)
Advanced
9
Irina Milan [fi ]
"Päättymätön laulu"
Olli Ahvenlahti (m.), Jukka Virtanen (l.)
Advanced
10
Liisa Tavi [fi ] and Band
"Nopea talven valo"
Pekka Tegelman [fi ] (m.), Jukka-Pekka Takala (l.)
Advanced
11
Reijo Karvonen [fi ] and Pepe Willberg
"Jos voimaa on"
Reijo Karvonen (m.), Matti Härkälä (l.)
Eliminated
Yle held the final on 8 March at its television studios in Tampere and hosted by Mikko Alatalo and the entries competing for Eurovision is conducted by Ossi Runne. After the Eurovision Preselection, this was proceeded by Intervision. The Intervision Preselection would be the last preselection, in which 6 songs are all sung by Marion . The winner was chosen by regional juries.
On the night of the final Loiri performed 10th in the running order following Switzerland and preceding Norway. The Finnish entry was conducted by Ossi Runne . Finland placed last in the contest with six points.
Points awarded to Finland[ 1]
Score
Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
Norway
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point
France
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 "Ich komme " "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. Italics indicate an entry in a future contest.
Finland
