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Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986
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| Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1986 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Yleisradio (Yle) | |||
| Country |  Finland | |||
| Selection process | National final | |||
| Selection date | 22 February 1986 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Never the End" | |||
| Artist | Kari Kuivalainen | |||
| Songwriter | Kari Kuivalainen | |||
| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 15th, 22 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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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.
Before Eurovision
[edit]National final
[edit]Yleisradio (Yle) invited nine composers for the competition. The national final was held on 22 February 1986 at its studios in Helsinki, hosted by Kari Lumikero. The winner was chosen by expert jury. Each juror distributed their points as follows: 1–8 and 10 points. The winner was "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.[1][2][3][4]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kirka and Kim | "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
[edit]For the contest, the song's title "Päivä kahden ihmisen" was changed to "Never the End", and one line of the song was changed. Kuivalainen performed nineteenth on the night of the contest, following Denmark and preceding Portugal. Kuivalainen was accompanied by Kati Bergman, Rele Kosunen, Anita Pajunen and Jokke Seppälä as backing vocalists.[5] At the close of the voting it had received 22 points, placing 15th in a field of 20 competing countries.[6]
Voting
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References
[edit]- ^ "1986 Kahden otsikon Euroviisu" (in Finnish). Yle. Archived from the original on 5 October 2003. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
- ^ "Euroviisut 1986 Suomen karsinta" (in Finnish). Yle Areena. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
- ^ Säilynoja, Juhana (21 April 2015). "Viisukarsinnat muuttuivat joka vuosi 1980-luvulla" [The contest selections changed every year in the 1980s] (in Finnish). Yle Elävä arkisto. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
- ^ Murtomäki, Asko (2007). Finland 12 points! Suomen Euroviisut (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Teos. pp. 140–141, 143. ISBN 978-951-851-106-2.
- ^ Murtomäki, Asko (2007). Finland 12 points! Suomen Euroviisut (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Teos. pp. 142–143. ISBN 978-951-851-106-2.
- ^ "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.