Year: | 1962 |
Broadcaster: | Finnish: [[Yle|Yleisradio]]|i=no (Yle) |
Country: | Finland |
Preselection: | National Final |
Preselection Date: | 15 February 1962 |
Entrant: | Marion Rung |
Song: | Tipi-tii |
Final Result: | 7th, 4 points |
Finland was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962 with the song "Finnish: Tipi-tii|i=no", written by Kari Tuomisaari and Jaakko Salo, and performed by Marion Rung. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Finnish: [[Yle|Yleisradio]]|i=no (Yle), selected its entry through a national final. Rung would represent Finland again in the 1973 contest.
Finnish: [[Yle|Yleisradio]]|i=no (Yle) held the national final on 15 February at its studios in Helsinki, hosted by Aarno Walli. Four songs took part, having qualified from a radio-only semi-final. Each song was performed twice by different singers and the winner was chosen by voting from ten regional juries.[1]
Draw | Artist 1 | Artist 2 | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place | |
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1 | Marion Rung | "Tipi-tii" | 234 | 1 | |||
2 | "Sateinen yö" | , | 127 | 3 | |||
3 | Matti Heinivaho | Vieno Kekkonen | "On keskiyö" | , | 110 | 4 | |
4 | Kai Lind | Marion Rung | "Pikku rahastaja" | Toivo Kärki, Reino Helismaa | 129 | 2 |
Artist | Song | |
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Laila Kinnunen | "Lumineito" | |
"Anna Angelina" | ||
"Tiketi tikke tak" | ||
Pirkko Mannola | "Sitä rakkaus on" |
On the night of the final Rung performed first in the running order, preceding . Voting was by each national jury awarding 3-2-1 to their top three songs, and at the close "Tipi-tii" had received 4 points (3 from the and 1 from), placing Finland joint 7th (with) of the 16 entries. The Finnish jury reciprocated the British liking for their song by awarding their 3 points to the United Kingdom.[3]