Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 explained

Year:1966
Country:Finland
Preselection:National final
Preselection Date:22 January 1966
Entrant:Ann-Christine
Song:Playboy
Final Result:10th, 7 points

Finland was represented by Ann-Christine, with the song "Playboy", at the 1966 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 5 March in Luxembourg.

Before Eurovision

National final

The Finnish national final took place on January 22 at the YLE TV Studios in Helsinki. The show was hosted by Tuula Ignatius and Risto Vanari. The winner was chosen by a professional jury in two rounds of voting. In the first round top 3 songs were chosen and in the second round the winner was chosen.

DrawArtistSongSongwriter(s)PlacePoints (first round)Points (second round)
1Tamara Lund"Märkää asfalttia"Toivo Kärki (m.), Terttu Suni (l.)68
2Ilkka Rinne"Syysromanssi"Börje Sundgren (m. & l.)91
3Carola"Meren laulu"Matti Murto (m.), Ritva Murto (l.)511
4Viktor Klimenko"Vieras rakastettuni"Jaakko Borg (m.), Tuula Valkama (l.)32025
5Laila Kinnunen"Muistojen bulevardi"Börje Sundgren (m. & l.), Solja Tuuli (m.)22029
6Danny"Pieni sana"Lasse Mårtenson (m.), Sauvo Puhtila (l.)85
7Marjatta Leppänen"Aamuyön tanssi"Åke Granholm (m.), Sauvo Puhtila (l.)68
8Lasse Mårtenson"Ken hän on?"Lasse Mårtenson (m.), Sauvo Puhtila (l.)413
9Ann-Christine Nyström"Playboy"Ossi Runne (m. & l.)12245

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Ann-Christine performed seventh in the running order, following Norway and preceding Portugal. It was the first Finnish entry conducted by Ossi Runne, who would conduct the Finnish Eurovision entry 22 times. At the close of voting, Finland picked up seven points and placed joint 10th with Germany and Luxembourg of the 18 entries.

The 10-member Finnish jury comprised (chairperson), Benedict Zilliacus, Jutta Zilliacus,, Juhani Valsta, Antti Wahlström, Mrs. Bojen Huldén, Albert Pelli, Leena Lehtonen and .[1]

Voting

Sources

Notes and References

  1. News: 18 iskelmää osallistuu tänään Eurovisiokilpailuun Napolissa . . 20 March 1965 . fi.
  2. Web site: Results of the Final of Luxembourg 1966 . Eurovision Song Contest . 30 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210407120231/https://eurovision.tv/event/luxembourg-1966/final/results/finland . 7 April 2021 . live.