Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 explained

Year:1993
Country:Finland
Preselection:National final
Preselection Date:6 March 1993
Entrant:Katri Helena
Song:Tule luo
Final Result:17th, 20 points

Finland was represented by Katri Helena, with the song "Tule luo", at the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 15 May in Millstreet, Ireland. "Tule luo" was chosen as the Finnish entry at the national final on 6 March and was Katri Helena's second Eurovision appearance, 14 years after her performance in Jerusalem in 1979.

Before Eurovision

National final

The final was held at the studios of broadcaster YLE in Helsinki, hosted by Ari Korvola. Four performers took part, each singing two songs, with the winner chosen by voting from eleven regional juries.[1]

Final – 6 March 1993
DrawArtistSongSongwriter(s)PointsPlace
1Paula Koivuniemi"Päivä kerrallaan"Erik Lindström, Veli-Pekka Lehto376
2Katri Helena"Tule luo"Matti Puurtinen, Jukka Saarinen961
3Arja Koriseva"Vain taivas yksin tietää"Kisu Jernström, Kassu Halonen, Vexi Salmi653
4Marjorie"Legenda"Cris Owen, Pia Partanen524
5Paula Koivuniemi"Sammunut rakkaus"Esa Nieminen, Kaisu Liuhala218
6Katri Helena"Viesti"Jukka Kuoppamäki485
7Arja Koriseva"Sulta laulun sain"Olli Ahvenlahti, Hector772
8Marjorie"Aika eteenpäin vain kulkee"Pepe Willberg, Kirsti Willberg337
Detailed Regional Jury Votes
DrawSong
1"Päivä kerrallaan"42512434111037
2"Tule luo"10101010108581010596
3"Vain taivas yksin tietää"5585854688365
4"Legenda"8822566324652
5"Sammunut rakkaus"1134111233121
6"Viesti"2448428552448
7"Sulta laulun sain"3666610101066877
8"Aika eteenpäin vain kulkee"6313332145233

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Katri Helena performed 17th in the running order, following Slovenia and preceding Bosnia-Herzegovina. At the close of voting "Tule luo" had received 20 points (the highest an 8 from Greece), placing Finland 17th of the 25 entries.[2] The Finnish jury awarded its 12 points to Norway.[3]

Voting

External links

Full national final on Yle Elävä Arkisto

Notes and References

  1. http://natfinals.50webs.com/90s_00s/Finland1993.html ESC National Finals database - Finland 1993
  2. Web site: Final of Millstreet 1993 . European Broadcasting Union . 17 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210417180232/https://eurovision.tv/event/millstreet-1993/final . 17 April 2021 . live.
  3. http://www.esc-history.com/details.asp?key=714 ESC History - Finland 1993
  4. Web site: Results of the Final of Millstreet 1993 . European Broadcasting Union . 17 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210417202840/https://eurovision.tv/event/millstreet-1993/final/results/finland . 17 April 2021 . live.