| Year: | 1988 |
| Country: | Finland |
| Preselection: | National final |
| Preselection Date: | 13 February 1988 |
| Entrant: | Boulevard |
| Song: | Nauravat silmät muistetaan |
| Final Result: | 20th, 3 points |
Finland was represented by the band Boulevard, with the song "Nauravat silmät muistetaan", at the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 30 April in Dublin.
The final was held 13 February 1988 at the Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki, hosted by Sini Sovijärvi. Twelve songs took part with the winner chosen by voting from six regional juries. Other participants included former Finnish representatives Ami Aspelund (1983) and Sonja Lumme (1985). Two of the songs, Helena Miller's "Svart och vitt" and Benny Törnroos's "I november", were written in Swedish, which is a national language in Finland as well. The other 10 songs were written in Finnish.[1]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boulevard | "Nauravat silmät muistetaan" | Pepe Willberg, Kirsti Willberg | 38 | 1 | |
| 2 | Tarja Ylitalo | "Maata vaadin taivaanrantaa" | Jyrki Niemi, Mika Sundqvist | 2 | 12 | |
| 3 | Helena Miller | "Svart och vitt" | Veikko Samuli, Marita Lindquist | 37 | 2 | |
| 4 | Kari Tapio | "Tää kaipuu" | Kari Kuuva | 12 | 9 | |
| 5 | Ami Aspelund | "Amor amor" | Petri Laaksonen, Veli-Pekka Lehto | 32 | 3 | |
| 6 | Sonja Lumme | "Vielä jaksan odottaa" | Matti Siitonen | 9 | 10 | |
| 7 | Tauski Peltonen | "Uuteen elämään" | Esko M. Toivonen | 13 | 8 | |
| 8 | Benny Törnroos | "I november" | Roni Kamras, Marita Lindquist, Benny Törnroos | 8 | 11 | |
| 9 | Mikko Alatalo | "Tuhat ja yksi yöta" | Pertti Niemi, Jorma Toiviainen | 19 | 6 | |
| 10 | Marjorie | "Tie" | Eeva Kiviharju | 20 | 5 | |
| 11 | Timo, Jonna and Beat | "Mayday Mayday" | Timo Tervo, Turkka Mali | 29 | 4 | |
| 12 | Tauski, Tutta and Crista | "Lasikaupunki" | Kari Kuuva | 15 | 7 |
| Detailed Regional Jury Votes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Song | ||||||||
| 1 | "Nauravat silmät muistetaan" | 3 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 38 | |
| 2 | "Maata vaadin taivaanrantaa" | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 3 | "Svart och vitt" | 10 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 37 | ||
| 4 | "Tää kaipuu" | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |||
| 5 | "Amor amor" | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 32 | |
| 6 | "Vielä jaksan odottaa" | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| 7 | "Uuteen elämään" | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 8 | "I november" | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||||
| 9 | "Tuhat ja yksi yöta" | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | |
| 10 | "Tie" | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 | ||||
| 11 | "Mayday Mayday" | 1 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 29 | ||
| 12 | "Lasikaupunki" | 10 | 3 | 2 | 15 | ||||
On the night of the final Boulevard performed third in the running order, following Sweden and preceding the United Kingdom. The band had to deal with a technical malfunction when the backing track temporarily faded out halfway through the song. At the close of voting "Nauravat silmät muistetaan" had received only 3 points, placing Finland 20th of the 21 entries, ahead only of the nul-points song from Austria.[2] The Finnish jury awarded its 12 points to Luxembourg.[3] Among the members of the Finnish jury was Ilpo Hakasalo.[4]
Full national final on Yle Elävä Arkisto