Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981

Eurovision Song Contest 1981
Country	Finland
National selection
Selection process	National Final
Selection date(s)	21 February 1981
Selected entrant	Riki Sorsa
Selected song	"Reggae OK"
Finals performance
Final result	16th, 27 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Finland was represented by Riki Sorsa and the song "Reggae OK" at the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 4 April in Dublin. Sorsa won the rights to represent Finland on the 21 February.

National final

The final was hosted by Finnish television producer and singer Erkki Pohjanheimo, at Yleisradio Studio 2 in Helsinki. Eight songs were selected from the semi-final which took place on January 28. The winning song was selected by a national jury, two of which included former Finnish Eurovision contestants Marion Rung and Lasse Mårtenson.

**21 February 1981**
Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Tapani Kansa	Sunnuntailapsi	5	6th
2	Paula Koivuniemi	Ei tule toista kertaa	1	8th
3	Mikko Alatalo	Leuhkat eväät	30	2nd
4	Frederik	Titanic	3	7th
5	Taiska	Hiroshima	27	3rd
6	Markku Aro & Nisa Soraya	Mun suothan tulla vierees sun	13	5th
7	Riki Sorsa	Reggae OK	66	1st
8	Juice Leskinen	Ilomantsi	26	4th

**Jury Votes**
Song	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	Total
Sunnuntailapsi		2	1	1		1				5
Ei tule toista kertaa		1								1
Leuhkat eväät	3	3	5	3	3	3	3	2	5	30
Titanic					1		1		1	3
Hiroshima	2		3	2	2	2	5	8	3	27
Mun suothan tulla vierees sun	1	5					2	3	2	13
Reggae OK	8	8	8	5	8	8	8	5	8	66
Ilomantsi	5		2	8	5	5		1		26

A=Åke Granholm, B=Marion Rung, C=John Wikström, D=Arto Pajukallio, E=Upi Sorvali, F=Liisa Lääveri, G=Jarmo Porola, H=Kati Bergman, I=Lasse Mårtenson

At Eurovision

On the night Sorsa performed eighth (following Yugoslavia and preceding France). For the first time in 15 years regular Finnish conductor Ossi Runne did not conduct the Finnish entry (instead he was providing the YLE television commentary) and was instead conducted by Otto Donner. At the close of voting Reggae OK had picked up 27 points (the highest points being 6 from Sweden) placing Finland in 16th place out of 20. The Finnish jury awarded its 12 points to Switzerland.

Final

12 points	Switzerland
10 points	France
8 points	Yugoslavia
7 points	Germany
6 points	Israel
5 points	Turkey
4 points	Luxembourg
3 points	United Kingdom
2 points	Belgium
1 point	Sweden

Points awarded to Finland

Points awarded to Finland (final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
				Sweden
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Ireland Netherlands Switzerland			Israel Spain	France Portugal

External links

(in French) Finland's national final

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