Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987

Eurovision Song Contest 1987
Country	Finland
National selection
Selection process	National Final
Selection date(s)	21 February 1987
Selected entrant	Virve Rosti
Selected song	"Sata salamaa"
Finals performance
Final result	15th, 32 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Finland was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1987, held in Brussels, Belgium.

Before Eurovision

National final

The Finnish national final to select their entry was held on 21 February 1987 at the Yle's Studios in Helsinki. Hosting the final were two previous Finnish Eurovision entrants, Laila Halme and Lasse Mårtenson. For the first time in three years, a national postcard poll decided the winner. The winning entry was "Sata salamaa," performed by Virve Rosti and composed by Petri Laaksonen and Veli-Pekka Lehto.

Final – 21 February 1987
Draw	Artist	Song (English translation)	Songwriter(s)	Televote	Place
1	Matti Esko	"Isäni maa" (My father's land)	Veikko Samuli, Juha Vainio	4,513	6
2	Leena Nilsson	"Ei yhtään laivaa" (Not a single ship)	Matti Puurtinen, Timo Hämäläinen	1,074	9
3	Kisu	"Kiitos ja anteeks" (Thanks (for nothing), and excuse me!)	Kisu Jernström, Impi Riimi	1,001	10
4	Virve Rosti	"Sata salamaa" (One hundred lightnings)	Petri Laaksonen, VeePee Lehto	16,935	1
5	Jorma Kääriäinen	"Tuuli soittaa" (The wind plays)	Mika Siekkinen, Kari Kuivalainen	2,589	7
6	Paula Koivuniemi	"Musiikki on niinku se on" (Music is like it is)	Esa Nieminen, Juha Vainio	8,753	3
7	Johnny Lee Michaels	"Kesätuuli" (The summer wind)	Pertti Neumann	15,369	2
8	Jussi Halme and Helena Miller	"Hei, me lennetään" (Hey, we fly)	Jussi Halme, Mika Sundqvist	4,925	5
9	Leena Nilsson Family	"Eilinen uudelleen" (Yesterday again)	Kari Kuivalainen	1,383	8
10	Tauski & Co.	"Communication"	Roni Kamras, Risto Asikainen	7,294	4

At Eurovision

Rosti performed eighteenth on the night of the contest, following Cyprus and preceding Denmark. While at Brussels, she was credited as "Vicky Rosti" and performed with the band "Boulevard," neither of which she did at the national final. At the close of the voting it had received 32 points, placing 15th in a record-setting field of 22 competing countries.

Points awarded to Finland
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
	Norway	Netherlands
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
	Portugal	Sweden	Luxembourg Spain	Germany Greece Yugoslavia

Points awarded by Finland
12 points	Ireland
10 points	Germany
8 points	Denmark
7 points	Israel
6 points	Cyprus
5 points	Norway
4 points	Italy
3 points	Belgium
2 points	Netherlands
1 point	United Kingdom

External links

Finnish National Final 1987

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