Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998

Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Country	Finland
National selection
Selection process	Euroviisut 1998
Selection date(s)	14 February 1998
Selected entrant	Edea
Selected song	"Aava"
Finals performance
Final result	15th, 22 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Finland was represented by the group Edea, with the song '"Aava", at the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 9 May in Birmingham. "Aava" was chosen as the Finnish entry at the national final on 14 February and is noted for containing the fewest different words (six) of any Eurovision entry.

Before Eurovision

Euroviisut 1998

Euroviisut 1998 was the national final that selects Finland's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1998. The competition took place on 14 February 1998, held at the Yle Studio 2 in Helsinki and hosted by Olga K and Sami Aaltonen.

Competing entries

189 submissions were received by Yle during a submission period. A panel of experts appointed by Yle selected two entries for the competition from the received submissions, with an additional seven entries being selected from submissions by composers directly invited by Yle to compete.[1]

Artist	Song	Composer(s)
Edea	"Aava"	Tommy Mansikka-Aho, Alexi Ahoniemi
Elena Mady	"Honeymoon"	Vera, Maki Kolehmainen, Mika Mettälä
Jari Sillanpää	"Valkeaa unelmaa"	Mika Toivanen, Pekka Laaksonen
Kaija Kärkinen & Ile Kallio	"Maailman laitaan"	Kaija Kärkinen, Ile Kallio
Luka	"Tuun sun luo"	Kaari Haapala, Ville Vento
Nylon Beat	"Umm ma ma"	Risto Asikainen, Sipi Castren
Samuli Edelman & Sami	"Olen luonasi sun"	Maki Kolehmainen, Saija Aartela
Sari Kaasinen	"Mielessäni"	Sari Kaasinen
Ultra Bra	"Tyttöjen välisestä ystävyydestä"	Kerkko Koskinen, Anni Sinnemäki

Final

The final took place on 14 February 1998 where nine entries competed. "Aava" performed by Edea was selected as the winner. The winner was selected by a combination of public votes, an international expert jury panel and a jury panel consisting of members from international OGAE fan clubs.[1] Each voting group distributed their points as follows: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10 points.[2]

Final – 14 February 1998
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury		OGAE		Televote		Total	Place
Draw	Artist	Song	Votes	Points	Votes	Points	Votes	Points	Total	Place
1	Kaija Kärkinen & Ile Kallio	"Maailman laitaan"	48	5	44	4	534	2	11	7
2	Elena Mady	"Honeymoon"	40	3	33	3	541	3	9	8
3	Nylon Beat	"Umm ma ma"	30	2	73	10	2,297	7	19	3
4	Samuli Edelman & Sami	"Olen luonasi sun"	64	8	32	2	1,053	4	14	6
5	Sari Kaasinen	"Mielessäni"	41	4	64	7	2,766	8	19	3
6	Jari Sillanpää	"Valkeaa unelmaa"	49	6	48	5	6,228	10	21	2
7	Ultra Bra	"Tyttöjen välisestä ystävyydestä"	52	7	52	6	1,607	6	19	3
8	Luka	"Tuun sun luo"	27	1	23	1	211	1	3	9
9	Edea	"Aava"	69	10	65	8	1,471	5	23	1

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Edea performed 21st in the running order, following Belgium and preceding Norway. "Aava" had an ethnic new age-type sound which did not prove overly popular in the first year of full televoting as at the close it had received only 22 points (all but 2 of which came from neighbours Estonia and Sweden), placing Finland 15th of the 25 entries, Finland's highest position in the 1990s. The 12 points from the Finnish televote were likewise awarded in neighbourly fashion to Estonia (who finished 12th).[3] Having had to sit out the 1997 contest due to relegation, Finland were again demoted on the cumulative countback rule and would not take part in 1999.

Points awarded to Finland

Points awarded to Finland(final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
	Estonia Sweden
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
				Macedonia Norway

Points awarded by Finland

12 points	Estonia
10 points	Israel
8 points	United Kingdom
7 points	Netherlands
6 points	Sweden
5 points	Malta
4 points	Slovenia
3 points	Croatia
2 points	Norway
1 point	Germany

Backup jury points[4]

12 points	Ireland
10 points	France
8 points	United Kingdom
7 points	Sweden
6 points	Netherlands
5 points	Croatia
4 points	Slovenia
3 points	Estonia
2 points	Portugal
1 point	Norway

References

Latva, Tony (25 December 2010). "Muistathan: Suomen karsinnat 1998". viisukuppila.com (in Finnish).
ESC National Finals database - Finland 1998
ESC History - Finland 1998
"Results of the national backup juries". Retrieved 7 July 2020.

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[:0-1] Latva, Tony (25 December 2010). "Muistathan: Suomen karsinnat 1998". viisukuppila.com (in Finnish).

[2] ESC National Finals database - Finland 1998

[3] ESC History - Finland 1998

[4] "Results of the national backup juries". Retrieved 7 July 2020.