Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984
Finland was represented by Kirka, with the song '"Hengaillaan", at the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 5 May in Luxembourg City. "Hengaillaan" was chosen as the Finnish entry at the national final organised by broadcaster Yle and held on 18 February, when Kirka won the Finnish Eurovision ticket at his eighth attempt.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1984 | ||||
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| Country |  | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | National Final | |||
| Selection date(s) | 18 February 1984 | |||
| Selected entrant | Kirka | |||
| Selected song | "Hengaillaan" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 9th, 46 points | |||
| Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
National final
The final was held at the Yle studios in Helsinki, hosted by Maria Valkama. Eleven songs took part, having been chosen by an "expert" jury from 21 songs which had been broadcast on radio only on 22 and 23 January 1984. The winner was chosen by postcard voting.
Other participants included future Finnish representatives Sonja Lumme (1985) and Anneli Saaristo (1989).[1]
| Final – 18 February 1984 | |||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Televote | Place |
| 1 | Sonja Lumme | "Sut vain" | Sauli Sunel Huhtala, Åke Sved | 5,136 | 5 |
| 2 | Kirka | "Laulu maailmalle" | Pave Maijanen | 3,640 | 7 |
| 3 | Tomas Ek | "Machoman" | Nono Söderberg, Tomas Ek | 1,976 | 9 |
| 4 | Leena Nilsson | "Sun silmät on satava salaisuus" | Jukka Nurmela | 1,556 | 10 |
| 5 | Kirka | "Oo-Marie" | Esko M. Toivonen, Ilkka Vesterinen | 5,291 | 4 |
| 6 | Anneli Saaristo | "Sä liian paljon vaadit" | Eero Tiikasalo, Anneli Nygren | 10,961 | 3 |
| 7 | Sonja Lumme | "Muistojen taulut" | Lasse Mirsch, Outi Mirsch | 3,970 | 6 |
| 8 | Leena Nilsson & Tomas Ek | "Kevään saan" | Hannu Koivula, Pasi Hiihtola | 2,823 | 8 |
| 9 | Kirka | "Hengaillaan" | Jukka Siikavire, Jussi Tuominen | 22,040 | 1 |
| 10 | Paula Koivuniemi | "Tuultako tavoitan" | Eeva Kiviharju | 11,793 | 2 |
| 11 | Sonja Lumme | "Laulajan tie" | László Varga, Jukka Nurmela | 863 | 11 |
At Eurovision
On the night of the final Kirka performed 16th in the running order, following Turkey and preceding Switzerland. At the close of voting "Hengaillaan" had received 46 points, placing Finland 9th of the 19 entries, the country's highest finish since 1975. The Finnish jury awarded its 12 points to Italy.[2]
Points awarded by Finland
Final
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