Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986
Finland was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, held in Bergen, Norway.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1986 | ||||
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | National Final | |||
| Selection date(s) | 22 February 1986 | |||
| Selected entrant | Kari Kuivalainen | |||
| Selected song | "Päivä kahden ihmisen" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 15th, 22 points | |||
| Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
National final
The final was held on 22 February 1986 at the Yle's Studios in Helsinki, and was hosted by journalist Kari Lumikero. The votes of an "expert jury" decided the winner, being "Päivä kahden ihmisen" performed and composed by Kari Kuivalainen. The voting was rather tight and Kuivalainen won by only one point over the second-placing entrant.
| Final – 22 February 1986 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Artist | Song (English translation) | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
| 1 | Kirka & Kim | "Aitoa taikaa" (True magic) | Kisu Jernström, Kassu Halonen, Edu Kettunen | 74 | 3 |
| 2 | Tulip | "Tanssin aurinkoon" (Sun dance) | Jukka Siikavire, Jussi Tuominen | 22 | 9 |
| 3 | Irina Milan & Eija Ahvo | "Applause" | Esa Nieminen, Irina Milan | 53 | 5 |
| 4 | Kirka | "Uusiin taivaisiin" (New skies) | Edu Kettunen | 88 | 2 |
| 5 | Sonja Lumme | "Tappavat kyyneleet" (Killing tears) | Jim Pembroke, Jukka Virtanen | 48 | 6 |
| 6 | Gruppo Jokke | "Kaamoksen maa" (Land of dark winter) | Jokke Seppälä, Siru Seppälä | 37 | 7 |
| 7 | Kim Lönnholm | "Rautataivas" (Iron sky) | Esa Kaartamo, Pekka Pohjola | 64 | 4 |
| 8 | Kari Kuivalainen | "Päivä kahden ihmisen" (Day of two people) | Kari Kuivalainen | 89 | 1 |
| 9 | Danny | "Ninja" | Veikko Samuli, Raul Reiman, Jyrki Hämäläinen | 31 | 8 |
| Detailed Jury Votes | |||||||||||||
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| Draw | Song | Black Mike | P. Dammert | M. Fagerlund | P. Helin | R. Kinnunen | K. Klockars | J. Koikkalainen | T. Liete | K. Liuhala | E. Melakoski | R. Sarmanto | Total |
| 1 | "Aitoa taikaa" | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 74 |
| 2 | "Tanssin aurinkoon" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 22 |
| 3 | "Applause" | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 53 |
| 4 | "Uusiin taivaisiin" | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 88 |
| 5 | "Tappavat kyyneleet" | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 48 |
| 6 | "Kaamoksen maa" | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 37 |
| 7 | "Rautataivas" | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 64 |
| 8 | "Päivä kahden ihmisen" | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 89 |
| 9 | "Ninja" | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 31 |
At Eurovision
Kuivalainen performed nineteenth on the night of the contest, following Denmark and preceding Portugal. Before performing in Bergen, one line of the song was changed, and the title "Päivä kahden ihmisen" ("Day of two people") was changed to "Never the End." At the close of the voting it had received 22 points, placing 15th in a field of 20 competing countries.
Points awarded by Finland
Final
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