Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993
Finland was represented by Katri Helena, with the song "Tule luo", at the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 15 May in Millstreet, Ireland. "Tule luo" was chosen as the Finnish entry at the national final on 6 March and was Katri Helena's second Eurovision appearance, 14 years after her performance in Jerusalem in 1979.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1993 | ||||
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| Country |  | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | National Final | |||
| Selection date(s) | 6 March 1993 | |||
| Selected entrant | Katri Helena | |||
| Selected song | "Tule luo" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 17th, 20 points | |||
| Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
National final
The final was held at the studios of broadcaster YLE in Helsinki, hosted by Ari Korvola. Four performers took part, each singing two songs, with the winner chosen by voting from eleven regional juries.[1]
| Final – 6 March 1993 | |||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
| 1 | Paula Koivuniemi | "Päivä kerrallaan" | Matti Puurtinen, Jukka Saarinen | 37 | 6 |
| 2 | Katri Helena | "Tule luo" | Olli Ahvenlahti, Hector | 96 | 1 |
| 3 | Arja Koriseva | "Vain taivas yksin tietää" | Kisu Jernström, Kassu Halonen, Vexi Salmi | 65 | 3 |
| 4 | Marjorie | "Legenda" | Cris Owen, Pia Partanen | 52 | 4 |
| 5 | Paula Koivuniemi | "Sammunut rakkaus" | Jukka Kuoppamäki | 21 | 8 |
| 6 | Katri Helena | "Viesti" | Erik Lindström, VeePee Lehto | 48 | 5 |
| 7 | Arja Koriseva | "Sulta laulun sain" | Pepe Willberg, Kirsti Willberg | 77 | 2 |
| 8 | Marjorie | "Aika eteenpäin vain kulkee" | Esa Nieminen, Kaisu Liuhala | 33 | 7 |
| Detailed Regional Jury Votes | |||||||||||||
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| Draw | Song | Rovaniemi | Kajaani | Vaasa | Jyväskylä | Joensuu | Lappeenranta | Pori | Tampere | Lahti | Turku | Helsinki | Total |
| 1 | "Päivä kerrallaan" | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 37 |
| 2 | "Tule luo" | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 96 |
| 3 | "Vain taivas yksin tietää" | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 65 |
| 4 | "Legenda" | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 52 |
| 5 | "Sammunut rakkaus" | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 21 |
| 6 | "Viesti" | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 48 |
| 7 | "Sulta laulun sain" | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 77 |
| 8 | "Aika eteenpäin vain kulkee" | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 33 |
At Eurovision
On the night of the final Katri Helena performed 17th in the running order, following Slovenia and preceding Bosnia-Herzegovina. At the close of voting "Tule luo" had received 20 points (the highest an 8 from Greece), placing Finland 17th of the 25 entries. The Finnish jury awarded its 12 points to Norway.[2]
Points awarded by Finland
Final
| 12 points |  |
| 10 points |  |
| 8 points |  |
| 7 points |  |
| 6 points |  |
| 5 points |  |
| 4 points |  |
| 3 points |  |
| 2 points |  |
| 1 point |  |
Points awarded to Finland
| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
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| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
