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Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985

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Summary

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Field	Value
Year	1985
Broadcaster	Yleisradio (Yle)
Country	Finland
Selection process	Euroviisut 1985
Selection date	16 February 1985
Song	Eläköön elämä
Artist	Sonja Lumme
Writer
Final result	9th, 58 points

Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 with the song "Eläköön elämä", composed by , with lyrics by , and performed by Sonja Lumme. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

Twelve entries were selected for the competition from 149 received submissions. The composers got to choose between Ami Aspelund, , Pave Maijanen, Riki Sorsa, Sonja Lumme, and Tapani Kansa to perform their songs. Maijanen, however, withdrew due to a salary dispute, and was replaced by . The songs premiered on 3 February 1985 on the radio. The five rejected songs were also played.

Euroviisut 1985

Yleisradio (Yle) held the national final on 16 February 1985 at its television studios in Helsinki, hosted by . The winner was chosen by six regional juries. Each jury group consisted of ten members, and each juror distributed their points between 1–5 points for each song.

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
1	Tapani Kansa	"Siksi lauluni soi"	, Tapani Kansa	184	3
2		"Ei aina svengaa"	Mika Siekkinen,	105	12
3	Ami Aspelund and Riki Sorsa	"Lapset maailman"	, Ami Aspelund, Pasi Hiihtola	180	4
4	Sonja Lumme	"Mulle rakkauden kevät toi"	Matti Auranen, Sonja Lumme	123	11
5		"Jossain"	Pave Maijanen	158	6
6	Ami Aspelund	"Sången om vårt hus"	Sven Sid, Bo Carpelan	131	9
7	Riki Sorsa	"Haaveissa vainko oot mun?"	Kari Kuivalainen	221	2
8	Bianca Morales	"Mennään vaan"	Esko M. Toivonen,	155	7
9	Tapani Kansa	"Onnellisuus"	Pepe Willberg, Kirsti Willberg	128	10
10	Ami Aspelund	"Mandy"	Jokke Seppälä, Siru Seppälä	144	8
11	Bianca Morales and Jokke Seppälä	"Huomenna"	, , Timo Lehtiö	179	5
12	Sonja Lumme	"Eläköön elämä"	,	255	1

Draw	Song	nb=1	Rovaniemi}}	nb=1	Kuopio}}	nb=1	Vaasa}}	nb=1
1	"Siksi lauluni soi"	25	34	37	33	27	28	184
2	"Ei aina svengaa"	18	18	20	16	12	21	105
3	"Lapset maailman"	36	31	32	34	26	21	180
4	"Mulle rakkauden kevät toi"	19	18	19	24	20	23	123
5	"Jossain"	28	30	31	28	21	20	158
6	"Sången om vårt hus"	19	22	15	16	33	26	131
7	"Haaveissa vainko oot mun?"	30	42	39	34	32	44	221
8	"Mennään vaan"	22	26	30	25	15	37	155
9	"Onnellisuus"	15	27	21	27	14	24	128
10	"Mandy"	15	28	20	24	30	27	144
11	"Huomenna"	38	30	33	32	25	21	179
12	"Eläköön elämä"	39	37	45	48	49	37	255

At Eurovision

Lumme performed 2nd on the night of the contest, following and preceding . Lumme was accompanied by Kaija Kokkola, , and as backing vocalists. At the close of the voting it had received 58 points, placing 9th of 19.

Voting

Score	Country	12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points	5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point

Score	Country	12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points	5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point

References

"1985 Eläköön Sonja!". Yle.
"Euroviisut 1985 Suomen karsinta". Yle Areena.
Murtomäki, Asko. (2007). "Finland 12 points! Suomen Euroviisut". Teos.
Säilynoja, Juhana. (21 April 2015). "Viisukarsinnat muuttuivat joka vuosi 1980-luvulla". {{ill.
Murtomäki, Asko. (2007). "Finland 12 points! Suomen Euroviisut". Teos.
Murtomäki, Asko. (2007). "Finland 12 points! Suomen Euroviisut". Teos.
"Final of Gothenburg 1985". European Broadcasting Union.
"Results of the Final of Gothenburg 1985". European Broadcasting Union.

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