Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974

Eurovision Song Contest 1974
Eurovision Song Contest 1974
Participating broadcaster	Yleisradio (Yle)
Country	Finland
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	16 February 1974
Selected artist(s)	Carita Holmström
Selected song	"Keep Me Warm"
Selected songwriter(s)	Eero Koivistoinen; Frank Robson;
Finals performance
Final result	13th, 4 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 with the song "Keep Me Warm", composed by Eero Koivistoinen, with lyrics by Frank Robson, and performed by Carita Holmström. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

Yleisradio (Yle) invited 16 composers for the competition. The Finnish national selection consisted of two semi finals and a final. The shows were hosted by Matti Palosmaa.

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were held on January 19 and 26 at Finlandia Hall in Helsinki. In both semi-finals eight songs competed and four songs qualified for the final. The finalists were chosen by regional juries.

First semi-final

Semi-final 1 – 19 January
Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
Pepe Willberg	"Sinä ja minä"	Markku Johansson [fi] (m.), Vexi Salmi (l.)	259	1
Jukka Kuoppamäki	"Aurinkomaa"	Jukka Kuoppamäki (m. & l.), Ture Ara [fi] (l.)	247	2
Danny	"Jos maailmassa vain ois kahva"	Jaakko Salo [fi] (m.), Jukka Virtanen (l.)	242	3
Markku Aro	"Anna kaikkien kukkien kukkia"	Toivo Kärki (m.), Vexi Salmi (l.)	237	4
Eero Raittinen and Jukka Tolonen	"Shangri-La"	Jukka Tolonen (m.), Hector (l.)	233	5
Eija Ahvo [fi] and Harri Saksala [fi]	"Häät"	Toni Edelmann [fi] (m.), Marja-Kaarina Mykkänen (l.)	228	6
Kisu [fi]	"Kun sinä jäät"	Heikki Sarmanto (m.), Chrisse Johansson [fi] (l.)	215	7
Irwin Goodman	"Se on minimaalista"	Irwin Goodman (m.), Vexi Salmi (l.)	195	8

Second semi-final

Semi-final 2 – 26 January
Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
Carita Holmström	"Älä mene pois"	Eero Koivistoinen (m.), Hector (l.)	256	1
Muska and Ykä [fi]	"Senhän sanoo järkikin"	Erik Lindström [fi] (m.), Sauvo Puhtila [fi] (l.)	254	2
Anneli Sari [fi]	"Jäähyväiset"	Kaj Chydenius (m.), Marja-Leena Mikkola (l.)	251	3
Ritva Oksanen [fi]	"Musta tango"	Jorma Panula (m.), M. A. Numminen (l.)	250	4
Kirka	"Energia"	Rauno Lehtinen (m. & l.)	244	5
Marion Rung	"Icing"	Kari Kuuva [fi] (m.), Juha Vainio (l.)	238	6
Marjo-Riitta Kervinen [fi]	"Voin elää paremmin"	Frank Robson (m.), lyricist unknown	176	7
Seija Simola and Lasse Mårtenson	"Laulun kuulen"	Lasse Mårtenson (m.), lyricist unknown	164	8

Final

The final was held on February 16 at Finlandia Hall in Helsinki. The winner was chosen by a professional jury consisting of 20 members. British singer-songwriter Roger Whittaker performed as an interval act.

Final – 16 February 1974
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
1	Muska & Ykä [fi]	"Senhän sanoo järkikin"	Erik Lindström [fi] (m.), Sauvo Puhtila [fi] (l.)	42	6
2	Ritva Oksanen [fi]	"Musta tango"	Jorma Panula (m.), M. A. Numminen (l.)	70	2
3	Danny	"Jos maailmassa vain ois kahva"	Jaakko Salo [fi] (m.), Jukka Virtanen (l.)	40	7
4	Pepe Willberg	"Sinä ja minä"	Markku Johansson [fi] (m.), Vexi Salmi (l.)	66	3
5	Jukka Kuoppamäki	"Aurinkomaa"	Jukka Kuoppamäki (m. & l.), Ture Ara [fi] (l.)	64	4
6	Markku Aro	"Anna kaikkien kukkien kukkia"	Toivo Kärki (m.), Vexi Salmi (l.)	37	8
7	Carita Holmström	"Älä mene pois"	Eero Koivistoinen (m.), Hector (l.)	83	1
8	Anneli Sari [fi]	"Jäähyväiset"	Kaj Chydenius (m.), Marja-Leena Mikkola (l.)	63	5

The winning song "Älä mene pois" was performed in Finnish in the national selection shows but it was translated into English for the Eurovision Song Contest as "Keep Me Warm". The English lyrics were written by Frank Robson.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Carita Holmström performed first in the running order, preceding United Kingdom. The entry was conducted by Ossi Runne. At the close of voting, Finland picked up four points and placed 13th of the 17 entries.