Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987

Eurovision Song Contest 1987
Country	Finland
National selection
Selection process	National Final
Selection date(s)	21 February 1987
Selected entrant	Virve Rosti
Selected song	"Sata salamaa"
Finals performance
Final result	15th, 32 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1986 • 1987 • 1988►

Finland was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1987, held in Brussels, Belgium. The Finnish national final to select their entry was held on 21 February at the Yle's Studios in Helsinki. Hosting the final were two previous Finnish Eurovision entrants, Laila Halme and Lasse Mårtenson. For the first time in three years, a national postcard poll decided the winner.

The winning entry was "Sata salamaa," performed by Virve Rosti and composed by Petri Laaksonen and Veli-Pekka Lehto.

National final

Draw	Artist	Song	Informal translation	Votes	Place
1	Matti Esko	Isäni maa	My father's land	4513	6th
2	Leena Nilsson	Ei yhtään laivaa	Not a single ship	1074	9th
3	Kisu	Kiitos ja anteeks	Thanks (for nothing), and excuse me!	1001	10th
4	Virve Rosti	Sata salamaa	One hundred lightnings	16935	1st
5	Jorma Kääriäinen	Tuuli soittaa	The wind plays	2589	7th
6	Paula Koivuniemi	Musiikki on niinku se on	Music is like it is	8753	3rd
7	Johnny Lee Michaels	Kesätuuli	The summer wind	15369	2nd
8	Jussi Halme and Helena Miller	Hei, me lennetään	Hey, we fly	4925	5th
9	Leena Nilsson Family	Eilinen uudelleen	Yesterday again	1383	8th
10	Tauski & Co.	Communication	Communication	7294	4th

At Eurovision

Rosti performed eighteenth on the night of the contest, following Cyprus and preceding Denmark. While at Brussels, she was credited as "Vicky Rosti" and performed with the band "Boulevard," neither of which she did at the national final. At the close of the voting it had received 32 points, placing 15th in a record-setting field of 22 competing countries.

Points Awarded to Finland

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
	Norway	Netherlands
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
	Portugal	Sweden	Luxembourg  Spain	Germany  Greece  Yugoslavia

Points Awarded by Finland

12 points	Ireland
10 points	Germany
8 points	Denmark
7 points	Israel
6 points	Cyprus
5 points	Norway
4 points	Italy
3 points	Belgium
2 points	Netherlands
1 point	United Kingdom

External links

• Finnish National Final 1987