Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972

Eurovision Song Contest 1972
Eurovision Song Contest 1972
Participating broadcaster	Yleisradio (Yle)
Country	Finland
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	29 January 1972
Selected artist(s)	Päivi Paunu and Kim Floor
Selected song	"Muistathan"
Selected songwriter(s)	Juha Flinck; Nacke Johansson;
Finals performance
Final result	12th, 78 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 with the song "Muistathan", written by Juha Flinck and Nacke Johansson, and performed by Päivi Paunu and Kim Floor. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

National final

Yleisradio (Yle) held the Finnish national final on 29 January at its television studios in Helsinki, hosted by Aarre Elo. The winner was chosen by postcard voting. The results were announced on 5 February.

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Votes	Place
1	Katri Helena	"Sua rakastan"	Valto Laitinen [fi] (m.), Sauvo Puhtila [fi] (l.)	18,530	2
2	Kirka	"Kaikkea on"	Erik Lindström [fi] (m.), Sauvo Puhtila (l.)	10,324	4
3	Viktor Klimenko	"Romantique"	Rauno Lehtinen (m. & l.)	3,363	6
4	Päivi Paunu and Kim Floor	"Muistathan"	Juha Flinck (m. & l.), Nacke Johansson [fi] (m.)	24,963	1
5	Christer [fi]	"Voin kaiken tunnustaa"	Henry Haapalainen [fi] (m. & l.)	3,929	5
6	Jukka Kuoppamäki	"Kaukana oot ja lähellä aivan"	Seppo Paakkunainen [fi] (m.), Jukka Kuoppamäki (l.)	1,951	7
7	Seija Simola	"Kaukainen laulu"	Heimo Saksio (m.), Liisa Montan-Jyrä (l.)	5,072	4
8	Tapani Perttu [fi]	"Juoksupyörä"	Esa Pethman [fi] (m.), Tupuna Vaissi [fi] (l.)	1,052	8

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Päivi Paunu and Kim Floor performed 10th in the running order, following Malta and preceding Austria. The entry was conducted by Ossi Runne. At the close of voting, Finland picked up 78 points and placed 12th of the 18 entries.

Voting

Points awarded to Finland^[1]
Score	Country
10 points
9 points
8 points	Belgium Netherlands
7 points
6 points	Luxembourg Norway Spain
5 points	Monaco United Kingdom
4 points	Germany Sweden Portugal Yugoslavia
3 points	Switzerland France Ireland Austria Italy Malta
2 points

Points awarded by Finland^[1]
Score	Country
10 points
9 points	Netherlands
8 points
7 points	Norway Switzerland United Kingdom
6 points	Italy Luxembourg
5 points	Germany Monaco Sweden Malta
4 points	Spain Austria France Belgium
3 points	Ireland Yugoslavia
2 points	Portugal

Sources

^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Edinburgh 1972". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

[1972detailed-1] "Results of the Final of Edinburgh 1972". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

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National selection: Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu
Participation	1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Artists	Saara Aalto ~~Aksel~~ Markku Aro Ami Aspelund Monica Aspelund Nina Åström Beat Blind Channel Boulevard Carita CatCat Darude Edea Kim Floor Fredi Laila Halme Kristina Hautala Jarkko and Laura Jasmine Käärijä Kaija Katri Helena Laila Kinnunen Kirka Viktor Klimenko Koivisto Sisters Kojo Kari Kuivalainen Kuunkuiskaajat Laura Vesa-Matti Loiri Lordi Sonja Lumme Lasse Mårtenson Norma John Ann-Christine Nyström Hanna Pakarinen Päivi Paunu Paradise Oskar Pave Pernilla Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät Pihasoittajat The Rasmus Sebastian Rejman Geir Rönning Vicky Rosti Marion Rung Anneli Saaristo Sandhja Krista Siegfrids Jari Sillanpää Seija Simola Softengine Riki Sorsa Teräsbetoni Waldo's People Windows95man
Songs	"Aava" "Addicted to You" "Aina mun pitää" "Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus" "Aurinko laskee länteen" "Blackbird" "Bye Bye Baby" "Cha Cha Cha" "Da Da Dam" "Dark Side" "La dolce vita" "Eläköön elämä" "Fantasiaa" "Fri?" "Hard Rock Hallelujah" "Hengaillaan" "Huilumies" "Hullu yö" "Jezebel" "Katson sineen taivaan" "Keep Me Warm" "Kuin silloin ennen" "Kun kello käy" "Laiskotellen" "Lapponia" "Leave Me Alone" "A Little Bit" "Look Away" ~~"Looking Back"~~ "Lose Control" "Marry Me" "Missä miehet ratsastaa" "Monsters" "Muistathan" "Muistojeni laulu" "När jag blundar" "Nauravat silmät muistetaan" "Never the End" "Niin kaunis on taivas" "No Rules!" "Nuku pommiin" "Old Man Fiddle" "Playboy" "Pump-Pump" "Reggae OK" "Sata salamaa" "Sing It Away" "Something Better" "Takes 2 to Tango" "Tie uuteen päivään" "Tipi-tii" "Tom Tom Tom" "Tule luo" "Työlki ellää" "Valoa ikkunassa" "Varjoon – suojaan" "Why?" "Yamma, yamma"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Finland did not compete. Italics indicate an entry in a future contest.

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Countries	Austria Belgium Finland France Germany Ireland Italy Luxembourg Malta Monaco Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Artists	Nicola Di Bari Family Four Serge and Christine Ghisoland Anne-Marie Godart and Peter MacLane Helen and Joseph Sandie Jones Grethe Kausland and Benny Borg Tereza Kesovija Vicky Leandros Betty Mars Carlos Mendes Milestones Jaime Morey Véronique Müller The New Seekers Päivi Paunu and Kim Floor Mary Roos Sandra and Andres
Songs	"À la folie ou pas du tout" "Als het om de liefde gaat" "Amanece" "Après toi" "Beg, Steal or Borrow" "C'est la chanson de mon amour" "Ceol an Ghrá" "Comé-comédie" "Comme on s'aime" "Falter im Wind" "A festa da vida" "I giorni dell'arcobaleno" "Härliga sommardag" "L-imħabba" "Muistathan" "Muzika i ti" "Nur die Liebe läßt uns leben" "Småting"