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Eurovision Song Contest 1990 Participating broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle)Country Finland National selection Selection process National final Selection date(s) 17 February 1990 Selected artist(s) Beat Selected song "Fri?" Selected songwriter(s) Kim Engblom Tina Krause Janne Engblom Stina Engblom Finals performance Final result 21st, 8 points Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest
Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 with the song "Fri?", composed by Kim Engblom, Tina Krause, and Janne Engblom, with lyrics by Stina Engblom, and performed by the band Beat . The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), selected its entry through a national final.
This was the first time that the Finnish entry had been sung in Swedish at the Eurovision Song Contest. After that the only other time Finland has entered the contest with a song in Swedish was in 2012 with "När jag blundar" performed by Pernilla Karlsson .
Before Eurovision
National final
Yleisradio (Yle) held the national final on 17 February 1990 at the Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki , hosted by Kati Bergman . Eleven songs took part and the winner was chosen by an expert jury. This would be Ossi Runne 's last participation as a conductor for the pre-selections in 24 years. He would hand over his baton to his successor, Olli Ahvenlahti , as he would conduct at Zagreb
Final – 17 February 1990
Draw
Artist
Song
Songwriter(s)
Points
Place
1
Robinson [fi ] and Apollo 16"Yön poika"
Esa Mäkelä [fi ], Veijo Mäki, Kai Stenman, Sami Piiparinen, VeePee Lehto [fi ]60
6
2
Susanne Sonntag [fi ]"Jag tror på friheten"
Thomas Katter , Henrik Svahn92
2
3
Tarja Lunnas [fi ]"Naurus sun katseesi sun"
Markku Anttila [fi ], Jorma Toiviainen [fi ]74
5
4
Anita Pajunen [fi ]"Satujen mies"
Mick Hanian, Juha Louhivuori
32
10
5
Arja Saijonmaa "Gabriela"
Petri Laaksonen [fi ], Turkka Mali [fi ]89
3
6
Leena Pirhonen [fi ]"Sua haluan"
Leena-Liisa Krasko
48
8
7
Marjorie [fi ]"Tuuli"
Eeva Kiviharju [fi ]59
7
8
Beat "Fri?"
Kim Engblom, Janne Engblom, Tina Krause [fi ], Stina Engblom
95
1
9
Jussi Halme "Katsot yötä tummaa"
Jussi Halme, Laila Halme
38
9
10
Jone [fi ]"Jälkees sun"
Jone Ullakko
24
11
11
Tomas Ek [fi ]"Du går så skyggt"
Curre Boucht, Åke Grandell [fi ]
75
4
Detailed Jury Votes
Draw
Song
Marja Aarnipuro
Timo Vitikka
Hanna Pesonen
Aarno Cronvall
Helena Miller
Virve Valli
Leena Kurikka
Jarmo Moilanen
Arto Vilkko
Olli Heikkilä
Juha Tapaninen
Total
1
"Yön poika"
7
7
6
6
4
4
6
3
5
5
7
60
2
"Jag tror på friheten"
12
8
5
12
12
10
2
8
7
10
6
92
3
"Naurus sun katseesi sun"
6
5
8
6
4
7
7
12
6
8
5
74
4
"Satujen mies"
2
3
2
4
2
2
2
3
5
5
2
32
5
"Gabriela"
10
6
10
5
10
8
6
4
10
8
12
89
6
"Sua haluan"
4
2
8
4
1
4
5
1
7
6
6
48
7
"Tuuli"
6
4
3
8
5
7
10
3
4
7
2
59
8
"Fri?"
8
12
12
10
3
12
12
2
8
12
4
95
9
"Katsot yötä tummaa"
2
3
2
6
6
4
3
2
3
5
2
38
10
"Jälkees sun"
1
1
2
4
3
1
2
1
1
4
4
24
11
"Du går så skyggt"
5
6
4
8
10
3
8
3
12
8
8
75
At Eurovision
Beat performed last of 22, following Cyprus . At the close of the voting they had received 8 points, placing joint last with Norway .
Voting
Points awarded to Finland
Score
Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
Iceland
4 points
3 points
Israel
2 points
1 point
References
"Final of Zagreb 1990" . European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.^ "Results of the Final of Zagreb 1990" . European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
External links
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu Participation
Artists
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
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