Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991
Finland was represented by Kaija Kärkinen, with the song '"Hullu yö", at the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 4 May in Rome. "Hullu yö" was chosen as the Finnish entry at the national final organised by broadcaster Yle and held on 2 March.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1991 | ||||
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| Country |  | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | National final | |||
| Selection date(s) | 2 March 1991 | |||
| Selected entrant | Kaija Kärkinen | |||
| Selected song | "Hullu yö" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 20th, 6 points | |||
| Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
National final
The final was held at the Typhon Hall in Turku, hosted by Kati Bergman. Ten songs took part with the winner chosen by an "expert" jury, which included Tina Pettersson, who had represented Finland in 1990 with the group Beat, and veteran Finnish Eurovision conductor Ossi Runne. Other participants included former Finnish representatives Riki Sorsa (1981) and Kirka (1984).[1]
| Final – 2 March 1991 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
| 1 | Riki Sorsa | "Viimeinen tie" | Hans Sjöblom | 91 | 3 |
| 2 | Anna Hanski | "Elämän haitari" | Ilpo Murtojärvi, Jukka Alihanka | 36 | 9 |
| 3 | Mervi Hiltunen & Jake Voutilainen | "Kauneimmat lauseet" | Jake Voutilainen, Hector | 30 | 10 |
| 4 | Arja Koriseva | "Enkelin silmin" | Matti Puurtinen, Turkka Mali | 67 | 5 |
| 5 | Samuli Edelmann | "Peggy" | Jarmo Nikku, Hector | 95 | 2 |
| 6 | Kaija Kärkinen | "Hullu yö" | Ile Kallio, Jukka Välimaa | 109 | 1 |
| 7 | Clifters | "I Love You" | Jiri Nikkinen, Jaana Rinne | 51 | 7 |
| 8 | Nina | "Kuinka voisinkaan" | Jokke Seppälä, Hector | 64 | 6 |
| 9 | Kirka | "Taivas ja maa" | Kisu Jernström, Kassu Halonen, Vexi Salmi | 88 | 4 |
| 10 | Arja Koriseva | "Molto presto" | Jukka Vuolle | 49 | 8 |
| Detailed Jury Votes | |||||||||||||
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| Draw | Song | T. Sammalkorpi | H. Merilahti | A. Ahlakorpi | T. Liuhala | M. Suvas | T. Sihvonen | O. Tuomi | A. Murtomäki | J. Vanhapelto | T. Pettersson | O. Runne | Total |
| 1 | "Viimeinen tie" | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 91 |
| 2 | "Elämän haitari" | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 36 |
| 3 | "Kauneimmat lauseet" | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 30 |
| 4 | "Enkelin silmin" | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 67 |
| 5 | "Peggy" | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 95 |
| 6 | "Hullu yö" | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 109 |
| 7 | "I Love You" | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 51 |
| 8 | "Kuinka voisinkaan" | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 64 |
| 9 | "Taivas ja maa" | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 88 |
| 10 | "Molto presto" | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 49 |
At Eurovision
On the night of the final Kärkinen performed 16th in the running order, following Israel and preceding Germany. "Hullu yö" was the only rock-influenced song in the 1991 contest, but went largely unappreciated by the national juries as at the close of voting it had received only 6 points (4 from Ireland and 1 each from Greece and Iceland), placing Finland 20th of the 22 entries. The Finnish jury awarded its 12 points to Italy.[2]
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