Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994
Finland took part at the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, held in Dublin, Ireland, represented by sisters Virpi and Katja Kätkä as "CatCat" with the song "Bye Bye Baby".
| Eurovision Song Contest 1994 | ||||
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| Country |  | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | National Final | |||
| Selection date(s) | 5 March 1994 | |||
| Selected entrant | CatCat | |||
| Selected song | "Bye Bye Baby" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 22nd, 11 points | |||
| Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
National final
The final was held on 5 March 1994 at the Tampere-Talo in Tampere, hosted by Jukka Laaksonen, Juha Laitila and Joonas Myllyveräjä. The winner was chosen by regional televoting and from the votes of the studio audience.
| Final – 5 March 1994 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Televote | Place |
| 1 | Tarja Lunnas | "Kuka tykkää suukoista" | Jari Holm, Seppo Matintalo, Veikko Juntunen | 13,857 | 4 |
| 2 | Dario | "Ateljee" | Darius Witkowski, Timo Puheloinen | 6,009 | 9 |
| 3 | Sari Sakki | "Jäisit mun luo" | Esa Rimpiläinen | 6,809 | 8 |
| 4 | Indiana | "Hän lähtee tänään" | Liisa Akimof | 7,738 | 6 |
| 5 | Rio | "Rakkauden tiellä" | Markku Tommila, Hannu Perälä, Timo Niemi | 13,633 | 5 |
| 6 | Janita | "Enkeli" | Tomi Ervi | 14,646 | 3 |
| 7 | CatCat | "Bye Bye Baby" | Kari Salli, Markku Lentonen | 25,834 | 1 |
| 8 | Susanne Sonntag | "En dans på livets vågor" | Kari Kuusamo, Susanne Sonntag | 17,348 | 2 |
| 9 | Tauski Peltonen | "Seitsemänteen taivaaseen" | Tauski Peltonen | 6,003 | 10 |
| 10 | Marina Sigrids | "Lyft mig upp" | Clas Holm | 7,445 | 7 |
| Detailed Regional Televoting Results | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Song | Audience | Northern Finland |
Eastern Finland |
Central Finland |
Southwestern Finland |
Southern Finland |
Total |
| 1 | "Kuka tykkää suukoista" | 63 | 6,281 | 4,497 | 4,930 | 4,675 | 5,411 | 13,857 |
| 2 | "Ateljee" | 23 | 3,501 | 4,686 | 3,481 | 3,304 | 3,572 | 6,009 |
| 3 | "Jäisit mun luo" | 80 | 3,398 | 4,730 | 3,526 | 3,275 | 3,800 | 6,809 |
| 4 | "Hän lähtee tänään" | 213 | 5,229 | 4,260 | 5,023 | 4,538 | 5,182 | 7,738 |
| 5 | "Rakkauden tiellä" | 112 | 5,180 | 4,452 | 5,019 | 5,537 | 5,333 | 13,633 |
| 6 | "Enkeli" | 45 | 5,621 | 5,010 | 5,223 | 4,328 | 6,419 | 14,646 |
| 7 | "Bye Bye Baby" | 140 | 10,885 | 6,697 | 7,026 | 6,343 | 6,743 | 25,834 |
| 8 | "En dans på livets vågor" | 76 | 6,054 | 5,368 | 5,649 | 5,374 | 6,917 | 17,348 |
| 9 | "Seitsemänteen taivaaseen" | 12 | 3,583 | 3,486 | 3,670 | 3,588 | 3,670 | 6,003 |
| 10 | "Lyft mig upp" | 29 | 4,213 | 3,508 | 3,575 | 3,541 | 4,579 | 7,445 |
At Eurovision
Catcat performed 2nd, following Sweden and preceding Ireland. At the close of the voting, despite have high hopes from the Finns, they had received 11 points (10 from Greece and 1 from Bosnia-Herzegovina), placing 22nd of 25 and relegating Finland from the 1995 contest.
Points awarded by Finland
Final
| 12 points |  |
| 10 points |  |
| 8 points |  |
| 7 points |  |
| 6 points |  |
| 5 points |  |
| 4 points |  |
| 3 points |  |
| 2 points |  |
| 1 point |  |
Points awarded to Finland
| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
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