Niin kaunis on taivas
"Niin kaunis on taivas" ("So beautiful is the sky") was the Finnish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996, performed in Finnish by Jasmine Tatjana Anette Valentin.
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1996 entry | |
| Country | |
| Artist(s) | Tatjana Anette Valentin |
| As | |
| Language | |
| Composer(s) | Timo Niemi |
| Lyricist(s) | Timo Niemi |
| Conductor | Olli Ahvenlahti |
| Finals performance | |
| Final result | 23rd |
| Final points | 9 |
| Appearance chronology | |
| ◄ "Bye Bye Baby" (1994) | |
| "Aava" (1998) ► | |
The song was performed eighteenth on the night, following Ireland's Eimear Quinn with The Voice and preceding Iceland's Anna Mjöll with Sjúbídú. At the close of voting, it had received 9 points, placing 23rd (last) in a field of 23, a result which disqualified Finland from participation in the 1997 Contest.
The song is sung from the perspective of a woman telling her lover how special she feels when she is with him. She sings that heaven and earth seem more beautiful when they are together. Jasmine also recorded the song in Swedish, English and French, under the titles "En underbar himmel" ("A Wonderful Sky"), "In Dreams" and "Si beau est le ciel" ("So beautiful is the sky") respectively.
It was succeeded as Finnish representative at the 1998 contest by Edea with "Aava".
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