Finland was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1987, held in

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Before Eurovision

National final

The Finnish national final to select their entry was held on 21 February 1987 at the Yle's Studios in

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. Hosting the final were two previous Finnish Eurovision entrants,

Laila Halme Finland was represented by Laila Halme, with the song "Muistojeni laulu", at the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 23 March in London. "Muistojeni laulu" was chosen as the Finnish entry at the national final organised by broadcas ...

and

Lasse Mårtenson Lars Anders Fredrik "Lasse" Mårtenson (24 September 1934 – 14 May 2016) was a Finnish singer, composer, actor, and theater conductor. Mårtenson was born in Helsinki. He performed at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1964 with the song " Laisko ...

. For the first time in three years, a national postcard poll decided the winner. The winning entry was "Sata salamaa", performed by

Virve Rosti Virve Hannele "Vicky" Rosti (born 10 November 1958, Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish singer of popular music. Her most famous songs include "Kun Chicago kuoli" (the debut single from 1975, a Finnish language cover version of " The Night Chicago Di ...

and composed by Petri Laaksonen and Veli-Pekka Lehto.

At Eurovision

Rosti performed eighteenth on the night of the contest, following

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and preceding

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. While at Brussels, she was credited as "Vicky Rosti" and performed with the band

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, neither of which she did at the national final. At the close of the voting it had received 32 points, placing 15th in a record-setting field of 22 competing countries.

Voting

References

External links

Finnish National Final 1987
{{Eurovision Song Contest 1987

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987

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