Finland was represented by the band

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, with the song "Nauravat silmät muistetaan", at the

1988 Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest 1988 was the 33rd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Dublin, Ireland, following Johnny Logan's win at the with the song " Hold Me Now". Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (E ...

, which took place on 30 April in

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Before Eurovision

National final

The final was held 13 February 1988 at the

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, hosted by Sini Sovijärvi. Twelve songs took part with the winner chosen by voting from six regional juries. Other participants included former Finnish representatives

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(1983) and

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(1985). Two of the songs, Helena Miller's "Svart och vitt" and Benny Törnroos's "I november", was written in

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, that is a national language in Finland as well. The other 10 songs was written in

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At Eurovision

On the night of the final Boulevard performed third in the running order, following Sweden and preceding the

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. The band had to deal with a technical malfunction when the backing track temporarily faded out halfway through the song. At the close of voting "Nauravat silmät muistetaan" had received only 3 points, placing Finland 20th of the 21 entries, ahead only of the nul-points song from

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. The Finnish jury awarded its 12 points to

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. Among the members of the Finnish jury was Ilpo Hakasalo.

Voting

References

External links

Full national final on Yle Elävä Arkisto
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