Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978

Eurovision Song Contest 1978
Eurovision Song Contest 1978
Participating broadcaster	Yleisradio (Yle)
Country	Finland
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	11 February 1978
Selected artist(s)	Seija Simola
Selected song	"Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus"
Selected songwriter(s)	Reijo Karvonen; Seija Simola;
Finals performance
Final result	18th, 2 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 with the song "Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus", written by Reijo Karvonen and Seija Simola, and performed by Simola herself. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

National final

Yleisradio (Yle) held the Finnish national final on 11 February 1978 at its television studios in Tampere. The final was hosted by Klaus Thomasson. For the first time since 1966 the conductor in the national final was not Ossi Runne but Risto Hiltunen instead. The winner was chosen by regional juries.

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
1	Seija Simola	"Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus"	Reijo Karvonen [fi] (m. & l.), Seija Simola (l.)	271	1
2	Mirumaru [fi]	"ABC"	Antti Hyvärinen [fi] (m.), Pertti Reponen [fi] (l.)	193	5
3	Reijo Karvonen [fi]	"Lemmenlaulu"	Eero Lupari [fi] (m. & l.)	193	5
4	Martti Metsäketo [fi]	"En viipyä voi"	Eino Virtanen [fi] (m.), Krista Kari (l.)	88	7
5	Lea Laven	"Aamulla rakkaani näin"	Raul Reiman [fi] (m. & l.)	258	2
6	Anneli Saaristo	"Sinun kanssasi, sinua ilman"	Eero Tiikasalo (m.), Erkki Mäkinen [fi] (l.)	221	4
7	Katri Helena	"Ystävä"	Timo Kalaoja [fi] (m.), Katri Helena Kalaoja (l.)	258	2

Scoreboard
Song	Turku	Oulu	Helsinki	Tampere	Lappeenranta	Total
"Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus"	53	60	60	56	42	271
"ABC"	40	43	33	39	38	193
"Lemmenlaulu"	39	47	38	36	33	193
"En viipyä voi"	21	16	18	16	17	88
"Aamulla rakkaani näin"	49	53	55	58	43	258
"Sinun kanssasi, sinua ilman"	47	37	53	37	47	221
"Ystävä"	52	51	48	57	50	258

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Simola performed fourth in the running order following Italy and preceding Portugal. The Finnish entry was conducted by Ossi Runne. Finland received two points from Norway and placed joint 18th (with Turkey) of the 20 entries.