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Finland was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 , held in Bergen , Norway .
The final was held on 22 February 1986 at the Yle 's Studios in Helsinki , and was hosted by journalist Kari Lumikero. The votes of an "expert jury" decided the winner, being "Päivä kahden ihmisen" performed and composed by Kari Kuivalainen . The voting was rather tight and Kuivalainen won by only one point over the second-placing entrant.
Detailed Jury Votes
Draw
Song
Black Mike
P. Dammert
M. Fagerlund
P. Helin
R. Kinnunen
K. Klockars
J-P Koikkalainen
T. Liete
K. Liuhala
E. Melakoski
R. Sarmanto
Total
1
"Aitoa taikaa"
8
6
7
7
6
3
10
7
6
6
8
74
2
"Tanssin aurinkoon"
1
1
1
1
1
1
8
3
1
3
1
22
3
"Applause"
2
5
5
4
5
7
3
5
5
7
5
53
4
"Uusiin taivaisiin"
7
8
8
6
10
8
6
8
10
10
7
88
5
"Tappavat kyyneleet"
3
4
4
2
4
10
1
4
4
8
4
48
6
"Kaamoksen maa"
4
3
3
3
3
4
5
2
3
4
3
37
7
"Rautataivas"
6
7
6
8
7
5
4
6
7
2
6
64
8
"Päivä kahden ihmisen"
10
10
10
10
8
6
2
10
8
5
10
89
9
"Ninja"
5
2
2
5
2
2
7
1
2
1
2
31
Kuivalainen performed nineteenth on the night of the contest, following Denmark and preceding Portugal . Before performing in Bergen, one line of the song was changed, and the title "Päivä kahden ihmisen" ("Day of two people") was changed to "Never the End." At the close of the voting it had received 22 points, placing 15th in a field of 20 competing countries.[ 1]
Points awarded to Finland[ 2]
Score
Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
Belgium
7 points
6 points
Iceland
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point
Participation Artists Songs
"Aava "
"Addicted to You "
"Aina mun pitää "
"Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus "
"Aurinko laskee länteen "
"Blackbird"
"Bye Bye Baby"
"Cha Cha Cha "
"Da Da Dam"
"Dark Side "
"La dolce vita "
"Eläköön elämä "
"Fantasiaa "
"Fri? "
"Hard Rock Hallelujah "
"Hengaillaan "
"Huilumies "
"Hullu yö "
"Jezebel "
"Katson sineen taivaan "
"Keep Me Warm"
"Kuin silloin ennen "
"Kun kello käy "
"Laiskotellen "
"Lapponia "
"Leave Me Alone"
"A Little Bit"
"Look Away "
"Looking Back "
"Lose Control"
"Marry Me "
"Missä miehet ratsastaa "
"Monsters "
"Muistathan "
"Muistojeni laulu "
"När jag blundar "
"Nauravat silmät muistetaan "
"Never the End"
"Niin kaunis on taivas "
"No Rules! "
"Nuku pommiin "
"Old Man Fiddle"
"Playboy"
"Pump-Pump"
"Reggae OK"
"Sata salamaa "
"Sing It Away"
"Something Better"
"Takes 2 to Tango"
"Tie uuteen päivään "
"Tipi-tii"
"Tom Tom Tom"
"Tule luo "
"Työlki ellää "
"Valoa ikkunassa "
"Varjoon – suojaan "
"Why?"
"Yamma, yamma"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Finland did not compete
Countries
Artists
Songs
Final
"Alles heeft ritme "
"L'Amour de ma vie "
"Du er fuld af løgn "
"E' de' det här du kallar kärlek? "
"Européennes "
"Gleðibankinn "
"Halley"
"J'aime la vie "
"Não sejas mau para mim "
"Never the End"
"Pas pour moi "
"Romeo"
"Runner in the Night "
"Tora zo "
"Über die Brücke geh'n "
"Valentino"
"Yavo Yom "
"You Can Count On Me"
"Die Zeit ist einsam "
"Željo moja "
Withdrawn