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Finland was represented by Riki Sorsa and the song "Reggae OK" at the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest , which took place on 4 April in Dublin . Sorsa won the rights to represent Finland on the 21 February.
Before Eurovision [ edit ]
National final [ edit ]
The final was hosted by Finnish television producer and singer Erkki Pohjanheimo , at Yleisradio Studio 2 in Helsinki . Eight songs were selected from the semi-final which took place on January 28. The winning song was selected by a national jury, two of which included former Finnish Eurovision contestants Marion Rung and Lasse Mårtenson .
Jury Votes
Song
Åke Granholm
Marion Rung
John Wikström
Arto Pajukallio
Upi Sorvali
Liisa Lääveri
Jarmo Porola
Kati Bergman Lasse Mårtenson
Total
Sunnuntailapsi
2 1 1 1 5
Ei tule toista kertaa
1 1
Leuhkat eväät
3 3 5 3 3 3 3 2 5 30
Titanic
1 1 1 3
Hiroshima
2 3 2 2 2 5 8 3 27
Mun suothan tulla vierees sun
1 5 2 3 2 13
Reggae OK
8 8 8 5 8 8 8 5 8 66
Ilomantsi
5 2 8 5 5 1 26
At Eurovision [ edit ]
On the night Sorsa performed eighth (following Yugoslavia and preceding France ). For the first time in 15 years regular Finnish conductor Ossi Runne did not conduct the Finnish entry (instead he was providing the YLE television commentary) and was instead conducted by Otto Donner . At the close of voting "Reggae OK" had picked up 27 points, placing Finland in 16th place out of 20.[1] Switzerland .
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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
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Countries
Artists
Songs
"Aldri i livet
"C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique
"Dönme Dolap
"Fångad i en dröm
"Feggari kalokerino
"Halayla
"Het is een wonder
"Horoscopes"
"Humanahum"
"Io senza te
"Johnny Blue"
"Krøller eller ej
"Lejla"
"Making Your Mind Up "
"Monika"
"Playback"
"Reggae OK"
"Samson"
"Wenn du da bist
"Y sólo tú
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Finland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1981&oldid=1161942855 " C a t e g o r i e s : ● F i n l a n d i n t h e E u r o v i s i o n S o n g C o n t e s t ● C o u n t r i e s i n t h e E u r o v i s i o n S o n g C o n t e s t 1 9 8 1 ● 1 9 8 1 i n F i n n i s h m u s i c ● 1 9 8 1 i n F i n n i s h t e l e v i s i o n H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n ● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n w i t h e m p t y W i k i d a t a d e s c r i p t i o n ● U s e d m y d a t e s f r o m O c t o b e r 2 0 1 9 ● A r t i c l e s n e e d i n g a d d i t i o n a l r e f e r e n c e s f r o m O c t o b e r 2 0 2 1 ● A l l a r t i c l e s n e e d i n g a d d i t i o n a l r e f e r e n c e s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h F r e n c h - l a n g u a g e s o u r c e s ( fr ) ● A r t i c l e s c o n t a i n i n g F i n n i s h - l a n g u a g e t e x t ● A r t i c l e s c o n t a i n i n g I t a l i a n - l a n g u a g e t e x t ● A r t i c l e s c o n t a i n i n g S w e d i s h - l a n g u a g e t e x t ● A r t i c l e s c o n t a i n i n g L a t i n - l a n g u a g e t e x t ● A r t i c l e s c o n t a i n i n g N o r w e g i a n - l a n g u a g e t e x t ● A r t i c l e s c o n t a i n i n g F r e n c h - l a n g u a g e t e x t ● A r t i c l e s c o n t a i n i n g T u r k i s h - l a n g u a g e t e x t ● A r t i c l e s c o n t a i n i n g G r e e k - l a n g u a g e t e x t ● A r t i c l e s c o n t a i n i n g H e b r e w - l a n g u a g e t e x t ● A r t i c l e s c o n t a i n i n g D u t c h - l a n g u a g e t e x t ● A r t i c l e s c o n t a i n i n g D a n i s h - l a n g u a g e t e x t ● A r t i c l e s c o n t a i n i n g G e r m a n - l a n g u a g e t e x t ● A r t i c l e s c o n t a i n i n g S p a n i s h - l a n g u a g e t e x t
● T h i s p a g e w a s l a s t e d i t e d o n 2 6 J u n e 2 0 2 3 , a t 0 0 : 5 0 ( U T C ) . ● T e x t i s a v a i l a b l e u n d e r t h e C r e a t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - S h a r e A l i k e L i c e n s e 4 . 0 ;
a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
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