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Finland was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 , held in Brussels , Belgium .
The Finnish national final to select their entry was held on 21 February 1987 at the Yle's Studios in Helsinki . Hosting the final were two previous Finnish Eurovision entrants, Laila Halme and Lasse Mårtenson . For the first time in three years, a national postcard poll decided the winner. The winning entry was "Sata salamaa", performed by Virve Rosti and composed by Petri Laaksonen and Veli-Pekka Lehto.
Final – 21 February 1987
Draw
Artist
Song
Songwriter(s)
Televote
Place
1
Matti Esko [fi ]
"Isäni maa"
Veikko Samuli [fi ] , Juha Vainio
4,513
6
2
Leena Nilsson [fi ]
"Ei yhtään laivaa"
Matti Puurtinen [fi ] , Timo Hämäläinen [fi ]
1,074
9
3
Kisu [fi ]
"Kiitos ja anteeks!"
Kisu Jernström, Impi Riimi
1,001
10
4
Vicky Rosti
"Sata salamaa"
Petri Laaksonen [fi ] , VeePee Lehto [fi ]
16,935
1
5
Jorma Kääriäinen [fi ]
"Tuuli soittaa"
Mika Siekkinen, Kari Kuivalainen
2,589
7
6
Paula Koivuniemi and Viljaset
"Musiikki on niinku se on"
Esa Nieminen [fi ] , Juha Vainio
8,753
3
7
Johnny Lee Michaels [fi ]
"Kesätuuli"
Pertti Neumann
15,369
2
8
Jussi Halme and Helena Miller [fi ]
"Hei, me lennetään"
Jussi Halme, Mika Sundqvist [fi ]
4,925
5
9
Leena Nilsson Family
"Eilinen uudelleen"
Kari Kuivalainen
1,383
8
10
Tauski & Co.
"Communication"
Roni Kamras, Risto Asikainen
7,294
4
Rosti performed eighteenth on the night of the contest, following Cyprus and preceding Denmark . While at Brussels, she was credited as "Vicky Rosti" and performed with the band Boulevard , 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.[ 1]
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
"Amour, amour "
"Aspro mavro "
"Boogaloo"
"Gente di mare "
"Hægt og hljótt "
"Hold Me Now "
"Ja sam za ples "
"Lass die Sonne in dein Herz "
"En lille melodi "
"Mitt liv "
"Moitié, moitié "
"Les Mots d'amour n'ont pas de dimanche "
"Neste barco à vela "
"No estás solo "
"Nur noch Gefühl "
"Only the Light "
"Rechtop in de wind "
"Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne "
"Sata salamaa "
"Shir Habatlanim "
"Soldiers of Love"
"Stop"