Eurovision Song Contest 1990 Country Finland Selection process National final Selection date(s) 17 February 1990 Selected entrant Beat Selected song "Fri?" Selected songwriter(s) Kim Engblom Tina Krause Janne Engblom Stina Engblom Final result 21st, 8 points
Finland participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 held in Zagreb , Yugoslavia .
The Finnish entry was Beat with the Swedish language song "Fri?", the first time the Finnish entry had been sung in Swedish. After that the only other time Finland has participated with a song in Swedish was in 2012 with Pernilla Karlsson singing "När jag blundar ".
The final was held on 17 February 1990 at the Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki , hosted by Kati Bergman . 11 songs took part and the winner was chosen by an expert jury. This would be Ossi Runne 's last participation
as a conductor for the pre-selections in 24 years. He would hand over his baton to his successor, Olli Ahvenlahti , as he would conduct at Zagreb
Final – 17 February 1990
Draw
Artist
Song
Songwriter(s)
Points
Place
1
Robinson and Apollo 16
"Yön poika"
Esa Mäkelä, Veijo Mäki, Kai Stenman, Sami Piiparinen, Veli-Pekka Lehto
60
6
2
Susanne Sonntag
"Jag tror på friheten"
Thomas Katter , Henrik Svahn
92
2
3
Tarja Lunnas
"Naurus sun katseesi sun"
Markku Anttila, Jorma Toiviainen
74
5
4
Anita Pajunen
"Satujen mies"
Mick Hanian, Juha Louhivuori
32
10
5
Arja Saijonmaa
"Gabriela"
Petri Laaksonen, Turkka Mali
89
3
6
Leena Pirhonen
"Sua haluan"
Leena-Liisa Krasko
48
8
7
Marjorie
"Tuuli"
Eeva Kiviharju
59
7
8
Beat
"Fri?"
Kim Engblom, Janne Engblom, Tina Krause, Stina Engblom
95
1
9
Jussi Halme
"Katsot yötä tummaa"
Jussi Halme, Laila Halme
38
9
10
Jone
"Jälkees sun"
Jone Ullakko
24
11
11
Tomas Ek
"Du går så skyggt"
Curre Boucht, Åke Grandell
75
4
Detailed Jury Votes
Draw
Song
Marja Aarnipuro
Timo Vitikka
Hanna Pesonen
Aarno Cronvall
Helena Miller
Virve Valli
Leena Kurikka
Jarmo Moilanen
Arto Vilkko
Olli Heikkilä
Juha Tapaninen
Total
1
"Yön poika"
7
7
6
6
4
4
6
3
5
5
7
60
2
"Jag tror på friheten"
12
8
5
12
12
10
2
8
7
10
6
92
3
"Naurus sun katseesi sun"
6
5
8
6
4
7
7
12
6
8
5
74
4
"Satujen mies"
2
3
2
4
2
2
2
3
5
5
2
32
5
"Gabriela"
10
6
10
5
10
8
6
4
10
8
12
89
6
"Sua haluan"
4
2
8
4
1
4
5
1
7
6
6
48
7
"Tuuli"
6
4
3
8
5
7
10
3
4
7
2
59
8
"Fri?"
8
12
12
10
3
12
12
2
8
12
4
95
9
"Katsot yötä tummaa"
2
3
2
6
6
4
3
2
3
5
2
38
10
"Jälkees sun"
1
1
2
4
3
1
2
1
1
4
4
24
11
"Du går så skyggt"
5
6
4
8
10
3
8
3
12
8
8
75
Beat performed last of 22, following Cyprus . At the close of the voting they had received 8 points, placing joint last with Norway .[ 1]
Points awarded to Finland[ 2]
Score
Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
Iceland
4 points
3 points
Israel
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
"Bandido "
"Brandenburger Tor "
"Eitt lag enn "
"Frei zu leben "
"Fri? "
"Give a Little Love Back to the World "
"Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim "
"Há sempre alguém "
"Hajde da ludujemo "
"Hallo Hallo"
"Horis skopo "
"Ik wil alles met je delen "
"Insieme: 1992 "
"Keine Mauern mehr "
"Macédomienne "
"Milas poli "
"Musik klingt in die Welt hinaus "
"Quand je te rêve "
"Shara Barkhovot "
"Som en vind "
"Somewhere in Europe"
"White and Black Blues "