Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993

Finland in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1993
Finland in the; Eurovision Song Contest 1993
Eurovision Song Contest 1993
Participating broadcaster	Yleisradio (Yle)
Country	Finland
Selection process	Euroviisut 1993
Selection date	6 March 1993
Competing entry
Song	"Tule luo"
Artist	Katri Helena
Songwriters	Matti Puurtinen [fi]; Jukka Saarinen [fi];
Placement
Final result	17th, 20 points
Participation chronology

Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 with the song "Tule luo", composed by Matti Puurtinen [fi], with lyrics by Jukka Saarinen [fi], and performed by Katri Helena. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), selected its entry in the contest through a national final. This was Katri Helena's second Eurovision appearance, 14 years after represent Finland in 1979.

Before Eurovision

Euroviisut 1993

Due to the early 1990s depression in Finland, the competition was held as small-scale as possible. Yleisradio (Yle) invited eight composers for the competition, and invited four singers (Arja Koriseva, Katri Helena, Marjorie, and Paula Koivuniemi) to perform the songs, each with two songs. Yle held the national final, Euroviisut 1993, at its television studios in Helsinki, hosted by Ari Korvola [fi]. The winner was chosen by voting from eleven regional juries. Each jury group distributed their points as follows: 1–6, 8 and 10 points.^[1]^[2]

In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the interval acts featured Helen Hoffner performing "Summer of Love" and "Holy River", and Niklas Strömstedt performing "I hennes rum" and "När vindarna vill".^[3]

Final – 6 March 1993
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
1	Paula Koivuniemi	"Päivä kerrallaan"	Erik Lindström [fi], VeePee Lehto [fi]	37	6
2	Katri Helena	"Tule luo"	Matti Puurtinen [fi], Jukka Saarinen [fi]	96	1
3	Arja Koriseva	"Vain taivas yksin tietää"	Kisu Jernström [fi], Kassu Halonen [fi], Vexi Salmi	65	3
4	Marjorie	"Legenda"	Cris Owen [fi], Pia Partanen	52	4
5	Paula Koivuniemi	"Sammunut rakkaus"	Esa Nieminen [fi], Kaisu Liuhala [fi]	21	8
6	Katri Helena	"Viesti"	Jukka Kuoppamäki	48	5
7	Arja Koriseva	"Sulta laulun sain"	Olli Ahvenlahti, Hector	77	2
8	Marjorie	"Aika eteenpäin vain kulkee"	Pepe Willberg, Kirsti Willberg	33	7

Detailed Regional Jury Votes
Draw	Song	Rovaniemi	Kajaani	Vaasa	Jyväskylä	Joensuu	Lappeenranta	Pori	Tampere	Lahti	Turku	Helsinki	Total
1	"Päivä kerrallaan"	4	2	5	1	2	4	3	4	1	1	10	37
2	"Tule luo"	10	10	10	10	10	8	5	8	10	10	5	96
3	"Vain taivas yksin tietää"	5	5	8	5	8	5	4	6	8	8	3	65
4	"Legenda"	8	8	2	2	5	6	6	3	2	4	6	52
5	"Sammunut rakkaus"	1	1	3	4	1	1	1	2	3	3	1	21
6	"Viesti"	2	4	4	8	4	2	8	5	5	2	4	48
7	"Sulta laulun sain"	3	6	6	6	6	10	10	10	6	6	8	77
8	"Aika eteenpäin vain kulkee"	6	3	1	3	3	3	2	1	4	5	2	33

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Katri Helena performed 17th in the running order, following Slovenia and preceding Bosnia and Herzegovina. Katri Helena was accompanied by Pave Maijanen and Pepe Willberg as backing vocalists and accordionists, and Anita Pajunen [fi] as backing vocalist. Katri Helena's costume was designed by Jukka Rintala [fi].^[4] At the close of voting "Tule luo" had received 20 points (the highest an 8 from Greece), placing Finland 17th of the 25 entries.^[5] The Finnish jury awarded its 12 points to Norway.^[6]

Voting

Points awarded to Finland^[6]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points	Greece
7 points
6 points
5 points	Iceland
4 points
3 points	Turkey
2 points	Malta Luxembourg
1 point

Points awarded by Finland^[6]
Score	Country
12 points	Norway
10 points	Spain
8 points	Italy
7 points	Sweden
6 points	Greece
5 points	United Kingdom
4 points	Switzerland
3 points	Ireland
2 points	Portugal
1 point	France

References

^ "1993 Lamaviisujen viritys tyttöjen kesken" (in Finnish). Yle. Archived from the original on 5 October 2003. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
^ Murtomäki, Asko (2007). Finland 12 points! Suomen Euroviisut (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Teos. pp. 170–171, 173. ISBN 978-951-851-106-2.
^ "Euroviisut 1993 Suomen karsinta" (in Finnish). Yle Areena. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
^ Murtomäki, Asko (2007). Finland 12 points! Suomen Euroviisut (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Teos. pp. 172–173. ISBN 978-951-851-106-2.
^ "Final of Millstreet 1993". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Results of the Final of Millstreet 1993". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

External links

Säilynoja, Juhana (21 April 2015). "Euroviisukarsinnat kehittyivät kansanjuhlasta lama-ajan säästöviisuihin 1990-luvulla" [Eurovision qualifiers evolved from a folk festival to a recession-era austerity measure in the 1990s] (in Finnish). Yle Elävä arkisto [fi]. Retrieved 28 April 2025.

[yle-1] "1993 Lamaviisujen viritys tyttöjen kesken" (in Finnish). Yle. Archived from the original on 5 October 2003. Retrieved 28 July 2025.

[2] Murtomäki, Asko (2007). Finland 12 points! Suomen Euroviisut (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Teos. pp. 170–171, 173. ISBN 978-951-851-106-2.

[3] "Euroviisut 1993 Suomen karsinta" (in Finnish). Yle Areena. Retrieved 28 July 2025.

[4] Murtomäki, Asko (2007). Finland 12 points! Suomen Euroviisut (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Teos. pp. 172–173. ISBN 978-951-851-106-2.

[5] "Final of Millstreet 1993". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

[1993detailed-6] "Results of the Final of Millstreet 1993". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

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