Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972


Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 with the song "Muistathan", written by Juha Flinck and, and performed by Päivi Paunu and Kim Floor. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio, selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

National final

Eight entries were selected for the competition from 186 received submissions. This year each composer was only allowed to send a maximum of two songs. Yleisradio held the Finnish national final on 29 January 1972 at its television studios in Helsinki, hosted by. The winner was chosen by postcard voting that lasted two days. The results were supposed to be announced on 5 February 1972 but they had accidentally leaked the day before. Nevertheless, the result show was aired.
DrawArtistSongSongwriterVotesPlace
1Katri Helena"Sua rakastan", 18,5302
2Kirka"Kaikkea on", Sauvo Puhtila10,3243
3Viktor Klimenko"Romantique"Rauno Lehtinen3,3636
4Päivi Paunu and Kim Floor"Muistathan"Juha Flinck, 24,9631
5"Voin kaiken tunnustaa"3,9295
6Jukka Kuoppamäki"Kaukana oot ja lähellä aivan", Jukka Kuoppamäki1,9517
7Seija Simola"Kaukainen laulu"Heimo Saksio, Liisa Montan-Jyrä5,0724
8"Juoksupyörä", 1,0528

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Päivi Paunu and Kim Floor performed 10th in the running order, following Malta and preceding Austria. The entry was conducted by Ossi Runne. At the close of voting, Finland picked up 78 points and placed 12th of the 18 entries.
The Finnish jury members were Marita Merikoski and.

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