Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982

Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 with the song "Nuku pommiin", composed by Juice Leskinen, with lyrics by Jim Pembroke, and performed by Kojo. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio, selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

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Yleisradio invited ten composers for the competition. The composers got to choose between Ami Aspelund, Kojo, Opus 5, and Tapani Kansa to perform their songs. The national final was held on 19 February 1982 at the Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki, hosted by. The winner was chosen by an expert jury.

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter	Points	Place
1	Opus 5	"Omenakuu"	, Jukka Virtanen	63	4
2	Tapani Kansa	"Palaan..."	,	52	8
3	Kojo	"Videovenus"	,	64	3
4	Ami Aspelund	"Mitt äppelträd"	, Marita Lindquist	82	2
5	Tapani Kansa	"Paista päivä"	Toivo Kärki, Vexi Salmi	30	10
6	Ami Aspelund	"Isä"	, Monica Aspelund	60	6
7	Tapani Kansa	"Laulujen maa"	Olli Ahvenlahti,	54	7
8	Kojo	"Nuku pommiin"	Jim Pembroke, Juice Leskinen	95	1
9	Ami Aspelund	"Sambanja"	, Impi Riimi	61	5
10	Tapani Kansa	"Angela"	, Pauli Puomi	44	9

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Kojo performed 6th in the running order, following and preceding. Kojo was accompanied by and Pave Maijanen as guitarists and backing vocalists, as a bassist and a backing vocalist, Jim Pembroke as a keyboardist, a backing vocalist and a bass drum player, and as a drummer. Originally, Opus 5 was supposed to accompany Kojo as backing vocalists. At the close of voting "Nuku pommiin" received nul points, placing Finland 18th of the 18 entries. The Finnish jury awarded its 12 points to the runner up song from.

Voting

Finland did not receive any points at the Eurovision Song Contest 1982.

Score	Country
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8 points
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1 point