Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985
# Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985

Finland was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985, held in Gothenburg, Sweden. The Finnish entry was "Eläköön elämä", performed by Sonja Lumme and composed by Petri Laaksonen and Veli-Pekka Lehto.

## Before Eurovision

### National final

The final was held at the YLE TV studios in Helsinki, hosted by Seppo Hovi. The votes of 6 regional juries decided the winner.

Final – 16 February 1985 :

| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tapani Kansa | "Siksi lauluni soi" | Kaj Kuittinen, Tapani Kansa | 184 | 3 |
| 2 | Bianca Morales | "Ei aina svengaa" | Mika Siekkinen, Aappo I. Piippo | 105 | 12 |
| 3 | Ami Aspelund and Riki Sorsa | "Lapset maailman" | Kari Kuusamo, Ami Aspelund, Pasi Hiihtola | 180 | 4 |
| 4 | Sonja Lumme | "Mulle rakkauden kevät toi" | Matti Auranen, Sonja Lumme | 123 | 11 |
| 5 | Jokke Seppälä | "Jossain" | Pave Maijanen | 158 | 6 |
| 6 | Ami Aspelund | "Sången om vårt hus" | Sven Sid, Bo Carpelan | 131 | 9 |
| 7 | Riki Sorsa | "Haaveissa vainko oot mun?" | Kari Kuivalainen | 221 | 2 |
| 8 | Bianca Morales | "Mennään vaan" | Esko M. Toivonen, Ilkka Vesterinen | 155 | 7 |
| 9 | Tapani Kansa | "Onnellisuus" | Pepe Willberg, Kirsti Willberg | 128 | 10 |
| 10 | Ami Aspelund | "Mandy" | Jokke Seppälä, Siru Seppälä | 144 | 8 |
| 11 | Bianca Morales and Jokke Seppälä | "Huomenna" | Kisu Jernström, Kassu Halonen, Timo Lehtiö | 179 | 5 |
| 12 | Sonja Lumme | "Eläköön elämä" | Petri Laaksonen, Veli-Pekka Lehto | 255 | 1 |

Detailed Regional Jury Votes :

| Draw | Song | Rovaniemi | Kuopio | Vaasa | Turku | Jyväskylä | Helsinki | Total score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | "Siksi lauluni soi" | 25 | 34 | 37 | 33 | 27 | 28 | 184 |
| 2 | "Ei aina svengaa" | 18 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 21 | 105 |
| 3 | "Lapset maailman" | 36 | 31 | 32 | 34 | 26 | 21 | 180 |
| 4 | "Mulle rakkauden kevät toi" | 19 | 18 | 19 | 24 | 20 | 23 | 123 |
| 5 | "Jossain" | 28 | 30 | 31 | 28 | 21 | 20 | 158 |
| 6 | "Sången om vårt hus" | 19 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 33 | 26 | 131 |
| 7 | "Haaveissa vainko oot mun?" | 30 | 42 | 39 | 34 | 32 | 44 | 221 |
| 8 | "Mennään vaan" | 22 | 26 | 30 | 25 | 15 | 37 | 155 |
| 9 | "Onnellisuus" | 15 | 27 | 21 | 27 | 14 | 24 | 128 |
| 10 | "Mandy" | 15 | 28 | 20 | 24 | 30 | 27 | 144 |
| 11 | "Huomenna" | 38 | 30 | 33 | 32 | 25 | 21 | 179 |
| 12 | "Eläköön elämä" | 39 | 37 | 45 | 48 | 49 | 37 | 255 |

## At Eurovision

Lumme performed 2nd on the night of the contest, following Ireland and preceding Cyprus. At the close of the voting it had received 56 points, placing 9th of 19.

