Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982
# Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982

Finland was represented by Kojo, with the song "Nuku pommiin", at the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Harrogate on 24 April. Kojo was the winner of the Finnish national final for the contest, held on 19 February. The song was chosen through a national final organised by broadcaster Yle.

## Before Eurovision

### Euroviisukarsinta 1982

The national final was held at the Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki, hosted by Heikki Kahila. The winner was chosen by an "expert" jury.

Final – 19 February 1982 :

| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Opus 5 | "Omenakuu" | Upi Sorvali, Jukka Virtanen | 63 | 4 |
| 2 | Tapani Kansa | "Palaan..." | Toni Edelmann, Jussi Parviainen | 52 | 8 |
| 3 | Kojo | "Videovenus" | Jukka Siikavire, Jussi Tuominen | 64 | 3 |
| 4 | Ami Aspelund | "Mitt äppelträd" | Veikko Samuli, Marita Lindquist | 82 | 2 |
| 5 | Tapani Kansa | "Paista päivä" | Toivo Kärki, Vexi Salmi | 30 | 10 |
| 6 | Ami Aspelund | "Isä" | Kari Kuusamo, Monica Aspelund | 60 | 6 |
| 7 | Tapani Kansa | "Laulujen maa" | Olli Ahvenlahti, Esko Salervo | 54 | 7 |
| 8 | Kojo | "Nuku pommiin" | Jim Pembroke, Juice Leskinen | 95 | 1 |
| 9 | Ami Aspelund | "Sambanja" | Nono Söderberg, Impi Riimi | 61 | 5 |
| 10 | Tapani Kansa | "Angela" | Kassu Halonen, Pauli Puomi | 44 | 9 |

## At Eurovision

On the night of the final Kojo performed 6th in the running order, following Turkey and preceding Switzerland. At the close of voting "Nuku pommiin" received "nul points", placing Finland 18th (last) of the 18 entries. The Finnish jury awarded its 12 points to the runner up song from Israel.

### Voting

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

