The Finnish national final was held on January 31 at the YLE TV Studios in Helsinki. It was hosted by Matti Elo. The winner was chosen by regional juries.
The winning song was performed in Finnish in the national final but translated into English for the international Song Contest. The lyrics in English were written by Pertti Reponen. However the song title didn't change.
At Eurovisionedit
On the night of the final Fredi and the Friends performed 11th in the running order following Greece and preceding Spain. The group Friends consisted of Titta Jokinen, Anneli Koivisto, Aimo Lehto, Irma Tapio and Antti Hyvärinen. The entry was conducted by Ossi Runne. At the close of voting "Pump-Pump" had picked up 44 points, placing Finland 11th of the 18 entries.
Viisukuppila- Muistathan: Suomen karsinnat 1976 (in Finnish)
Finnish national final 1976 on natfinals
^ ab"Results of the Final of The Hague 1976". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
External linksedit
Full national final (in Finnish)
January 01, 1970
finland, eurovision, song, contest, 1976, finland, represented, fredi, friends, with, song, pump, pump, 1976, eurovision, song, contest, which, took, place, april, hague, eurovision, song, contest, 1976country, finlandnational, selectionselection, processnatio. Finland was represented by Fredi and the Friends with the song Pump Pump at the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 3 April in The Hague Eurovision Song Contest 1976Country FinlandNational selectionSelection processNational finalSelection date s 31 January 1976Selected entrantFredi and the FriendsSelected song Pump Pump Selected songwriter s Matti SiitonenPertti ReponenFinals performanceFinal result11th 44 pointsFinland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 1976 1977 Fredi and the Friends performing Pump Pump on stage Contents 1 Before Eurovision 1 1 National final 2 At Eurovision 2 1 Voting 3 Sources 4 External linksBefore Eurovision editNational final edit The Finnish national final was held on January 31 at the YLE TV Studios in Helsinki It was hosted by Matti Elo The winner was chosen by regional juries Draw Artist Song Songwriter s Place Points 1 Anneli Sari and Deszo Balogh Mustalaiskaravaani Deszo Balogh m Tuula Valkama l 2nd 353 2 Fredi and Ystavat Pump Pump Matti Siitonen m Vexi Salmi l 1st 380 3 Paula Koivuniemi and Finlandia Kvartetti Posket hehkuu ja haitari soi Matti Bergstrom m amp l Pirjo Bergstrom m amp l 9th 182 4 Mikko Alatalo Band Myyty mies Matti Laakso m amp l 5th 306 5 Kirka Neidonryosto Jukka Siikavire m Erkki Makinen l 4th 314 6 Monica Aspelund Joiku Aarno Raninen m Monica Aspelund l 6th 289 7 Markku Aro Ruska Martti Pohjalainen m Juha Vainio l 3rd 330 8 Jouko Kosti and Paavo Can can Paul Fagerlund m Vexi Salmi l 7th 275 9 Inga Thommessen Tillsammans med barn Lasse Mirsch m Inga Thommessen l 8th 191 Scoreboard Song Rovaniemi Seinajoki Tampere Joensuu Helsinki Kouvola Turku Total Mustalaiskaravaani 49 51 43 27 87 37 59 353 Pump pump 52 46 63 38 90 46 45 380 Posket hehkuu ja haitari soi 23 25 23 16 41 23 31 182 Myyty mies 31 55 56 31 49 33 51 306 Neidonryosto 50 36 35 29 66 48 50 314 Joiku 36 38 44 29 70 35 37 289 Ruska 40 49 49 40 68 35 49 330 Can can 40 31 46 28 50 38 42 275 Tillsammans med barn 26 28 19 20 37 31 30 191 The winning song was performed in Finnish in the national final but translated into English for the international Song Contest The lyrics in English were written by Pertti Reponen However the song title didn t change At Eurovision editOn the night of the final Fredi and the Friends performed 11th in the running order following Greece and preceding Spain The group Friends consisted of Titta Jokinen Anneli Koivisto Aimo Lehto Irma Tapio and Antti Hyvarinen The entry was conducted by Ossi Runne At the close of voting Pump Pump had picked up 44 points placing Finland 11th of the 18 entries Voting edit Points awarded to Finland 1 Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points nbsp Monaco nbsp Austria 6 points nbsp Spain nbsp Germany nbsp Israel 5 points nbsp Ireland 4 points nbsp Norway 3 points 2 points nbsp United Kingdom 1 point nbsp Netherlands Points awarded by Finland 1 Score Country 12 points nbsp Belgium 10 points nbsp United Kingdom 8 points nbsp Israel 7 points nbsp Switzerland 6 points nbsp Italy 5 points nbsp Austria 4 points nbsp Greece 3 points nbsp France 2 points nbsp Monaco 1 point nbsp PortugalSources editViisukuppila Muistathan Suomen karsinnat 1976 in Finnish Finnish national final 1976 on natfinals a b Results of the Final of The Hague 1976 European Broadcasting Union Retrieved 27 November 2021 External links editFull national final in Finnish Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 amp oldid 1177261486, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
