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| Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1994 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Yleisradio (Yle) | |||
| Country |  Finland | |||
| Selection process | Euroviisut1994 | |||
| Selection date | 5 March 1994 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Bye Bye Baby" | |||
| Artist | CatCat [fi] | |||
| Songwriters |
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| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 22nd, 11 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Finland was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1994 with the song "Bye Bye Baby", written by Kari Salli and Markku Lentonen, and performed by the duoCatCat [fi]. The Finnish participating broadcaster,Yleisradio (Yle), organised the national finalEuroviisut1994 in order to select its entry for the contest. Ten entries were selected to compete in the national final on 5 March 1994 where votes from the public selected "Bye Bye Baby" performed by CatCat as the winner with 25,834 votes.
Finland competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 30 April 1994. Performing during the show in position 2, Finland placed twenty-second out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 11 points.
Prior to the 1994 contest,Yleisradio (Yle) had participated in theEurovision Song Contest representing Finland thirty-two times since its first entry in 1961. Its best result in the contest achieved in1973 where the song "Tom Tom Tom" performed byMarion Rung placed sixth.[1]
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, Yle organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster has been selected its entries through national final competitions that have varied in format over the years. Since 1961, a selection show that was often titledEuroviisukarsinta highlighted that the purpose of the program was to select a song for Eurovision. The broadcaster selected its entry for the 1994 contest again through theEuroviisut selection show.[2]
Euroviisut1994 was the national final that selected the Finnish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1994. The competition consisted of a final on 5 March 1994, held at theTampere Hall inTampere and hosted byJukka Laaksonen,Juha Laitila [fi] andJoonas Myllyveräjä [fi]. Ten entries selected for the competition from 470 submissions received during a submission period as well as from composers and music publishers directly invited by Yle competed and "Bye Bye Baby" performed by CatCat was selected as the winner based on the results from a public vote, which were revealed by Finland's five telephone regions along with the votes of the venue audience. 119,322 votes were cast during the show, which was broadcast onYle TV1 and watched by 1.17 million viewers in Finland. During the voting, it was discovered that the votes were incorrectly announced but were shortly amended following the competition.[2][3]
In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the interval acts featuredPlavka performing "Contagious",Jam and Spoon featuring Plavka performing "Right in the Night", andKaija Koo performing "Kylmä ilman sua" and "Tule lähemmäs Beibi".[4]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Televote | Place |
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| 1 | Tarja Lunnas [fi] | "Kuka tykkää suukoista" | Jari Holm, Seppo Matintalo,Veikko Juntunen [fi] | 13,857 | 4 |
| 2 | Dario [fi] | "Ateljee" | Darius Witkowski, Timo Puheloinen | 6,567 | 9 |
| 3 | Sari Sakki | "Jäisit mun luo" | Esa Rimpiläinen | 6,809 | 8 |
| 4 | Indiana | "Hän lähtee tänään" | Liisa Akimof [fi] | 7,738 | 6 |
| 5 | Rio [fi] | "Rakkauden tiellä" | Markku Tommila [fi],Hannu Perälä [fi], Timo Niemi | 13,633 | 5 |
| 6 | Janita | "Enkeli" | Tomi Ervi | 14,646 | 3 |
| 7 | CatCat [fi] | "Bye Bye Baby" | Kari Salli, Markku Lentonen | 25,834 | 1 |
| 8 | Susanne Sonntag [fi] | "En dans på livets vågor" | Kari Kuusamo [fi], Susanne Sonntag | 17,348 | 2 |
| 9 | Tauski [fi] | "Seitsemänteen taivaaseen" | Tauski Peltonen | 6,009 | 10 |
| 10 | Marina Sigfrids | "Lyft mig upp" | Clas Holm | 7,445 | 7 |
| Draw | Song | Audience | Televoting Regions | Total | ||||
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| Northern Finland | Eastern Finland | Central Finland | Southwestern Finland | Southern Finland | ||||
| 1 | "Kuka tykkää suukoista" | 63 | 3,281 | 1,497 | 1,930 | 1,675 | 5,411 | 13,857 |
| 2 | "Ateljee" | 23 | 501 | 1,686 | 481 | 304 | 3,572 | 6,567 |
| 3 | "Jäisit mun luo" | 80 | 398 | 1,730 | 526 | 275 | 3,800 | 6,809 |
| 4 | "Hän lähtee tänään" | 213 | 522 | 260 | 1,023 | 538 | 5,182 | 7,738 |
| 5 | "Rakkauden tiellä" | 112 | 2,180 | 1,452 | 2,019 | 2,537 | 5,333 | 13,633 |
| 6 | "Enkeli" | 45 | 2,621 | 2,010 | 2,223 | 1,328 | 6,419 | 14,646 |
| 7 | "Bye Bye Baby" | 140 | 7,885 | 3,697 | 4,026 | 3,343 | 6,743 | 25,834 |
| 8 | "En dans på livets vågor" | 76 | 3,054 | 2,368 | 2,649 | 2,374 | 6,917 | 17,438 |
| 9 | "Seitsemänteen taivaaseen" | 12 | 583 | 486 | 670 | 588 | 3,670 | 6,009 |
| 10 | "Lyft mig upp" | 29 | 1,213 | 508 | 575 | 541 | 4,579 | 7,445 |
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the bottom six countries in the1993 contest competed in the final on 30 April 1994.[6] Following the allocation draw which determined the running order, Finland was set to perform in position 2, following the entry fromSweden and before the entry fromIreland. CatCat was accompanied by James Black and Charles Salter as dancers.[7] The Finnish conductor at the contest wasOlli Ahvenlahti, and Finland finished in twenty-second place with 11 points.[8]
The show was televised in Finland onYle TV1 with commentary byErkki Pohjanheimo and Kirsi-Maria Niemi.[9] Yle appointed Solveig Herlin as its spokesperson to announce the Finnish votes during the final.[citation needed]
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Finland and awarded by Finland in the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Hungary.[10]
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