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| Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1971 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1971 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Yleisradio (Yle) | |||
| Country |  Finland | |||
| Selection process | National final | |||
| Selection date | 13 February 1971 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Tie uuteen päivään" | |||
| Artist | Markku Aro andKoivistolaiset [fi] | |||
| Songwriter | Rauno Lehtinen | |||
| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 8th, 84 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Finland was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1971 with the song "Tie uuteen päivään", written byRauno Lehtinen, and performed byMarkku Aro andKoivistolaiset [fi] (sisters Anja and Anneli Koivisto). The Finnish participating broadcaster,Yleisradio (Yle), selected its entry through a national final.
Yleisradio (Yle) invited nine composers for the competition. One of them,Toivo Kärki declined the invitation. Yle had also planned to give invitations toNacke Johansson [fi]Seppo Paakkunainen [fi] but for unknown reasons they eventually were not invited. The Finnish national final was held on 13 February 1971 at Yle's television studios inHelsinki, hosted byEveliina Pokela [fi] andReijo Salminen [fi]. The winner was chosen by a jury consisting of 30 people; 24 province representatives (two from each Finland's twelve provinces, one aged 18–25 and the other 25–60, with at least ten years' difference between their ages) and 6 music industry professionals. Each juror distributed their points between 1–5 points for each song.[1][2]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Liisa Tuutti [fi] | "Uusi viikko" | Jim Pembroke | 79 | 4 |
| 2 | Markku Aro andKoivistolaiset [fi] | "Tie uuteen päivään" | Rauno Lehtinen | 123 | 1 |
| 3 | Pepe Willberg | "1:1 000 000 (Yksi miljoonaan)" | Eero Koivistoinen,Hector | 73 | 5 |
| 4 | Jukka Kuoppamäki | "Uinu poikani vain" | Jukka Kuoppamäki | 111 | 2 |
| 5 | Cumulus [fi] | "Rajan takaa" | Esko Linnavalli [fi],Pertti Reponen [fi] | 99 | 3 |
| 6 | Aarno Raninen andCarola | "Ei koskaan" | Aarno Raninen | 70 | 6 |
| 7 | Lasse Mårtenson | "Pilvilaulu" | Lasse Mårtenson | 70 | 6 |
| 8 | Arja Saijonmaa | "Talvilintu" | Eero Ojanen [fi],Pentti Saaritsa [fi] | 68 | 8 |
On the night of the final Markku Aro and Koivistolaiset performed 17th in the running order, following Yugoslavia and preceding Norway. The entry was conducted byOssi Runne. At the close of voting, Finland picked up 84 points and placed 8th of the 18 entries.
Each country nominated two jury members, one below the age of 25 and the other above, who voted for their respective country by giving between one and five points to each song, except that representing their own country. All jury members were colocated at the venue in Dublin, and were brought on stage during the voting sequence to present their points.[3] The Finnish jury members wereMarkku Veijalainen [fi] andVieno Kekkonen [fi].[4][5]
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